Writing For Local Businesses
Many writers concentrate all their efforts on trying to sell their work to national publishers and magazines. And yet, by doing so they are overlooking a huge potential market which is literally on their own doorstep. More ...
How to Create Effective Calls to Action in Your Marketing
Calls to action should be included in almost every piece of marketing, whether focused at businesses or consumers. Calls to action guide the audience towards a real-world action. If there's one thing the copywriter wants the audience to read and internalise, it's the
call to action. More ...
How to Work Out Whether a Business Can Afford to Hire You
Can a business afford to hire you? This is a big question for beginning copywriters. It's vital that you get an answer to this question. If you don't, you can spend money and time working with someone who's not in a position to be able to afford your rates. More ...
Plotting a Children's Book
How do we take an idea and develop it into a plot for a children's book? How do we work out what to write once we have the initial idea? Here's a basic plot outline. More ...
How I Learned to Make My Writing Pay, and You Can Do It Too
How come there's so much writing in the world, but most writers are poor? It's because writers are writing the stuff that makes other people rich. If you want to make money from your writing, you need to write the words that sell. In other words, you need to become a copywriter. More ...
How to Create a Realistic Fiction Character
One of the biggest challenges for any fiction writer is creating realistic, or believable, characters. a realistic character feels interesting and unique, but also relatable and likeable. This is a tricky balance to achieve. More ...
Six Ways to Break Into Food Writing
Publishers post guidelines for writers that require published clips to be sent with query letters. Writers cannot get published clips unless they've been published. Here are six ways to conquer that old Catch 22 and break into food writing. More ...
Writing Picture Books for Children
Picture books look easy to write. They usually contain less than 1,000 words with stories that appear so simple that anyone can write one. In fact, picture books are the hardest of all children's books to write. More ...
How to Sell Your Writing Skills and Make Money
These useful article writing and selling tips will help budding writers find a firm foothold in the world of content writing. You can plan and prepare your writing career and prevent a trial and error approach. More ...
Seven Online Writing Jobs
Many have been pulling themselves out from the 9-5 rat race. They're looking for an alternative way to earn a living without the rigors of daily grooming, the workplace settings, health concerns, car repairs and more. Well, rest assured that there are many online opportunities that are waiting for you. More ...
Writing Creative Nonfiction
Creative nonfiction is a genre that straddles the line between fact and fiction - the former because everything must be accurate and the latter because the author presents it in an interesting, associative, and dramatic way. More ...
Market Your Writing The EEASY Way
Marketing your writing is a skill. The great news is that anyone can learn how to do it. I don?t care how shy, nervous or introverted you are, you can learn how to market your work and have great fun doing it. More ...
Web Copy That Sells
In order for a Web site to sell effectively, it must appeal to the unique culture, mindset, and psychology of the Web. Simply put, what works in the brick-and-mortar world does not necessarily grab Web shoppers. More ...
Writing e-Newsletters ? Tricks of the Trade
An emailed newsletter serves much the same purpose as a traditional company newsletter. Think of it as a short newspaper ? but instead of relating to a town, city or country, it relates to your business. More ...
