Comments on: My Words, Their Byline – Maven Loses Her Ghost Blogging V-Card http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2009/12/maven-writes-first-ghost-blog-post/ A copywriter shares tips, techniques, reviews & cranky commentary Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:48:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Victoria Ipri http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2009/12/maven-writes-first-ghost-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3639 Victoria Ipri Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:02:24 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=1195#comment-3639 You're so right, Roberta! We all want to be incentivized for the work we do, and this is a great way to boost your visibility while making some cash and ensuring future prospects will have a greater interest in what you have to say. Nothing like billing yourself as a contributing author, or chief editor, to make potential customers sit up and take notice. You’re so right, Roberta! We all want to be incentivized for the work we do, and this is a great way to boost your visibility while making some cash and ensuring future prospects will have a greater interest in what you have to say. Nothing like billing yourself as a contributing author, or chief editor, to make potential customers sit up and take notice.

]]> By: Roberta Rosenberg http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2009/12/maven-writes-first-ghost-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3603 Roberta Rosenberg Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:33:15 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=1195#comment-3603 Victoria - I like the idea of having some sort of attribution. I've done a little reading about it and it seems like a fair and authentic way to go. Contributing Editor or somesuch would go along way to soothing my internal whine about 'where my name?' Victoria – I like the idea of having some sort of attribution. I’ve done a little reading about it and it seems like a fair and authentic way to go. Contributing Editor or somesuch would go along way to soothing my internal whine about ‘where my name?’

]]> By: Victoria Ipri http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2009/12/maven-writes-first-ghost-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3602 Victoria Ipri Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:05:30 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=1195#comment-3602 Maven, great post! The concept of authenticity is one we all struggle with as copywriters, particularly since our success depends upon transforming clients' ideas into words that sell. When I first started out, I was just so happy to have work I didn't care about the ghostwriting aspect. Today, I'm older, wiser, and I charge a lot more :) and I insist on my name appearing in some form. For ebooks and the like I might be listed as author, co-author,contributing author, editor, etc. For other types of documents, the title might include "with Foreword by..." There are many ways, but the important point is that, while ghostwriting might pay the bills, it does nothing to promote one's personal brand, which becomes an increasingly important objective over the lifetime of one's copywriting career. Maven, great post! The concept of authenticity is one we all struggle with as copywriters, particularly since our success depends upon transforming clients’ ideas into words that sell. When I first started out, I was just so happy to have work I didn’t care about the ghostwriting aspect. Today, I’m older, wiser, and I charge a lot more :) and I insist on my name appearing in some form. For ebooks and the like I might be listed as author, co-author,contributing author, editor, etc. For other types of documents, the title might include “with Foreword by…” There are many ways, but the important point is that, while ghostwriting might pay the bills, it does nothing to promote one’s personal brand, which becomes an increasingly important objective over the lifetime of one’s copywriting career.

]]> By: Roberta Rosenberg http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2009/12/maven-writes-first-ghost-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3601 Roberta Rosenberg Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:39:49 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=1195#comment-3601 Yes, and it was most kind of them, too. :) Yes, and it was most kind of them, too. :)

]]> By: TC/The Copywriter Underground http://www.copywritingmaven.com/2009/12/maven-writes-first-ghost-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3600 TC/The Copywriter Underground Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:38:06 +0000 http://www.copywritingmaven.com/?p=1195#comment-3600 I've written speeches for others, and yes - it is weird. Trying to convey or persuade is one thing. Doing so with someone else's cadence/voice/vocabulary/speech pattern is another. But the hell with writing, and onto the important stuff: They <i>paid in advance?</i> I’ve written speeches for others, and yes – it is weird. Trying to convey or persuade is one thing. Doing so with someone else’s cadence/voice/vocabulary/speech pattern is another.

But the hell with writing, and onto the important stuff:

They paid in advance?

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