The Takeaways from One Year of #Write52
There we have it – somehow, in what has been the longest and shortest year of our lives, 2020 is over. We’ve all learnt a lot this year and have embarked on our own projects. Here’s hoping you can...
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Why Are We Still Pushing the Six-Figure Ideal?
A week ago, I was followed on Twitter by a chap promising to help me become a “six-figure copywriter in six months”. His pinned tweet told me he’d just won a $65 an hour job. £50 an hour. Let’s...
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Black Friday 2020: Retail Frenzy or Digital Disaster?
We’re one week away from Black Friday and I’m still pulling Excitable Edgar’s dragon ash out of my hair. Is it that time of year already? If you’ve not been on the internet this week, first, check your pulse,...
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Did Bad Marketing Cost Trump the Election?
Popping the cork of a Tesco Finest prosecco bottle might sound like standard practice at Katie Lingo HQ, but last Saturday there was a reason: the defeat of Donald Trump. Trump supporters, look away now. You’re about to see...
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Tone Deaf or Virtue Signalling? Watching Our Words in #Lockdown2
At the turn of November, I shared a ‘guilty’ Instagram post stating that I’d been feeling a little ‘tone deaf’ with my content. There you were, watching old Floppy Hair telling us to stay home. I was prancing around...
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How to Make the Most of the ProCopywriters Conference
You may have noticed that the ProCopywriters Conference is taking a slightly different approach for 2020. Last year’s attendees may recall running around London’s Barbican Centre with lanyards swinging. This year, we’re taking in the wisdom of the industry’s...
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Leads in the Time of Corona
Ten points if you get the joke, Colombian literature enthusiasts. This week’s data-is-sexy-I-promise tribute goes out to leads, and how we’re approaching lead generation right now. Lockdown really does feel like 100 years of solitude, doesn’t it? Okay, I’ll...
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What Recession? How Speed Affects Post-COVID Recovery
Is anybody else feeling like this? The mainstream media forebodes a looming recession, but life feels like it’s going at breakneck speed. Of course, there are always winners and losers in a crisis. Travel has taken a devastating hit,...
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Beware – Freelancers Are Taking Over
Yay! Another sobering stat from our good friend the coronavirus. Marketing Week is predicting “significant job losses” as the furlough scheme comes to an end. With marketing departments shrinking, are we now relying on freelancers to pick up the...
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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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