The Copywriter Underground

Deb Ng seems like a level headed sort. So when she starts ranting, I pay attention.
And while it sounds a little callous, I’m happy to see her casting off her SEO work:
I’m done. I’m keyworded out. I understand the basics of SEO, but honestly, can we think things through before throwing them out for [...]

Kathy at the Screw You! blog (”Daily [or thereabouts] diatribes of a frenzied freelancer”) posted about a Craigslist ad for a female writer that ended on an ominous note:
Please send some info about yourself and a picture as possible.

Hmm. A picture? Apparently the male advertiser was looking for more than help with his grammar, hoping to conjugate [...]

The last couple weeks have flown by. Copy’s been flowing like the Amazon at flood stage. Juggling work, proposals, blogs and a personal life meant a few late nights at the keyboard
Now even my friends say I look like hell.
From all this, one thing is clear; all-nighters aren’t the fun they used to be.
Lots of Vowels. [...]

Most writers are absolute geeks about writer stuff - notebooks, PCs, pens - and all the other toys that don’t necessarily help you write better, but are fun to play with anyway.
Via the Moleskinerie blog comes a fun article at the Gadget Lab listing Top Tools for Creative (and Working) Writers.

Covering everything from mini-laptops to pens, including some Moleskine-like [...]

Professional writers have never had more choices.
The amount of available freelance work is staggering.
Unfortunately, too much of it is of the low-paying, “SEO article” variety, where the finished product isn’t an “article” as much as fodder for search engines.
If you’re working at this level, but want more, then here’s an idea: why not divert time [...]

I couldn’t believe my RSS Reader (just switched to Google).
Kristen King of Inkthinker laid out NINE (count ‘em) posts containing nothing… but incredibly useful links for writers of all stripes.
A collection of links (mostly to blog posts), she’s obviously kept track of the good stuff, and for writers, it’s suddenly harvest time (only in spring).
Valuable [...]

Good satire is a beautiful thing, especially when the ad game’s overblown egos are the target.
For your weekend viewing amusement: 2.5 minutes of accuracy masquerading as fiction.
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Technorati Tags: advertising, ad sales, video, satire

I skipped the last couple Fifteen Minute Pitch Posts because frankly, I wasn’t looking for any extra work (look for an article about copywriter fatigue coming to a blog near you).
Remember, my Fifteen Minute Pitch Posts are designed to make you sit down and think about projects you could pitch to your current clients (probably the [...]

We can safely say that my strength as a blogger doesn’t lie with my knowledge of the technology. Hell, I’m still trying to get the damned MyBlogLog pictures to appear in the sidebar.
That’s why posts like: How to Get More Comments, Less Spam from Michel Fortin’s blog are candy to me; they help me build a more [...]

A new meme is in the air; this one focused squarely on “Why I blog.”
I was tagged by the redoubtable Michel Fortin, and in only twenty-two words we’ve already stumbled on my first reason for blogging.
Reason #1: Other Bloggers.
When you’re blogging about copywriting, you’re doing so alongside an intriguing group of new, experienced and [...]