Hiya Joshua,

I jumped over there and joined and uh, Yeah it is in beta testing. I did leave a message though.
You might want to read it?

Verb

Hi,

I'm doitnow. Well I'm a rather short and precise person.

What I like:

Short and precise videos. Not long winded videos

Credibility: nowadays before I subscribe to any IM newsletter, I only ask myself one thing: Has this marketer being involved in selling Non IM staff: If the answer is no sorry answer is unlikely I will subscribe to his newsletter. I prefer people like Mark Ling, Ken Calhoun, Colin Mccodugal who are living proof that they can involved in both IM and Non IM niches. They truely walk the talk

What I dislike:

Any thing that is long: that will take your attention away.
Hype:

Why I called myself:

doitnow

Do you know why most people failed online? That's because they keep buying and buying and not applying what they learn!

solution: make a commitment to yourself and do it now!

Long story short: I'm not a native English speaker, but that does not want to stop me from being learning copy writing. Michael Alvarez, are you a Mexican or an American living in Cancun?

Let me ask all of you one thing: Is every one born to be a copywriter? Is every one born to be a graphic designer? Is every one born to be a software engineer? Is every one born to be a doctor? It is only through practice, diligence and perseverance that we become skilful in what we do.

Hi.

Well said 'doitnow'. The key to writing great copy is writing, writing,
and then writing some more (even when you don't feel like it).

And to answer your question... I was born in Mexico City, then lived
in the northern part of the country in a place called Saltillo (near the
border with Texas). Finally a few years ago, I got married and moved
to paradise city - Cancun.


All the best!
Miguel Alvarez
Copywriting.com

Hey Donna, I'm glad you asked about the AWAI course -- I LOVE it! Being that it's a correspondence course, it takes as much time as you decide to put into it p/day. Yes, it's worth every penny. I must admit (first to myself) that I haven't been writing for almost a month. But I've decided to NOT beat myself up for it...........like usual. Instead I've decided to start over -- today. Thanks for responding!

Hi Miguel,

I was surfing the term "copywriting," looking for some job postings for copywriting clients, as I had just finished working with a client on his web sales copy and was looking for new assignments when I was intrigued that someone had purchased the name Copywriting.com.

What a surprise and delight it was to find that it was by you, Miguel Alvarez.

You probably don't remember me at all. You were very encouraging when I created my first website, The Empowered Soul, some three years ago. Well, it is still alive and well, with a wonderful loyal list of subscribers. I now work entirely from home.

I just love your blog--the technical and the artistic elegance of it. Like all your work, this is another masterpiece.

I immediately registered and I have set up a blog called Copywriting Journal. I started Copywriting long before I knew a lick of html and only knew how to fix hardware problems, with computers and networks. I hope to post some new content in it on a daily basis. Thank you for making this resource available to us.

I just scanned some of the posts. What beautiful people you have here already.

I'm looking forward to learning how I can contribute to this new community.

Cheers,

Saleem Rana

Hi! My name is Stephanie Anderson, and I recently found your website. Looking through all these introductions is a bit intimidating! Everyone here seems very intelligent and well spoken (or written!)

I am still exploring my options as a writer. Fulltime, I am a stay at home mom of two wonderful children, ages 2 and 3. While they are napping, I don my other persona as writer, working constantly to improve my writing skills and testing all venues of my craft.

I look forward to getting to know everyone on this board!

Looking forward to hearing more from you. You should set up your own blog here as it will be a place for you to practice your craft.

Hi Stephanie,

It's great to see you here. I joined yesterday. Hope you have many more opportunities to bring out your secret persona and hone your skills to delight an unsuspecting world.

Cheers,

Sal

Hi Sal! I don't know if my blog would be appropriate here...it may not apply to copywriting. Though I've been musing on writing one on:

The Amazing Adventures of Circusmama! Watch as she balance a three year old on one arm and a plate of dishes on the other, whilst surrounded on all sides by a two year old turning somersaults!

And of course, circus music would need to be playing in the background. It could get interesting...

Hi Everyone...

I'm Katharina from the east coast, USA. I've been a print freelance writer for quite a long time and an internet copywriter for a little less time. First and foremost I'm a music publisher and songwriter. All of the hats I wear and jobs I do come back to writing in one form or another.

I'm looking forward to hearing what you all have to say on the topic!

HI Everyone!

I am Trixxie and I am a WAHM. I have a wonderful husband and two teenagers I also have a pekingese pup who is much like another child. I found this forum through another writer and wanted to stop by and check it out. Everyone seems so nice and I am sure I will learn many things from everyone.

Hi Miguel, and helloo to all!

My name is Jessalynn Coolbaugh, and I hate to admit that I'm just
getting around to introduce myself. I've been a freelance copywriter
for a little over 20 years now (no, please don't ask me to give away
my age...lol...it's still 29 ), I have three wonderful sons, and currently
live in the Ozarks, where I am helping to take care of my in-laws.

I hope that y'all will be helped by my input, and always feel free to ask
for advice when needed. I'm looking forward to making many new friends
here, and helping as many as I can. After all, this is a great career, and has
been good to me and mine throughout the years!

To our success and continued education...

Jessalynn Coolbaugh

I have only just noticed this spot - which I'm afraid is fairly typical of me - I just walked in and finding myself in such excellent company, simply sat down. Very rude of me.
So - I am an Englishman of middle years, married with a son at university and a daughter in her twenties who lives in America.
What's left of us - wife, two dogs, cat, two ferrets left over from old rabbiting days - live in Pembridge, a medieval village in Herefordshire, surrounded by countryside that Shakespeare or Constable wouldn't feel alien in, the twisting, high-banked lanes, the small fields where Blake's lambs still gambol, under skies Turner might have painted (and if that wasn't enough, we've got a great village pub, inglenook, flag floors, beer from the pump, lively conversation - the only 21st century intrusion being the price of a pint; another reason, incidentally, for me to take up copywriting).
I stared out as a painter (not enough talent; my brush hand never being able to match what I saw in my head). I was then an actor, scriptwriter, and fringe theatre director. I've been a freelance writer for many years now, fiction, non-fiction - English countryside writing - but times are changing, and the work is drying up, so any minute now I shall be emerge as a copywriter.
I'm going to put a dedicated website up shortly to show samples and then I will hit the phone, cold-calling in earnest (it is said that every ten cold-calls will, statistically, result in at least one positive response; we'll see. I have, incidentally, already elsewhere on the forum talked of how, as an actor, I deal with this business of approaching complete strangers ).
I'm off to make a pot of tea now - it will be a bit of a squeeze in the kitchen, getting you all in, but if some of you don't mind standing you're most welcome to join me.
Good luck - Peter.

Donna - helloo from this side of the water.
what I wanted to say, Donna, was that if you have graphics skills then, allied with your new-found copywriting skills, you're going to be very tempting to small-medium businesses, offering a two-in-one solution to their marketing needs; you take it all off their hands, they don't have bother - time consuming - business of having to play the middleman between graphic artist and writer.
Have this on me: ''DonnaCopy - The Two In One Pill For All Your Marketing Headaches''
Go get 'em, gal.
(And don't sell yourself cheap.)
Peter.

Here I am again (said the voice from the soup tureen). Donna, I just remembered that I have a page on bookmarks from a site called PowerHomeBiz.com, headed: How To Create a Brochure (which is precisely what I wanted to know).
It has everything (italics here) you could possible want to know - including the right questions to ask a prospect client. If you can't dig it up from their site then perhaps someone would tell me how I can get it to you by email - I'm afraid I'm very low-tech.
SEO aside, I think - and I speak of course as a newbie - that brochures present the most difficulty to a novice, when dealing with small-medium business.
Hey - what a great site this is turning out to be!
Peter.

helloo i'm Hero from the philippines i'm new in this forum and having a great time learning about copywriting. I've also been a freelance for sometime but new to this topic. Hope to have a good stay here.

Hey there all. I am a newbie both to this site and to copywriting. I am in the infancy stages of learning all I can before launching my career goals toward this lucrative genre. I have found so much great information here that I am sure I will be a member for a long time.

Wanted to stop in and say hi before I start reading the other posts here on the forum. This is an active place I must say and I already see an infinite amount of information that will make me a better writer. Thank you for this forum!

Good Morning Folks.

Wow, lots of new members posting here. Welcome to uh,
everyone. Not that I have any inside track to be welcoming
but it is nice to be welcoming new folks, eh?

Just wanted to drop in and say Happy Halloween!

Blessings.

Verb

Hi I am a newbie. Found out about your site in Search engine. I am from South Africa, aged 38, mother of 4. Just started up with copy writing career and I m here to learn every little thing as each day passes. Thank you.