Four Years in Freelance Writing: Every Lesson Learned
Lesson one. Tell everyone you’re pregnant and the internet loses its collective shit. But seriously. If you follow me on LinkedIn, you’ll likely have been bugged by those annoying ‘celebrating four years at Katie Lingo’ notifications. Sorry about that....
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The Case for Camels: What Is Accessibility in Copy?
It was a cheeky homemade video that inspired this week’s #Write52 post on accessibility – among other things. While some laughed at my feeble Love Actually reconstruction, another remarked: “All I could read was ‘big kiss’! Sorry Katie!” In...
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Are Your Freelancers Part of the Team?
Today started with a surprise in my inbox. It was 9am and I’d just been sent my ‘team’ headshot by one of my agency clients. There she was, staring back at me with gleaming white teeth, flawless skin and...
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Is Your Content Really Worth It?
I’ll let you in on a little secret. I do not like the word ‘content’. Shocking, I know, considering it’s my livelihood, and I use it pretty often. Why the beef? The term ‘content’ is simply too catch-all: it...
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The ProCopywriters Report 2020: What Have We Learned?
If you’re a regular on the Katie Lingo blog, you’ll know I love a good report. Evidently, it seems that you do too. The 2020 ProCopywriters Report has had the biggest number of respondents ever at 640 – up...
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This Is Why You Suck At Writing*
*and why you really, really don’t. If I had a penny for every time a client told me they had no confidence in their writing… Well, I’d have a lot. Don’t ask me to do maths. I’m a writer....
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Move Over, Content – Is User Experience Now King?
“A great user experience enables us to get more done. In contrast, a bad experience could stand in the way of finding valuable information on a page.” These wise words from Google signal a forthcoming algorithm shift, with user...
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Is Business Coaching Right for You?
Business coaching. Like it or loathe it, the industry is growing, and was valued at $15 billion globally in 2019. The definition of “business coach” is a bone of contention. Some prefer to focus solely on advancing the goals...
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The Reuters Digital News Report 2020 – Can We Trust Anyone?
Another year, another belter of a Reuters Digital News Report. I’ll admit I had my reservations about this year’s study. Thankfully, the C-word was a minor “backdrop”, and we still have the same shrewd insights. Recap: what is the...
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Is ‘Freelancer’ a Dirty Word?
Owen Turner – United by Design Today is National Freelancers’ Day – a celebration of the finest self-employed talents out there, whose contributions make up some 5 million of the UK’s workforce. As a proud freelancer, I like to...
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