Comments on: Top ten tips for freelance copywriters

By: Rowena

Rowena — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:29:02 +0000

I love the listening part. Clients who can’t stop talking are my favourite – usually means they really love what they do, too, which makes the job a lot easier.

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Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:50:18 +0000

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By: Wayne Geyer

Wayne Geyer — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:49:05 +0000

#7a (and possibly #11 — or even #1): Stop calling yourself, thinking of yourself and treating yourself like a “freelance copywriter.” That’s the end of the advice, because I can’t for the life of me figure out what to call myself or think of myself instead. What I do know is that we’re more valuable than what we do or even how we do it.

Great stuff as always, Tom. And please keep me posted on that two-fisted HobNob project. We do get them over here in Texas, you know.

By: Lucy Smith

Lucy Smith — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:49:21 +0000

One thing I’ve learned is not to get hung up on turning in the most amazing piece of work ever. Obviously, you want to do your best, and give what the client asks for in the stated timeframe, but let it go when you know it’s good and will do what it’s supposed to do.

All most clients want is something that’s better than what they could do themselves, and if you can give them that, there’s no point in driving yourself crazy wondering if ‘that’ sentence is perfect or not.

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Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:17:30 +0000

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By: Tracey Jefferies

Tracey Jefferies — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:07:51 +0000

Very good and sound advice, thank you for posting! Thanks also to Christie Kelly for posting a comment, made me smile which is always a good thing!

By: Derryck

Derryck — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:04:26 +0000

Great article Tom. I missed this one before and just picked it up on Twitter. I’d also recommend finding collaborators. There are some big projects out there, particularly with SEO copywriting or batches of product descriptions it’s often more than one freelance copywriter can handle on their own. Finding other writers you can trust expands your capacity and can lead to a nice symbiosis. Also, good advice if you want to take a holiday and don’t want to let clients down – I really suffered from that “always on call” mode in my early days as a freelance copywriter.

By: Eddie Haydock

Eddie Haydock — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:03:57 +0000

Cheers Tom. Needed that.

By: Patrick Peal

Patrick Peal — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:03:49 +0000

All these points are exactly why we exist as a PR agency – and why we have discovered the benefits of working with Tom!

By: Tom Albrighton

Tom Albrighton — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:04:45 +0000

Hi Aaron Thanks for the positive feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed the post. .-= Tom Albrighton´s last blog ..How to exploit irrational decision-making =-.