Comments on: Why Every Copywriter Needs a Standalone Portfolio Site

By: Nicki Krawczyk

Nicki Krawczyk — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:49:59 +0000

Hi Richa,

I’m glad you enjoyed the post! And I’d definitely recommend creating your own site—once you get people there, you want them to look around and explore everything you’ve done, not look around and find other copywriters the way they can on portfolio listing sites like Behance. 🙂 Keep me posted and let me know how the site building goes…

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

By: Richa Upadhyay

Richa Upadhyay — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 05:03:51 +0000

Thanks Nicky for putting these links. I already own one site but it’s not good enough so I thought about to moving on Behance. but with these sites I can recreate my own portfolio site. Thank You!

By: Nicki

Nicki — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:47:10 +0000

In reply to Alyssa gibbs.

Hi Alyssa,

Check out this post—it lists a bunch of sites that can help you build your own portfolio site (without needing to have graphic design or web development skills): https://filthyrichwriter.com/5-sites-for-online-portfolios/

Let me know if it helps. And thanks for commenting!
-Nicki

By: Alyssa gibbs

Alyssa gibbs — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 04:41:58 +0000

I do not have one, but I’m wondering how to go about making one.

By: Nicki

Nicki — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:48:56 +0000

In reply to Gary Cunnane.

Hi Gary,

These are very good points; everyone should be careful about putting personal information on their sites. And I agree—ads on someone’s portfolio site are a big mistake. No copywriter should ever be trying to distract from their samples with ads! (Or with anything, for that matter.) Talk about missing the point. 🙂

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

By: Gary Cunnane

Gary Cunnane — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:08:45 +0000

I do have stand alone online profile. It has not only helped to show my work and reinforce my credibility, but it also weeds out a lot of parties who are running those spurious “make money from home writing” sites. Once they see you are an experienced professional they will usually move on to someone else. Also you do not need to put all of your personal information on there as with a resume. Very often the person running an ad for writers is really interested in collecting information. I will never send a resume out blindly but the more people who go to my site, the better. I also believe that allowing ads on a portfolio site is not professional except for ones own ebook or something else relevant to their work or cause. I recently saw a portfolio site with a Life Lock affiliate ad and a few others. It appeared as if the writers primary objective was making sales.