Build Your Copywriting Business

Nov 19 2024 247 ep. 31 mins 150
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Ready to turn your love of writing into a successful copywriting career? Join professional copywriters Nicki Krawczyk, Kate Sitarz, and the Filthy Rich Writer team to get the tips, tools, and training to help you become a copywriter and build a thriving business of your own. 

Whether you want to land an on-staff job, freelance full-time and work from wherever you want, or make extra money with a side hustle, the best place to start learning is right here. Nicki and Kate have 20+ and 10+ years of experience, respectively, writing for multi-billion-dollar companies, solopreneurs, and every size business in between.

To us, being “filthy rich” means having a job you love, being good at what you do, and making great money doing it. So let’s get started!

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204. Dangerous copywriting strategy alert: you can't rely on SEO for landing clients

Nov 19 2024 25 mins  
The title of this podcast episode might sound dramatic, but it’s 100% true. There are copywriting experts touting this strategy. It’s so incredibly risky and, well, Nicki and Kate don’t want this strategy to put your copywriting success at risk. Because this strategy sounds good. The idea is that, if you can get your copywriting portfolio to show up in search results

203. Secrets to Smooth Copywriting Client Relations

Nov 12 2024 23 mins  
We’ve talked a lot about boundaries. You know they’re important … … but how are you with enforcing your boundaries? It’s all too easy to let those boundaries slide. And the message your sending when you set a boundary, but don’t enforce it, is that none of your boundaries mean anything. Brutal, but true. On this episode of the Build Your Copywriting Business podca

202. Self-Management Strategies for Getting Stuff Done - Crystal's Story

Nov 05 2024 27 mins  
Ever set your mind to make a change (like, oh, say buying a course?), ready to dig in and go full steam ahead and then … … find life getting in the way? That was the start of Crystal’s journey. But, she kept seeing fellow Comprehensive Copywriting Academy students posting wins in the student-only Facebook group. She knew life was always going to get in the way—and

201. Top Copywriting Myths, Busted - Part II

Oct 29 2024 42 mins  
Last week, Kate and I busted through some of the most common copywriting myths (if you missed it, you can catch that episode here!) This week? You guessed it: the last of some of the most prevalent (and, yup, still dangerous) copywriting myths. This is the information we wish we had when we were starting out. It’s all too easy to dwell on the negatives and the “what ifs.

200. Top Copywriting Myths, Busted - Part I

Oct 22 2024 33 mins  
Turns out, just because it’s on the Internet doesn’t mean it’s true. 😉 Now, many of us know this, but it can be easy to believe things we read or see—even on an unconscious level … … And some of those things may be getting in the way of you achieving your full copywriting success—or even preventing you from getting into copywriting in the first place! Rai

199. #1 Thing Getting in Your Way of Copywriting (and Other!) Success

Oct 15 2024 37 mins  
“Pitching is hard.” “I am scared to meet with clients.” “I can’t become a copywriter.” Do any of these sound familiar? The patterns we create by feeding our brain certain narratives is the ultimate roadblock to our success. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. What we tell ourselves has a huge impact on what we believe—whether we notice these narratives or no

198. Finding Copywriting Success Through Curiosity - Jared's Story

Oct 08 2024 28 mins  
Does the word “sales” give you the heebie jeebies? It did for Jared, too. Jared was working in tech when he started a blog about customer success, software as a service, and other tech topics. But … he was in technology. He wasn’t a writer, right? And he certainly didn’t want to sell his services. Ick. Spoiler: he’s now partnered with the largest entrepreneurship ne

197. 8 Unbreakable Laws of Copywriting

Oct 01 2024 29 mins  
Copywriting is one of the most flexible careers (You’ve probably heard us say that so many times you’re like, “Nicki and Kate, we know!.”) Just because its flexible does not mean there aren’t certain rules, or laws if you will, that you need to follow. Now, if you break the laws will you get a ticket? Nah. But you may see less work coming in or less repeat work. On thi

196. 5 Email Copywriting Tests to Recommend to Clients (And Get More Work)

Sep 24 2024 34 mins  
You don’t have a crystal ball to predict the *exact* copy that will resonate with your client’s audience. But, you do have a different tool that can help: A/B testing. A/B copy tests—comparing one element of copy to the same element with different copy—helps you learn what makes your client’s audience tick. (For example, you may have two ideas for a subject line—how do

195. Freelance vs. Contract: Which is Better?

Sep 17 2024 30 mins  
Freelancing or contracting: what’s the difference? There are differences between the two and, as a copywriter, you have the flexibility to work full or part time, as well as an employee, as a freelancer, or contractor. Most of us are familiar with what it’s like to be an employee. And because we’re familiar with it, it feels “safer.” But there’s nothing that makes bei