By Roberta Rosenberg on Apr 6, 2007 in Working with Clients | 1 Comment
Change "copywriters" to "consultants" and just about any resource for consultants works equally well for copywriters because most of us wear both hats.
I read 7 Ways To Learn If Your Clients Love Or Loathe You by Sheryl Kravitz in RainToday.com today (now that sounds redundant) and thought it was a very useful, valuable read. [...]
By Roberta Rosenberg on Jan 26, 2007 in Working with Clients | 3 Comments
"I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." For those of us who grew up watching Popeye cartoons, you’ll recognize his friend, Wimpy and Wimpy’s famous catch phrase.
Robert Rosenthal in his blog, Freaking Marketing, speaks to the heart of this issue. Check out, Why Direct Marketing Agencies Don’t "Put Skin In The Game". [...]
By Roberta Rosenberg on Jan 3, 2007 in Copywriting Courses, DM Copy Tips & Tools, Promoting Your Biz, Working with Clients | 2 Comments
Like you, I mostly scan my mail - email, snail mail, love letters (those I read, every word), bills — and usually that suffices. But this Makepeace interview with Bob Bly made me stop and read every word.
This is GREAT stuff about B2B copywriting (which is what I do mostly, for many of the reasons [...]
By Roberta Rosenberg on Nov 17, 2006 in Copywriting Courses, DM Copy Tips & Tools, Promoting Your Biz, Working with Clients | 0 Comments
(And ain’t that a pretty picture!)
Wow, is my face red. Broken links and a typo in my last post. And who caught me? Michael Stelzner himself.
I’m going to have to turn in my proofreader’s card. (Actually, and this comes as no surprise, I’m a lousy proofreader.) But because I was in a rush and [...]
By Roberta Rosenberg on Nov 9, 2006 in Promoting Your Biz, Working with Clients | 2 Comments
Some marketing tips are just way too obvious.
Consider this: I got a call after work hours from a fellow I do not know. He introduced himself by name without a company affiliation. He told me he had reviewed AdoptShoppe, my online store. He then proceeded to tell me in several breathless sentences how my site [...]