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		<title>Is the Non-Profit Niche for Copywriting All It&#8217;s Cracked Up to Be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since 2003 I&#8217;ve helped many new copywriters select the niche that&#8217;s right for them, and those niches have been strong and varied.</p>
<p>Nutraceuticals is big, and so is financial; technology is popular, as well the technology sub-niches of software, hardware, and to a much lesser degree, telecom.</p>
<p>In addition to the more obvious markets I have copywriters specializing in the human potential industry, the seniors market, marketing communications (marcom), publishing, the government, white papers, veterinary, insurance, global markets, and more.</p>
<p>As a niching expert, I know there are dozens of niches open to the freelance copywriter, but the one that has continually stumped me…the one I haven&#8217;t been able to safely recommend…is non-profit.</p>
<p>Although I&#8217;ve written for non-profit a number of times throughout my agency and freelance career, the pay was paltry (or none), and few of my colleagues had much to say about the niche.</p>
<p>Yet there are those who sing its praises. And many copywriters are drawn to the niche, energized by the idea of doing good and getting paid for it.</p>
<p>After four years it had become apparent to me that the only way I&#8217;d be able to recommend this niche, or not, was to do a formal study. So I did.</p>
<p>I wanted to answer some basic questions:</p>
<p> Can you really earn six figures or more in this niche? If so, how long will it take? What recommendations would those working in the niche pass down to newcomers? What pitfalls await the unsuspecting? How would one go about creating a successful career in this niche?
<p>In order to get reliable information, I identified five non-profit copywriters who would represent a healthy cross-section…everyone from the &#8220;dean&#8221; of non-profit himself to a newcomer who&#8217;d recently found success in this niche.</p>
<p>I interviewed each of the copywriters with the express purpose of learning the truth about working in this niche; and each knew the purpose of this report was &#8220;truth&#8221; over sales; that his or her response would influence the course of copywriters&#8217; careers for years to come.</p>
<p>I wanted to know the good and the bad, the pearls and the warts! And my interviewees gave me both, with generosity, honesty, and candor.</p>
<p>In addition I sponsored a survey of non-profit copywriters, who revealed their incomes, their niche markets, and shared a flood of passionate and cautionary advice about working in this niche. Between the interviews and the survey, a clear picture began to emerge…</p>
<p>A picture that looks something like a map of the United States…one whole homogonous entity made up of numerous smaller entities…revealing a very strong but complicated market!</p>
<p>Some of the findings:</p>
<p> You don&#8217;t go to a non-profit and say, &#8220;I&#8217;m a great copywriter. I write killer copy.&#8221; You have to be a specialist to grow a thriving business. There is a significant difference between non-profits and fundraisers, and knowing the difference is fundamental to your career as a non-profit/fundraising copywriter. Non-profits split out into three groups: advocacy (caused-based organizations such as Greenpeace); charity (such as the Christian Children&#8217;s Fund); and political (Democratic National Committee). Copywriters can specialize by the kind of funding they help organizations raise, e.g., a government grants, giving from wills and estates, and capital campaigns (such as helping a hospital add a new wing). Some non-profit copywriters specialize by media: letters only, or grant writing only, or online only…direct mail, radio, and so on. You can get a lot of business just from your web site if you correctly optimize your keywords (according to your specialty). Creating an ezine is a particularly effective marketing tool for this market. Two of the biggest non-profits are universities and hospitals. (One could sub-niche into either of these huge markets.) Non-profit is a huge niche market and accounts for 2 percent of the Gross National Product. What&#8217;s more, it&#8217;s a growing market but it will need copywriters in the future even more than it does now.
<p>That&#8217;s because, according to non-profit copywriter Alan Sharpe, the new generation did not grow up in a culture of giving, so its going to be more challenging for non-profits to gain the funds they need.</p>
<p>Says Alan: &#8220;&#8230;the parents of baby boomers are the last generation to give out of habit…my parents&#8217; parents and your parents&#8217; parents…they were basically raised to give…</p>
<p>&#8220;And that&#8217;s not true today. You&#8217;ve got 15-year-olds, 20-year-olds, 30-year-olds… You can approach a 20-year-old and ask them for a donation for Hurricane Katrina and they&#8217;ll say, &#8216;Well, how are you going to use it? How can I be sure? Can you email me photographs of my donation at work?&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p>So as non-profits find it more and more challenging to collect funds, they will find talented freelance copywriters more valuable to their marketing initiatives.</p>
<p>Other finding on this niche include:</p>
<p> Survey evidence that copywriters can earn $100,000 per year and more…but that the majority earn much less The non-profit sector has doubled since the early &#8217;90s, and according to non-profit guru Mal Warwick, &#8220;continues to grow faster than the economy.&#8221; 65 percent of surveyed non-profit copywriters believe non-profit will be a good niche for copywriters in the foreseeable future Only 23 percent of surveyed non-profit copywriters felt there was a high level of competition in the space
<p>&#8220;ChrisNotes: The Truth about copywriting for non-profits&#8221; offers six months of research and analysis, 78 pages of survey data (16 questions posed to 54 participants), interviews with successful non-profit copywriters, including the &#8220;dean&#8221; of non-profit copywriting Jerry Huntsinger, and today&#8217;s reigning guru, Mal Warwick; and analysis and commentary by myself, copywriter&#8217;s coach Chris Marlow.</p>
<p>&#8220;ChrisNotes: The Truth about copywriting for non-profits&#8221; is designed to help freelance copywriters determine if non-profit is a good niche for them…one that will fill them up emotionally, financially, and perhaps even spiritually…or not.</p>
<p>A niching mistake can be a critical mistake, and can even destroy a fledgling career. It takes time and money to build a business. Knowing with certainty that your chosen niche is the right fit is the first step to business success.</p>
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		<title>The Direct Link Between Marketing And Copywriting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The popularity of the Internet has really taken its toll. Nowadays, existing businesses all over the world are also rushing to make their online presence ramped up.</p>
<p>&#13;Surely, people are beginning to prefer making online purchases than buying stuff the traditional way. That is because people find Internet transactions much more convenient and practical.</p>
<p>&#13;Annually, the number of Internet transactions are rising rapidly that businesses are rushing to establish strategies that would help them underpin the trend. Traditional marketing schemes of the conventional corporate world are also evolving and now are directly employing the skills and versatility of copywriting.</p>
<p>&#13;Why copywriting?</p>
<p>&#13;Conventionally, marketing and copywriting are two different concepts that are not related to each other. The concepts have independent worlds that have dynamics not overlapping each other.</p>
<p>&#13;But the Internet is special. The Internet is one media where people get in to entertain themselves, get knowledge or just kill time. Thus, the Internet is one world dominated by copywriters.</p>
<p>&#13;As corporate firms swoon into the Internet, they must form that alliance with copywriters. Thus, marketing is introduced to copywriters. These copywriters must then produce marketing outputs that are aimed at boosting the sales figures of online businesses.</p>
<p>&#13;The traditional marketers are threatened to lose their jobs over copywriters. So, some of them learn copywriting themselves. </p>
<p>&#13;As copywriters invade online marketing, traditional marketers compromise to get into the picture and incorporate their skills into copywriting.</p>
<p>&#13;Marketing and copywriting</p>
<p>&#13;In the past, marketing and copywriting people are strangers to each other. Now it is recognized that they are actually estranged bed mates, who must strive to complement each other to achieve a common goal.</p>
<p>&#13;That common goal would be to persuade people into buying the products sold through a particular online site.</p>
<p>&#13;To be effective in marketing online products, one has to be good in copywriting. And to write good and effective copies for the purpose, one has to be a good marketer, at the same time.</p>
<p>&#13;How to create a good marketing copy</p>
<p>&#13;Now the challenge for the copywriter would be how to come up with a convincing marketing copy. Statistics reveal that only about 2% of overall online businesses actually generate sales.</p>
<p>&#13;Much of the online transactions are also limited to the established online auctioneering sites, which have accumulated reliability over the years. Now, the rest, or 98% of the online businesses in operations currently must cope up and overhaul their marketing copies.</p>
<p>&#13;To be able to so do, you, as a copywriter should always bear in mind that you are writing to yield results, read: to generate sales.</p>
<p>&#13;How could you do that? Seasoned marketers would assert that you, as a sales person, must be as sincere as possible. In other words, you must strive to make the copies sound as if you are really convinced yourself about the product you are selling, even if, in truth, you are not.</p>
<p>&#13;Remember, being sincere does not require you to confess your disbelief in the products. You can do so by revealing the limitations of the products, but offering solutions and suggesting ways on how the potential buyers could correct such product limitations.</p>
<p>&#13;As a copywriter, you should also make sure that you are using the right words, that are arranged in the right and effective order and that are aimed at the right audience.</p>
<p>&#13;Before copywriting, it is recommended that you first take a quick rundown and knowledge about the intended readers for the copies. Know their demographics, their interests and their needs and feed on those data.</p>
<p>&#13;Also use the simplest and most effective of words. Be concise, accurate and direct to the point. Remember, in the online media, there is an information overload that must have already been feeding up your readers. </p>
<p>&#13;Crafting short, yet, bulls-eye statements would surely create a great and direct impression and would likely make the feet of your readers move according to your instructions.</p>
<p>&#13;You do not need to write grammatically perfect copies, though, doing so is still recommended. Wordiness must be eliminated and graphics should be reduced.</p>
<p>&#13;Marketing and copywriting are directly linked, don&#8217;t you think? Good marketers can truly be good copywriters, as well as effective copywriters can be good marketers.</p>
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		<title>How you Can Teach yourself Copywriting and Become the Next Internet Millionaire!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>You need sales to pay the bills. If you don’t know how to write your copy for advertisements, commercials, press releases, brochures, etc. Your business will suffer. And probably you will close your doors soon! Copywriting is selling in print. If you can’t write you can’t sell. Period.</p>
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<p>Chances are copywriting is a learnable skill like any other skills. The more you learn and practice the more successful you’ll become.</p>
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<p>Look around and you will see that most successful online marketers are copywriters. Or, at least they write their own ad copies. If you find that you&#8217;re a good writer, the only nuance is that you must learn how to write in a way that sells.  </p>
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<p>Copywriting is not easy to learn and it is a lifetime topic, which you will continue to improve at if you work at it.  Here’s what one of the best copywriters Stephen King said about copywriting “copywriting; really writing in general, is a subject that you continue to improve on.  It would be similar to lifting weights for 10 years. You will develop muscles.  If you write every day for a certain period of time, you will develop writing skills to the point where you become a very good writer.  If you focus on copywriting and write everyday, you will become a very good copywriter.”</p>
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<p>If you want to teach yourself copywriting, the first book you must read is The Copywriter&#8217;s Handbook. This is a must have ebook for any serious marketer who wants understand the underlying principles leading to higher levels of success and achievement in copywriter. It will give you an introduction into copywriting as well as learning what it will take to write the different types of ad copies.  Copywriting is a very broad field in that what you write could be anything from direct mail to Web content to public relations materials, etc…</p>
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<p>Another great book, you must look into, is simply called Copywriting. This book is a little different. It explains both what it takes to be a copywriter as well as what you need to develop ideas and structure copy.  This is a more original book that focuses on what you need to do as opposed to explaining the different types of advertising like the first book did.</p>
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<p>Look for these books in your local library. If you cannot find them, search for copywriting lessons and tutorials at Google. Visit forums and ask questions about writing and you will find plenty of information and resources.  If you look online, you can find a great deal of websites, which will offer you free tutorials on how to write good copy.  </p>
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<p>Copywriting is probably the most critical skill when you are looking to start a website because your written words are going to be the engine which drives your online sales.  You can have all the flashy graphics and animation that you want, but if there&#8217;s no content, if you can’t write persuasive ad copies, your website visitors will click away to a competitor that has a compelling sales letter and buy. It is marketers who write sales letters that sell who have the greatest success.</p>
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<p>Copywriting is precious skill to have! Sure, you can pay someone to write your copies if you wish, but no copywriter can understand your targeted market better than you, and no one can write in an enthusiastic manner that cause your potential clients to buy your product better than you. </p>
<p>&#13;</p>
<p>Copywriting is one of the most essential elements of effective online marketing. Whether you&#8217;re looking to sell something or to start and run a copywriting business.</p>
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<p>Teach yourself copywriting and you will be surprised how simple it is to learn once you dive into it.</p>
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<p>Copywriting is a skill, which takes determination and a want to keep on learning due to the sheer volume of information on the subject matter.  It’s an exciting subject because you can always learn something new that can help you progress step by step in the direction of becoming a famous copywriter. The more you write, the more your writing will improve, the more money you make.</p>
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<p>Copywriting is not the talk of the season, but, it’s the need of the hour. It means that if you want to promote your business in style, then you will have to go for professional copywriting services. </p>
<p><strong>Types of copywriting companies</strong></p>
<p>It may be new for some people, but, there are different types of copywriting companies in the real world. These companies are distinguished by their skills and experience. The importance of experience is well known. No one can deny the role that experience plays in order to get things done in a better way. Actually, experience is all about knowing those problems that can come in your way while achieving certain tasks. That’s exactly something that differentiates between different copywriting companies. </p>
<p>There are lots of copywriting services available for you to go with. However, you will never be able to achieve all the benefits associated with copywriting unless you go with premium copywriting services. There are lots of things that separate premium copywriting services from others. </p>
<p><strong>Level of understanding will be exceptional</strong></p>
<p>First thing that is exceptional about premium copywriting companies is that they will always work according to your directions. It means you will get exactly the same thing that may be their in your imagination. It implies the fact that only an experienced and expert professional can understand the things that may not be quite clear. So, understanding is something that sets premium copywriting services apart from others. </p>
<p><strong>Generation of quality contents</strong></p>
<p>You will be able to get some quality contents only by going with premium copywriting services. It is because of their understanding. They will always generate contents after critically analyzing your guidelines. It is pertinent to mention that only premium copywriting services can find out the right way to produce compelling and persuasive copies because of their experience in the field. It means that you will be getting perfect copies to promote your products or services which will be directly related to the growth of your business. </p>
<p><strong>Professionalism will be at its very best</strong></p>
<p>Professionalism is something that separates premium copywriting services from others. If you have had some bad experiences pertaining to dead lines or quality, then you must trust some premium copywriting service for your upcoming projects. You will surely find them professional enough to take care of every single thing. </p>
<p><strong>Availability of diverse services</strong></p>
<p>Diversity is another feature that will be witnessed by you while going with some premium copywriting services. It means that you will not only be able to get some sophisticated help pertaining to simple copywriting, but, you will also be able to get specialized help in other promotional materials. For instance, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.seo-peace.com/seo_copywriting.html" target="_blank">SEO copywriting</a> services will also be available along with sales letters, slogans and other suchlike things. So, you will never have to go anywhere else to get help in anything related to marketing or promotion of your products. This will also help you in terms of maintaining your budget. </p>
<p>Surely, these are only the basic things that a premium copywriting service can do for you. However, there is a wide range of benefits that are associated with copywriting which can only be enjoyed by switching to some premium copywriting service. </p>
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<p>If there&#8217;s one thing that bugs me about the copywriting market is the lack of a standard measurement that copywriters need to meet in order to call themselves copywriters. Maybe it&#8217;s the scientific part of me that says you should be able to measure just about anything. Or maybe it&#8217;s just the onslaught of new &#8220;copywriters&#8221; I&#8217;ve seen online who I honestly don&#8217;t think deserve that title.</p>
<p>&#13;Think about any other profession, even real estate, you need to take license exams or complete some course that allows you to attach a title to your name. But for copywriting, you can take that name at will.</p>
<p>&#13;Now I&#8217;m not going to pretend as though I have no self-interest in requiring this benchmark. I want the industry to recognize some standard and so customers can cut through the confusion and know the quality of a copywriter they are working with. But more so, I see the industry being watered down by title bearers without much qualification, if any at all.</p>
<p>&#13;Now my suggested requirement may go against the very spirit of entrepreneurship. Most entrepreneurs think that formal education or any &#8216;false standard&#8217; should not define your success. In fact, most business people will boast of their accomplishments without having attended college.</p>
<p>&#13;But this is not just about education although it is. I would even go as far as suggesting a core set of books that copywriters should at least read before they carry a member card. Now for sure, different copywriters would want to include different books, but so do different schools for the same course and sometimes the same educational institution for the same course.</p>
<p>&#13;Okay, so along with the basic course requirement how would I measure a copywriter? I&#8217;ve seen many different elements suggested and so I&#8217;ll like to investigate each one at a time and then suggest the benchmark I would use.</p>
<p>&#13;1. Conversion rates. Some would suggest that a copywriter should be measured by the conversion rate of the sales letters he or she writes. The only problem here is that I&#8217;ve seen some high conversion rates achieved by sloppy sales letters all because of the market these letters targeted.</p>
<p>&#13;For example, markets that generally take &#8220;advantage&#8221; of the natural &#8220;lust&#8221; of the human heart normally do very well. This (for me) would include dating, gambling, pornography, sex, &#8216;get rich quick schemes&#8217; and items that border on the illegal. If a copywriter does well at selling a drug addict cocaine, that&#8217;s nothing to cheer about.</p>
<p>&#13;2. Writing for famous clients. Many copywriters present as proof for their superior skills the fact that they have written for famous gurus. While I cannot blame them for flying these flags, many times these letters are used as a first draft and even chosen because of the low fees. That&#8217;s right. Top gurus often go the low fee route and then adjust the copy themselves. So copywriting clientele is no proof either.</p>
<p>&#13;3. Top Trainer or Coach. If a copywriter was taught by a famous coach then it could be assumed that this would recommend them to be gifted by association. Who wouldn&#8217;t want to be taught golf by Tiger Woods? But again having an excellent teacher doesn&#8217;t make you an excellent student.</p>
<p>&#13;4. Length of time STUDYING copywriting. In this business of writing if you simply study about writing without actually practicing, then you&#8217;ll remain a novice. You have to be in the trenches fighting the battle with many scars to prove your involvement and results to show for it. I&#8217;ll prefer a gauge of the number of pages of copy written than the total length of time studying copywriting.</p>
<p>&#13;5. Amount of money earned. &#8220;Million dollar Producer&#8221;, &#8220;My Copy Sold Billions&#8221;-these are the usual advertising blurbs we see advertising copywriting services. Now I don&#8217;t personally have anything against making a lot of money, but this is often a gauge of one&#8217;s business skills and the market you write for rather than your raw abilities. In other words, if you are &#8216;lucky&#8217; enough to write for a big company with huge mailings, then it&#8217;s highly probable the profit will reflect the company rather than the writer.</p>
<p>&#13;And one successful piece of copy written for the &#8216;right&#8217; company can earn you a &#8220;dollar amount title&#8221; that may not reflect your skills or experience.</p>
<p>&#13;So what is the solution? How do you measure one copywriter against the other? Can I write for the same product and same market and try and beat the control of another writer to prove myself better? Maybe this will be a fair measure, except that I should allow the control writer to try and beat my new control. You must admit that time changes markets and the same letter would get different results over time-hence the need to have the old control writer update his copy.</p>
<p>&#13;It seems that we are still at the very point we started, but we have made some progress since we have eliminated some options. I&#8217;m suggesting that your copywriting skills cannot be measured by conversion rates, famous clients, gifted teacher, length of time studying the discipline or money earned.</p>
<p>&#13;So what&#8217;s left after this?</p>
<p>&#13;I would suggest that a copywriter should be measured by the results of writing for a NEW product to be introduced to a market where the need is NOT already very obvious and in which the product creator had little or no previous credibility with the market. When such a sales letter is judged against the result of other letters written for the same market and product, then you have a safe standard to judge your skills.</p>
<p>&#13;Now this may seem like a hypothetical situation and indeed it may be. But introducing a new product to market is where the tire really meets the road. Of course there is no 100% new concept, but there was a time when the PC was &#8220;new&#8221;. So were the personal video recorder (VCR) and many other modern inventions. And this is why I have such high respect for the early copywriters who had no swipe files to refer to except those filed between their ears.</p>
<p>&#13;So write me a new letter for a new product for a new market and if you knock the ball out of the park I&#8217;ll be in the stands cheering you on.</p>
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		<title>Little Known Ways To Successful Copywriting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Copywriting is one of the most essential elements of effective online marketing. It involves the promotion of various persons, products, services, ideas or opinions, by the use of strategically written words. The ultimate intention of copywriting is to ultimately persuade the reader to take some form of action. In order to make readers act the way you want the copywriting should be such that it immediately grabs the attention of the reader. The articles should be compelling enough to connect with the people. Whether one wants to sell some products or wants to create traffic on his website by placing other links, he/she has to know the tricks to successful copywriting. </p>
<p>Copywriting tutorials are available online as a guide to upcoming copywriters. These copywriting tutorials are designed to give basic knowledge on the art of copywriting in easy to learn lessons. Moreover, they provide references to copywriting books and other links to tutorials on SEO (search engine optimization) copywriting. They also provide links to learning how to write &#8220;killer&#8221; headlines. </p>
<p>Hot copywriters of today have evolved various courses on copywriting to help budding copywriters track their way towards a successful career. Today, copywriters are very highly paid. But in order to be effective and proficient in copywriting one must work diligently and with utmost dedication. </p>
<p>Copywriting for search engines or SEO copywriting as it is commonly referred to, is the art of writing web page copy in a way that is appealing to the readers. The copywriting should be such that it not only draws the attention of the readers but also ranks high in the use of certain key phrases that readers are looking for in the search engines.</p>
<p>The most important skill to be mastered in copywriting is the art of writing attractive headlines. Most readers just make decisions on the efficiency of a web page merely by a quick scan through the page. If the headline is good enough the reader might read further, otherwise he might just move on to another web page. Thus the copywriter must use his copywriting skills and craft an excellent headline. On an average, 80% of the people read only the headlines, and only around 20% read the remaining page. This is why the headline highly determines the effectiveness of the entire page. </p>
<p>Copywriters should make their work interesting. The readers will not stick around unless they find the work interesting. Surprise the readers and make them laugh. Humour is the best way to wake up people while reading a dull boring piece of work. </p>
<p>Copywriting keeping the above in mind can pave your way to successful careers in the same. Being creative and interesting is the key and the six figure salary won’t be far.</p>
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		<title>Copywriting Demand is Very High</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Within this article on copywriting demand, we will look at how much work there is out there for someone who wants to do freelance copywriting as well as the demand for copywriters as a profession.</p>
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Copywriting demand will always be strong. Demand will always be strong whether the economy is strong or weak.</p>
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 In past decades, it was easy to get away with a strong product and some marketing. With the emergence of globalization, there is a greater deal of competition in all markets and the way to stand apart is through marketing. For many consumers, the only way to be able to discern the differences between competing products is through the marketing. This ensures that copywriters are needed.</p>
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 Any good company which wants to send a consistent message to a target audience will always be employing copywriters. Some companies not looking ahead to the future may cut their advertising budget when they hit weak sales but that is not a smart move. If a recession comes along, demand may go down by a small margin for copywriters but it would pick right back up when the economy turned around.</p>
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There is always need for copywriters so no matter what happens within the country, companies will want to make sure that they have copywriters to work for them. There is a growing demand for copywriters in one particular forum and that would be on the Internet.</p>
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 With the Web up past four billion web pages, the demand for search engine copywriting has continued to increase. It is harder to get your web site indexed and search engine copywriting give you a better chance of being indexed. To do this, the search engine copywriters must write well to ensure that two audiences, the people searching and the search bots, are appeased so this provides more opportunities.</p>
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If you are looking into copywriting, there are a great many opportunities within this field. You can work for an advertising agency or you can decide to work for yourself. Many jobs are available all over the country for copywriters and you will find that this copywriting demand will stay at about the same pace and continue to grow with the pace of the economy.</p>
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 If you go out to the website, www.monster.com, you will find that there are currently more than 500 jobs are available for copywriters. This is just a small piece of the job market. There are many other ways that you can find copywriting jobs currently at this time. This should give you an idea of how there is demand for copywriters.</p>
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Hopefully this article on copywriting demand will help you out. If you are a copywriter, you should find that no matter the condition of the economy, you will always find work. Even when the economy is in a recession, some companies&#8217; sales are increasing and they may have a need for more copywriting work. With the demand of the whole market, you should always find yourself needed by someone. </p>
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Good luck in finding a copywriting job but you will find that this is something that will often not be needed because of copywriting demand.</p>
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<p>With the advent of technology, copywriting already covers a wide range of media like television, radio, magazines, brochures, direct mail, and the like today. In fact, every word in every brochure, advert, website and leaflet you see is written by the copywriter. Before, copywriters are restricted to being in-house or by marketing / PR firms but now, there are so many freelance copywriters that offer their services. </p>
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But, doing a freelance copywriting job can be quite stressful. Just like all freelance jobs, freelance copywriting means that you have to sell or market yourself, your ability to meet a deadline or complete a job on time, and to budget resources by making use of your skills and knowledge. </p>
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Being a copywriter enables you to choose a specific or particular market sector or product and you are expected to write something or anything that your potential client wishes. In order to become a good and successful copywriter, you should have a great ability to research about a certain topic while understanding your clients and target customers. </p>
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Aside from having excellent research and understanding skills, you also have to have imagination and flair to keep you ideas running while keeping your clients happy.</p>
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BEING A COPYWRITER : Just like the existence of so many different copies to be written, there are also different types of copywriters in the market today. Some of which are those who have specialization in very specific forms of copywriting like direct mail or ad copy while there are those who take a more general approach by writing copies for any item that is available. </p>
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Today, freelance copywriters are known to write different forms of copy and are expected to produce great outputs. But, despite being demanding work, freelance copywriting can be a lot of fun and one of the best ways make great money if you have the skill, the connection, and the drive to be successful. </p>
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Aside from being an avenue to earn great income, freelance copywriting also offers you the ability to work from anywhere via Internet. If you are planning to become a freelance copywriter, then here are some tips that can help you do the job: </p>
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1. Get educated. If you want to delve into the world of freelance copywriting, then it is a must that you get any type of writing degree in English, Journalism, Communications, and the like. Having an education or a background on the career you wish to pursue can be a strong step in finding work as a copywriter. </p>
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If is it&#8217;s impossible for you to have a degree, try to get certifications or non-degree courses that teach copywriting basics offered by many colleges. Having a background on copywriting can serve as your credential once you venture into freelance work. </p>
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2. Get a pro bono work. If you don&#8217;t have any other experience, writing a copy or an item for free will provide you the experience you need. The copies you have written can also serve as sample copies once you market yourself as a freelance copywriter. </p>
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3. Try to get an internship. An internship from an establishment known to the field you wish to pursue can definitely back up your credentials once your venture as a freelance copywriter. Aside from giving you experience and first-hand knowledge, an internship may also lead you to a permanent employment with the company. </p>
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4. Consider various opportunities. Since the industry is booming, there are lots of freelance copywriters out there who serve as your competitors. If you are really into freelance copywriting, then you should always be updated with businesses and agencies that may need copywriting services. Make sure that you check local newspapers regularly.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Copywriting is a field which you can learn through practice and education.  If you find that you&#8217;re a good writer, the only nuance is that you must learn is how to write in a way that sells.  Within this article today on copywriting tutorials and lessons, we will look at a couple of different books which you can look into it as well as tutorials and lessons on the Internet.</p>
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<p>Copywriting will not be easy to learn and it is a lifelong subject which you will continue to improve at if you work at the subject.  To paraphrase a quotation from Stephen King, he said that copywriting, really writing in general, is a subject that you continue to improve on.  It would be similar to lifting weights for 10 years.  You will develop muscles.  If you write every day for a certain period of time, you will develop writing skills to the point where you become a very good writer.  If you focus on copywriting and write everyday, you will become a very good copywriter.</p>
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<p>The key to copywriting training for your development into a good copywriter is to make sure that you continue to train every day.  When you take the time to work on this subject day after day, you will find that you will have consistent development.  Another key to copywriting training is that you must make sure to continually learn about the field.  There&#8217;s a great deal of information to learn about copywriting and this is not a field which you can learn overnight.  It will take the development and persistence as well as the education and experience that you get from continually working.</p>
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<p>The first resource that you should look for in copywriting training would be any book by Dan Kennedy.  He is one of the world&#8217;s foremost experts on copywriting, specifically direct response writing.  Direct response writing is copywriting where people respond immediately to the offer that you present to them.  This is often done in the form of direct mail.  One of the very good books that he wrote is called The Ultimate Sales Letter. </p>
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<p>If you would like an introduction into copywriting, visit your local library.  You will find that there should be at least one or two do-it-yourself books on copywriting training.  Another great resource to help you would be the Internet.  There are many different resources out there to help you in your copywriting training.  Here are a couple of good websites which have tutorials on operating which you can use at your own convenience.  The first website which you should visit is: http://www.sherus.com/business/copywriting/. The second website that you should visit is: www.adcopywriting.com/Tutorials_List.htm. Each of these websites has different steps that you should work on so that you do not have to learn everything at once.  You can learn at your own pace and when you have the time available.</p>
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<p>Writing the content for a company&#8217;s website is not a child&#8217;s play. It requires a lot of research and talent to deliver impressive and persuasive content that converts the website visitor into a customer soon after they read your content. Hence, the salaries demanded by copywriting professionals are too high that are often unaffordable for most website owners. Also, along with a handsome salary package are the benefits of life insurance and others that are expected from the companies. So, outsourcing copywriting services is the best way to go for a creative, positive and persuasive writing copy.</p>
<p><strong>Outsource copywriting services &#8211; An affordable option </strong></p>
<p>Copywriting is basically meant to lure the potential customers towards your services so you need to hire highly skilled professional copywriters. An, outsourcing is one of the viable means of hiring affordable copywriting services from third world countries where labor charges are yet too less in comparison to UK an US. You can anytime operate through any of the auction-based sites and offer your project to fulfill the requirement of copywriting services for your company. The bids are placed by outsourcing copywriting firms and freelance copywriters at highly competitive rates and you may select the copywriting firm that suits the budget and the requirements of your website in the best possible way.</p>
<p><strong>English &#8211; not the primary language with copywriters of Asian countries </strong></p>
<p>However, considering the difference in the currency rates, many companies from abroad outsource their services to Asian countries such as India and Pakistan for affordable copywriting services. Nonetheless, one problem that they often face in this outsourcing business to Asian countries is that as English is not the primary language of these professionals, at times grammatical errors, unclear messages, poor phrasing, spelling errors are the common problems that are often found in the work delivered by some of the incompetent professionals of Asian countries. Word-to-word conversion from their native language into English is also done by some copywriters of these countries and thereby leading to blunders.</p>
<p><strong>Finding the best copywriters in Asian countries </strong></p>
<p>Such work is highly unacceptable. But, undoubtedly even the best copywriters at minimal rates can also be found in these countries only. English is the widely accepted business language and impeccable writing copies are expected from copywriters, irrespective of the fact if English is their primary language or not. Finding the keywords for creating an impact on the readers, simple and easy to comprehend language, focusing on the target audience and deciding the aim for writing the content (whether brand awareness, product image or sales) are all necessary points that a good copywriter must know before he/she starts writing.</p>
<p>So, it all depends upon you, if you have the discretion to select the best copywriters or not. To make sure that you do not fell into the trap of some incompetent copywriting service providers, it would be a good idea to select the copywriters by reviewing their work thoroughly for pros and cons before you hire them for your company website&#8217;s project.</p>
<p>Therefore, while selecting an affordable copywriting firm or professional, emphasis on quality of work that is delivered by the service provider is equally important as the consideration of the budget. So, what are you waiting for? Start searching for a good copywriting service provider on the Internet who can create a powerful writing copy for your website.</p>
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<p>Amber Smith is an expert author who writes SEO articles and strategies tips. She also works for <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.econtentaxis.com">copywriting company</a>, Content Axis, one of the best copywriting agencies that offers premium <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.econtentaxis.com/content-packages.html">copywriting services</a>, article submission services, press release writing and eBook sales packages. To know more about the services, please visit Content Axis Inc.</p>
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