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5 Types of Content I Write to Scale My Website

The content strategy that works for me Over the last six months, I’ve used five content types to scale my beginner blog to between 7,000 – 10,000 page views per month. It’s been a monumental climb for me. I struggled for years to figure out a process that actually worked. All the gurus sold me […]

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This Is the Fastest Way To Grow a Blog From 0 to 100,000 Views per Month

Blog traffic for beginners If I had to start over from scratch and grow a blog from 0 to 100,000 views per month, there are two ways I could do it. One way is easier and faster, but it’s also much more expensive. The other way is longer and harder, but it’s probably more rewarding […]

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How to overcome writer’s block: 5 tips to get unstuck

Writer’s block: a universal struggle for creators. We’ve been there. Here are five tips to beat writer’s block that’ll get you unstuck and back to writing. You finally did it. You set aside time to work on that blog post you’ve been meaning to write. You pour a fresh cup of coffee, sit down at […]

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5 steps for writing sales emails that convert (+ Templates)

You’re growing your email list. Now how do you turn those subscribers into customers? Start writing better sales emails with this five-step guide (+ templates). You’ve been putting in the work to build your email list. Your subscriber count is growing, and you send out the occasional email newsletter and product launch email. When you take a look at […]

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How to use copywriting as your top online salesperson

Copywriting can be your strongest — or weakest — salesperson. Learn how to uplift your copywriting and drive more sales with written-word expert Joanna Wiebe. You’re sitting at your desk, checking out your latest sales stats, and realize your numbers are less than ideal. How discouraging. What are you doing wrong? More importantly, can you […]

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5 strategies for better sales writing to execute today 

Check out these five strategies for better sales writing and learn why the written word can be your greatest business asset or harshest downfall. When I tell people I write for a living, a lot of them look at me like I’ve confessed to being a Gilda from Wizard of Oz. They — and you may […]

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What Paid Courses Fail to Tell You About Freelance Writing

I’m a freelance writer. It’s how I sustain myself financially and creatively. But I wasn’t born a freelance writer. I didn’t aspire to leverage the written word to make a living. I didn’t journal as a teenager. My heroes weren’t authors and writing has never been a passion of mine. I bumped into freelance writing […]

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15 Vital Freelancing Lessons For African Writers

When I became a freelance copywriter, I didn’t have anyone to guide me. There was nobody there to show me how to look for clients, how to charge for my services, or what type of content to create. I couldn’t afford copywriting courses because even the cheap ones were expensive when converted into my local […]

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20 Questions To Ask Before Writing A Word: My Copywriting Questionnaire

The better your questionnaire, the better your ability to write persuasive copy that turns visitors into customers. A great copywriting questionnaire will help you understand the business you’re working with, its value, its customers, and its competition. It should be exactly long enough to get the information you need without creating too much of a hassle for […]

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The Megalist Commandments Of Copywriting

Why have some of the copywriting tips when you can have ALL the copywriting tips? That’s it. That’s the intro. Here are all the copywriting tips you’ll ever want or need (and some besides), organized into incredibly useful categories (way more useful than all those other inferior lists) and written by someone with more direct, […]