I’ve been truly blessed to be able to make a career out of doing something I really enjoy and am pretty good at. During my school days, writing and grammar always came easy for me. Math and science? Not so much! I remember taking a creative writing class in 9th…
Last month I shared some copywriting tips from freelance copywriter and SEO marketer Jacob McMillan. They must have been pretty good because the open rate for last month’s newsletter was the highest open rate for any issue I’ve ever sent out — and I’ve been sending out this newsletter since…
I’ve been at this copywriting thing for awhile now, coming up on 35 years. During this time, I’ve read countless books and articles and attended more seminars and workshops about how to improve your copywriting than I can count. But I don’t think I have come across a more clear…
In the world of marketing, all customers and prospects can be divided into one of two broad categories: retail and business. Similarly, all marketing efforts fall into one of two categories: business-to-consumer — or what marketers cleverly call B2C marketing — and business-to-business, or B2B marketing. During my career, I’ve…
In last month’s blog we looked at some of the interesting (at least to me!) data contained in the Content Marketing Institute’s recent B2B Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends report. This is an extensive report that’s chocked-full of valuable data, so I spent some more time this week combing through…
When I launched my freelance writing business 10 years ago, one of the first things I needed to do was build a website. Even though there were do-it-yourself kits you could use to build your own website, I’m not much of a “tech” guy so I knew I’d be better…
Every since the 2016 Presidential election campaign, the term “fake news” has become part of the American lexicon. It was during this time that legitimate-looking news sites started popping up on the Internet and in social media feeds with all kinds of reports about the election and the candidates. Of…
I’m very blessed to have been a professional writer for my entire 30-plus year career. I knew early on that writing was my God-given natural talent, and I also really enjoyed it. So it’s pretty cool to make a living at something that I’m not only good at, but also…