by Mike Beeson | Jan 23, 2013 | copywriters, copywriting, copywriting-techniques, freelance copywriter, travel copywriter, travel copywriting, travel writer, travel writing
I’ve been looking at what other travel copywriters have been up to. What struck me most forcibly was the difference in the type of work we do. It’s worth pointing out that there’s a major divide between ‘travel writers’ who go intrepidly... Read more...
by Mike Beeson | Jan 22, 2013 | advertising, advertising copywriting, copywriters, copywriting, copywriting-techniques, financial copywriters, financial copywriting, financial marketing, freelance copywriter
This has to be the hypothetical question of the year – and it’s still only January as I write! Can you name even ONE ‘big’ financial copywriter? Even more to the point – most people would struggle to come up with more than a couple of copywriters who... Read more...
by Mike Beeson | Nov 30, 2012 | copywriters, copywriting, freelance copywriter, web copywriting, website-copywriting
When a would-be client calls and says: “We just want the Home page writing,” I always give the kind of introspective nod that would send shivers down the spine of the suicide squad. Of course, I’m on the phone, so no-one has an inkling. Visible or... Read more...
by Mike Beeson | Nov 23, 2012 | copywriters, copywriting, copywriting-techniques, freelance copywriter, Panda update, Penguin Update, SEO, SEO copywriting, SEO techniques, seo-services, Social-Media
I still have clients contacting me who are expert at putting carts before horses when it comes to SEO copywriting. As anyone who follows Google’s latest diktats will know, SEO has been turned on its head since Pandas and Penguins got in on the act with their... Read more...
by Mike Beeson | Nov 23, 2012 | advertising copywriting, brochure copywriter, brochure copywriting, copywriters, copywriting, copywriting-techniques, freelance copywriter, marketing, online marketing, SEO, SEO copywriting, SEO techniques, Social-Media
In the maelstrom of marketing activity with which we’re all bombarded on a daily basis, it’s hard to believe that advertising copywriting was once a lead creative skill in what was the most dominant aspect of marketing. Clients of a certain age would be... Read more...
by Mike Beeson | Nov 11, 2012 | advertising, copywriting, copywriting-techniques, marketing, online marketing, Penguin Update, SEO, SEO copywriting, SEO techniques, seo-services
Has your business become over-reliant on Google when it comes to online copywriting and marketing? Should you be shifting some of your online focus and re-balancing it with more offline activity? With all the changes that have taken place at the search engine over... Read more...