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“Niche or Die!” (Really? You Sure About That?)

August 10, 2010

So, I’m in the midst of series #5 of my commercial freelancing group coaching program (as I write this) – geared towards business copywriters just starting out. Not surprisingly, one of the BIG bugaboo issues for newbies is “niche.” Seems you can’t spit these days without hitting a guru or two who’ll adamantly assert, chopping [...]

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Simon Says: “People Don’t Buy What You Do; They Buy Why You Do It…”

June 2, 2010

A little intellectual gymnastics – with possible real-world application to the commercial freelancing business….
So, I was clicking through a few links I found on a writer friend’s web site the other day, and came across this guy, Simon Sinek (pronounced, unfortunately, “cynic,” though he’s anything but that…), whose site is “Start With Why.”
Very provocative stuff, [...]

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Ad Agency’s Solution to Client Pulling Work In-House Sounds Like the Freelancer Model…

March 21, 2010

It’s inevitable in an economic downturn. Clients using pricey creative agencies dump them and pull the work in-house. OR outsource it, as we’ve happily discussed in this forum (and elsewhere: check out the GREENS course at this link) to a more economical, low-overhead writer and designer team.
Well, thanks again to commercial freelancer Robin Halcomb [...]

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Writing This Bad Highlights a Whole Other Writing World

March 3, 2010

Let’s dispense with weighty commercial writing matters for a moment and have a little comic relief. A few weeks back, an accomplished writer friend of mine sent me a link to an article, along with this note: “Holy crap, this is what passes for writing these days?!”
Here’s the link.
I read it, my jaw slowly [...]

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