Bartering, or trading, your copywriting services can be a great way to acquire things you need (design, website development) without having to lay out any cash. But just as with anything else, there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it. Ready for the right way? First of all, whether or not it's okay to barter your copywriting services is completely up to you. No one … [Read more...]
4 Tools to Stay On Top of Your To-Do List
If you love making lists (perhaps you add already-done tasks just to cross them off? I'm in your head!), then this post is for you. There's nothing our remote team loves more than maximizing our productivity and using the best productivity tools possible to get our jobs done from home (we even did an entire YouTube episode on improving productivity; check it out!). That's … [Read more...]
Copywriting Interview Questions: 9 Questions You Need to Prepare to Answer
When you get called in for an interview, you need to make sure your online and print portfolios are up to date, you need to make sure that your resume and references are current, and you need to be prepared to answer all kinds of copywriting-specific questions. In addition to the standard-issue job interview questions like "What's your biggest strength?," "What's your … [Read more...]
How to Deal With Rejection from Copywriting Clients
At some point or another, every single person is going to be passed over for a job they want. It's just the way the world works. But what separates the successful copywriters from the less-than-successful copywriters is what they do after the rejection. Here are three steps you can take to move pass that feeling of rejection and move toward your next win! 1. Remember: … [Read more...]
How to Price Copywriting Services: By the Minute? The Hour? The Word?
Discussing rates or salaries is uncomfortable for most people. Of course, how to price copywriting services has another layer of discomfort because you can charge for copy projects in a couple of ways. Do you charge by the word? By the minute? Something else? (Spoiler: It's something else. Copywriters charge by the project.) In fact, charging by the word will mark you as a … [Read more...]
How to Negotiate Your Copywriting Rate
"Negotiation" is a big, intimidating topic. Entire business school classes are dedicated to it. Many people get deeply uncomfortable when it comes time to discuss their salary with their potential employer. Then, add in the stressful factor of your own (and maybe your family's) livelihood and no wonder most people cringe at the idea of negotiating their salaries. But it's … [Read more...]
Interview Tactics to Get an Copywriting Ad Agency Job
A lot of new copywriters have dreams of working in an advertising agency. But when they get that agency interview, they have no idea what to say. But here's the secret. There are specific ways you can impress each ad agency you interview with. And you'll find these right on their own websites. Before we get into interview prep, the very first thing you should do when you get … [Read more...]
How To Find a Copywriting Mentor
A lot of career and business guides will advise you to find a copywriting mentor...but they won't tell you how to find that mentor. Until there's a website to connect would-be mentors with mentees like a dating site (note to self: business idea!), you'll have to go it alone. So, here are a few tips to find a copywriting mentor. When you're looking for your mentor, don't … [Read more...]
Your Copywriting Career Resolutions for 2025
It’s the time of year when everyone starts thinking about resolutions. And contrary to all the experts and articles that say that “resolutions don’t work,” I remain firmly in the pro-resolution camp with one major caveat: You need to choose resolutions that you can make happen. Not achieving resolutions in the past isn’t a reason not to make them now—especially for … [Read more...]
How Copywriting Projects Actually Come Together
For people who are just starting out as copywriters, there's an element to the copywriting process that's often kind of a mystery. Namely, well, pretty much the whole process. How does a project get started? How when do you work with a designer? How does your work get seen? Where does the writing fit in? Believe me: what seems confusing and intimidating now will eventually … [Read more...]