So you want an online writing job. You’ve done all the basics: added your CV to the job sites, polished your profile on LinkedIn and signed up to every job alert you can find.
But nothing is happening. You’re getting few job alerts in your inbox and close to zero recruitment calls a week. When you [...]
“You miss every opportunity you don’t take”
That quote got me thinking about a chance that I took a few years ago that ultimately changed the course of my online copywriting career.
The Year Was 2009…
In 2009 I was working as an Administrator and doing nothing with an MSc that I had just spent 2 years and [...]
Uber-blogger Marko Saric was the speaker for this month’s Social Media London meetup, and who better to give us tips on building better blogs? As if running one of the world’s top 50 blogs (HowToMakeMyBlog.com) wasn’t enough, Marko also has a full-time blogging job with Party Poker and his Metallica blog became Denmark’s official Metallica [...]
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Readers of Tom Ewer’s excellent Leaving Work Behind blog will have read his recent post on taking a new direction on his blog. In this new post, Tom maintains that he is not an expert and explains his new approach:
The subject matter will revolve around what I am trying to do, and what I have [...]
Start Your Online Copywriting Career From Scratch
One of the most frustrating parts of getting your first online copywriting job is having to prove yourself before you’ve had the chance to build a portfolio. Employers want examples of your work, yet you could only get those if they gave you the job in the first place.
But [...]
This month’s Social Media Meetup took place on Tuesday 20th and the theme was “How to Land a Job in Social Media” with inspirational speaker and experienced social media specialist Steve Ward from Cloud Nine Media Recruitment.
Steve started with some background information about himself – 18 years of experience recruiting and working in social media as a [...]
What not to do on Twitter if you want to promote your blog the right way…
Spam followers with your previous posts. After two or three consecutive posts on their feed, your followers WILL zone out. No excuse for this one, seeing as scheduled tweet features are available on Tweetdeck and Hootsuite.
Repeat the same message or [...]
