What does Captain Kirk have to do with Valentine's Day? Nothing, far as I know… except perhaps that the legendary Captain of the Starship Enterprise was a renowned ladies man. He was good at the art of love.

In which I point you to five fabulous sources of free treasures any writer would love…

Interestingly, there are three habits that are shared by every successful freelance copywriter I know. They are…

One of the keys to making more money as a freelance copywriter is being able to write good copy quickly. The faster you write, the more you can write. The more you can write, the more money you can make. Here are three tips on how to write copy faster (and probably better, to):

The secret to being a writer is really no secret at all. It is simply this: Write.

Seth Godin points out on his blog that there are products that are “bought”, and there're products that are “sold”. Ice cream is bought. Life insurance is sold.

This is an update to one of my more popular posts.

One of the keys to making more money as a freelance copywriter is being able to write good copy quickly. The faster you write, the more you can write. The more you can write, the more money you can make. Here are three tips on how to write copy faster (and probably better, to):

Okay, cards on the table: I'm the author, so of course I would recommend this book!

There are, in fact, essential skills that anyone who wants to make their living as a freelance writer needs to possess. You may be surprised to learn that these are not exotic skills, limited to a talented few.

I sent an email about this to most of my email subscribers late the evening before the Christmas Holiday.

You're going to like this…

The web is filled with atrocious copy.

There probably is not a comprehensive list of “perfect skills” every freelance copywriter should have-but here are five I feel need to be in every copywriters toolkit. Surprisingly, none of them are about writing copy. Let's assume for the moment that you already know how to do that (please… if you say your copywriter, please tell me you know how to write copy). Here are the five essentials that will keep you happy, healthy, and wealthy:

Chris Garrett gave an excellent talk yesterday at Wishlist Live about online community. I was struck — not for the first time — by the thought that online community is no different than “real world” community. I need this reminder every now and then.

I will admit, I didn't really expect this outcome.