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By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:25:07 +0000

Lillie: While I attended a few seminars many years ago, I haven’t taken, witnessed or perused the coursework for any of the classes you mention.

I can’t offer an informed opinion beyond saying a class designed to de-elevate the learning curve probably wouldn’t hurt, though there are several books available that offer much the same advice.

What a class really offers isn’t the “Ten secrets of Instant Copywriting Success” (there aren’t any) or a surefire method to $200K a year, but the chance to learn in an interactive environment.

In other words, look for an instructor you respect, not a list of promises you can’t quite believe.

Good luck, and let me know what happens.

By: Lillie

Lillie — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:57:27 +0000

Would you recommend AWAI as good skill-building for developing the assets of a good copywriter? Are Michael Masterson and Bob Bly’s online courses a solid investment? I have heard pro and con about AWAI. Thank you.

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By: Leda Yeats

Leda Yeats — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:10:38 +0000

Hallo there… I’m from Italy. Your post is quite interesting and it let me hope well… me too am in the copywriting,,, but here is quite diffuclt to catch and to keep a good flow of work….

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By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:55:24 +0000

The trend the last decade has been to jettison the staff writers and outsource. I wonder if we won’t see that trend reversed sometime soon.

There’s so much content a company *could* be writing for the Internet that it could easily consume a writer’s full attention.

By: M

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:49:17 +0000

Heck, I’m just goose-pimply at the thought that companies are finally realizing that hiring folks to write for the way we all read online is a good thing.

(OK, they threw writing for print in there too. Makes sense. Still — anytime anyone says anything positive about writing for the web, it’s stand-up-and-cheer time.)

Seriously, if I hear one more “let’s just duplicate our existing print online and save a few bucks,” … well … it’s not going to be pretty. It’s encouraging to hear that those paradigms maight be a-shifting at last.

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