The 2023 Summer Freelance summit brought you a star-powered lineup of expert speakers, dedicated to helping you progress your freelance career. Today’s podcast episode is breaking down three days’ worth of inspiration into a smattering of highlights to help you optimize your freelance business! From mastering your personal finances and combatting procrastination to … [Read more...]
Episode 156: 11 Years in Social Work to a $10K/Month Copywriting Career – Sonali’s Story
Like many Comprehensive Copywriting Academy students, Sonali came from an entirely different professional background. After 11 years in social work, she knew it wasn't her forever job. Sonali always had an affinity for writing and copywriting soon became an attractive career choice. Sonali decided to go all in on her new career and set a goal to hit $5K a month by June 2023. … [Read more...]
Episode 155: Top Copywriting Advice from Working Copywriters
We’ve had the pleasure of hearing some truly remarkable stories and transformations from the students inside our Comprehensive Copywriting Academy. In this special episode, we’re giving you a roundup of some of the very best advice from our CCA students and working copywriters. What all of our success stories have in common? A willingness to embrace discomfort, dream a little … [Read more...]
Episode 151: Is Manifesting a Copywriting Career Bogus?
The concept of the law of attraction is that you can manifest your deepest desires into being with merely the power of thought. So, does that mean you can think your way into a 6-figure copywriting career? Sadly just sitting and waiting for it to happen isn’t quite how it works–but you do have to believe that it is possible for you. If you've ever been guilty of saying things … [Read more...]
Episode 141: #1 Change That Will Double Your Copywriting Income
When you’re building your copywriting business, it can be easy to while hours away working on tasks that aren’t actually driving you any closer to your goals. Often if we are feeling a little bit of resistance about taking the next step, we default to doing the stuff that doesn't have as much of an impact, like posting on Instagram or dare I say watching Netflix! Once you do … [Read more...]
Your Copywriting Business Plan for a Successful Year
An important part of business is creating and executing your copywriting business plan. To help you plan a successful year ahead, you need to look back as well as ahead. Here we look at some key elements of your business plan as well as some other elements of life (relationships, health, etc.) that also need to be working well for you to ensure your success. Take some … [Read more...]
Setting Boundaries as a Copywriter
Working late into the night, taking our computer with us on vacation, answering emails on the weekends: these are all options as freelance copywriters, but they're not mandatory. However, sometimes we feel like these are mandatory tasks. We think we have to get something done and so we sacrifice our free time or, worse, vacation because we didn't set boundaries—with ourselves, … [Read more...]
This Brand-New Copywriter Landed a Senior Copywriting Role
You'll often hear copywriters talking about imposter syndrome, especially when first starting out. If you've ever had thoughts like, "I'll never be good enough" or "they'll think I'm a fraud!", then I think you'll really enjoy hearing Mike's interview. As a Comprehensive Copywriting Academy student, Mike knew he had a lot to offer prospective clients and didn't let his years … [Read more...]
8 Tips for Successful Copywriting in 2024
Every new year presents an opportunity for new plans and new goals. It’s a prime opportunity to jumpstart (or restart) your copywriting business. Personal resolutions are notoriously apt to fail, but you don’t have that luxury when it comes to your business resolutions. Here we go over tips for successful copywriting this year, including how to figure out what matters to … [Read more...]
Ep. 53: Ace Your Copywriting Interview (Part 2 of 3)
No matter if you're going for a full-time or contract role or you're hopping on a discovery call with a potential freelance client, a copywriting interview is your time to show a prospective employer why they should hire you. In the second episode of this three-part series, Nicki and Kate cover common copywriter interview questions and how you can prepare for them. Plus, they … [Read more...]