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Copywriter with a Quality Control Background

Company: Master Control

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Overview: Copywriter; Freelance Description

Master Control, an international software company, needs the services of copywriter who can write web pages, email blasts, case studies, white papers and more. You’ll... (more...)

The Reality Blog: Why You Need A “Sugar Feed” (And How To Get One)



Dear Web Writer, If you’re having trouble getting your web-writing career off the ground, here’s what you should do. You see, a lot of new web writers feel weighed down by the heaviness of their own aspirations. You want to follow your interests and passions, but you can’t seem to... (more...)

15 Minutes to Fame: The Importance of Setbacks



Today we wrap up the first month of 2011. Sitting down and taking stock of what I’ve accomplished in this first month, I’m not as happy as I could be. There are several things I am happy with. I made some good progress toward several of my goals. But I didn’t make all the progress... (more...)

The Reality Blog: How To Take Massive Criticism From An Unhappy Client And Use It To Your Advantage

Dear Web Writer, Here’s where the Reality Blog shows its strengths: When I mess up big-time and you get to learn from it. Hopefully, I’ll learn from it, too. NOTE: See The Complete Reality Blog Here The Big, Well-Paying Project Let’s just say I bid on and won a major project last fall. A $15,000... (more...)

The only sure way to make real progress this year

Sometimes it’s hard to know what you should be focusing on … Should you pick a niche? Take that new course on that hot copywriting opportunity? Beef up your skills? Or, write a letter to send to that new source of clients? It can feel like you’re constantly taking two steps back for every step... (more...)

Your 12-Step Roadmap To Becoming A Well-Paid, Working Web Writer: Module 3

Choose Your Web-Writing Business Direction • Get Ready For The Latest Trends In Web Writing • Time To Specialize! • Specific Types Of Web Copy Specialties • Now Make Your Goal Specific • How To Keep Up With All The Information Available To You Get... (more...)

The Reality Blog: 5 Yoga Poses You Can Do At Your Desk And Other Healthy Work Habits

Dear Web Writer, If there’s anything I should know by now, it’s that taking care of my body is one of the single most effective ways to stay productive (and profitable) as a web writer. That’s why I wrote about the importance of health in today’s Wealthy Web Writer article (you can read it here).... (more...)

Taking a Look at YouTube as a Marketing Tool

“You can buy attention (advertising). You can beg for attention from the media (PR). You can bug people one at a time to get attention (sales). Or you can earn attention by creating something interesting and valuable and then publishing it online for free.” — David Meerman Scott Welcome back!... (more...)

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6 Ideas for Writing a Successful E-book

Here at the Wealthy Web Writer, we’ve talked a lot lately about the many benefits of writing an e-book: • It’s a major credibility booster • It typically means a 100% profit margin • You don’t have to store inventory • There’s no hassle over shipping or... Read More

15 Minutes to Fame: Avoiding Complacency

If I had to pick one reason I’m not more successful than I am, it would be complacency. Don’t get me wrong. I do all right. I haven’t worked a regular, full-time job in 10 years, and it’s been eight years since I held any job at all outside of my freelance writing business. That’s part of the... Read More

Member Spotlight: Jen Phillips April On The Steady Climb Upward

Dear Web Writer, Many of you will relate to Jen’s story … She started out in a career that was fine, but over time grew dull. One day, a fortuitous project introduced her to the world of copywriting … and from there, things started to come together. Now Jen manages a successful Money-Making... Read More


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How to Make $1,250 Per Day as a B2B Web Writer

May ’10273:00 pm Date: May 27th 2010 Time: 3PM Eastern Time Topic: B2B Speaker: Steve Slaunwhite You won’t make millions writing web copy for business-to-business (B2B) companies. But you can do very, very well. $1,000-$1,500 per day is not unusual. And the assignments — emails,... Read More


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Motivate Yourself Now: The Iced-Cupcake Approach To Doing Your Best Work

Dear Web Writer, Are you an icing-eater, like me? It’s the one thing about me that drives Craig crazy. Give me anything with a sugary-iced side to it, and that’s what I’ll eat … and only that. So if it’s a donut … I eat the top half and leave the doughy bottom. If it’s a cupcake, I’ll... Read More

Roving Report: Client Hero Habits for Web Writers

When you’re a hero to your clients, they enjoy a lot of advantages ― you do, too. On January 31, Pam Foster met with a group of Wealthy Web Writers to explain just what those advantages are, and how you can enjoy the hero role with your clients. Pam is a prolific web copywriter who’s recently seen... Read More

How to Combine the Ticking Time Bomb Secrets

“I don’t know the rules of grammar … If you’re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular.” — David Ogilvy Last week we talked... Read More

Make Your Videos Count

When you begin working to attract attention to your website, you might be overlooking one very important tool. Online video. Sure, the articles and blogs on your website play an important role in attracting visitors and elevating your search rankings by the SEO, but videos are an easy and powerful way... Read More

Motivate Yourself Now: What Adele Can Teach Web Writers

Dear Web Writer, The whole world is buzzing about Adele… …and if you saw her on last night’s Grammy’s, you understand why. There’s just something about watching someone emerge from nothing into the spotlight of acclaimed accomplishment that makes you believe all dreams are possible. Now, the... Read More


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Putting LinkedIn to Work

Mar153:00 pm Date: March 15, 2012 Time: 3pm, Eastern Time Topic: LinkedIn Presenter: Heather Robson During the past three months, Managing Editor Heather Robson, has steadily applied the LinkedIn strategies she shared in LinkedIn for Beginners, a prior event. In this event she catalogs her experiences,... Read More

Turn Twitter Into a Powerful Web-Writing Tool

Feb1412:30 pm Date: February 14, 2012 Time: 12:30 pm, Eastern Time Topic: Twitter Twitter: Alexis Rodrigo Successful blogger and Twitter expert, Lexi Rodrigo, joins Wealthy Web Writer for a live interview. The topic? How you can turn Twitter into a powerful networking tool that can help you build your... Read More

Using LinkedIn to Build Your Niche

Feb233:00 pm Date: February 23, 2012 Time: 3 pm, Eastern Time Topic: LinkedIn Presenter: Pam Foster One of the fastest ways to dramatically increase your success as a web writer is to focus on a niche market. Just ask Pam Foster. Pam was already a successful web writer before she decided to focus on... Read More

Why I Hire the Freelancers I Do … A Candid Interview With Rebecca Matter

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Date: February 9, 2012 Time: 12pm, Eastern Time Topic: Getting Clients Presenter: Rebecca Matter Have you ever wondered what makes a Marketing Director hire a freelancer? What sets the freelancer who lands the project apart from those who get turned down? In this teleconference,... Read More

Motivate Yourself Now: Who Do You Check-In With?

Dear Web Writer, You know that ripple of excitement you feel throughout your body when you FINALLY start realizing a long-time goal? That ripple has been permeating my entire house lately. It’s intoxicating … addicting … and it has a snowball effect: Now all my other goals feel achievable as well,... Read More


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