This month marks my one-year anniversary as the copywriting guy on Almost An Author. Have I convinced you yet that writing for business is the way to go? If not, go back and read any of my 13 articles on this subject. I’ll wait for you. But if this is …
Almost An Author – Sweet Talking Goliath
Global digital marketing is a $209-billion-dollar-a-year industry ruled by five titans – Google, Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba, and Baidu. Any business that markets products online needs to understand and work with one or more of these companies in order to win customers. As a copywriter, your job is to write for …
Almost An Author – Watch Your Language, Content Writers!
If you want to be a copywriter, don’t mistake content marketing for advertising. The two fields overlap, but they aren’t the same thing. Advertising is a sponsored media production overtly intended to convince viewers to buy a product or service. Content marketing, by contrast, informs the reader about something useful, …
Almost An Author – How Laryngitis Makes You a Better Copywriter
I didn’t speak until I was three years old. To everyone’s relief, I finally talked and did so in full sentences but only to my mother. Months passed before I spoke to my grandmother for the first time. I said … well, I see no need to repeat the conversation …
Almost An Author – Email Drip Campaign Guide
Email campaigns work wonders. It’s true that emerging college graduates consider email an outdated form of communication, but the rest of us still happily open and read the informative goodies stashed in our inboxes. Learn more about how to write drip campaigns by reading my article over at Almost An Author.