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How Would You Deal With Such an Unpleasant Client?

November 17, 2010

Recently got an email from a new commercial writer up North. All you experienced folks, if you’re like me, you’ll be saying, “Oh, just let me at this guy…” She wrote:
I’m writing a web site for a logistics company, a family business run by a nice guy in his early twenties. It’s my first job [...]

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“Start Making $300 an Hour as a Copywriter in Just Seven Days!”

April 27, 2010

Wow. That sure sounds like an opportunity tailor-made for me. I’m a pretty good writer (I mean, my Mom’s told me so, and that’s good enough for me!). And I’d sure love to turn that skill into “$300 an hour”! That’s what they promised in this copywriting program I saw on the Internet. And it [...]

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What Would You Do About a Client Like This One?

January 29, 2010

Got a note from a fellow commercial writer recently. She wrote:
I have a client who’ll give me two or three days to write something (when I really need a week), insisting such a tight deadline is necessary, and then take a week to review it, revealing the deadline wasn’t real after all. I know they’re [...]

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Don We Now Our…Mental Armor for 2010

December 27, 2009

So, I’m hanging out with family for a few days in that dead zone at the end of the year, feeling like I need to be a little introspective….meaningful… significant… Y’know, that “let’s-reflect-on-2009” backwards glance (I know, many of you would just as soon not) “and-look-forward-to-2010” optimism (better).
Actually, all I really want to do [...]

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Good Clients (Like this One) Understand a Good Writer’s Value (and Will Pay…)

December 13, 2009

I couldn’t have scripted it better myself. A little background….
Got a call from a prospect in early November. About 18 months earlier (May 2008), the local daily, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, did a “Why I Love My Job” feature on yours truly in the Sunday paper. Following a few live seminars I’d done in March [...]

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Are You a Businessperson/Writer or a Writer/Businessperson?

October 30, 2008

Put another way, is your business “a series of jobs” or a “profession”? (And yes, I know how most of the commercial freelancing pros who weigh in here would answer, and I’m counting on that…).
Success as a commercial writer begins in the mind.
I know, typical positive-thinking mumbo-jumbo, right? And not even terribly profound. [...]

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