As many of you might know, I recently updated my blog to a new theme. In the wake of it, some subscribers reported having trouble viewing the email feeds. I’ve since switched from Feedburner (the feed mechanism through which virtually all of you who get email notifications of new posts get those notifications) to Feedblitz. […]
(Sorry for the delay in posting, but was in the process of upgrading the blog to a brand-new and far more stable WordPress theme. I know it looks very similar but that was one of the challenges. Hope you like!) Okay, so this isn’t a commercial-writing customer service story, but as an impressive example of […]
Got this email from a budding commercial freelancer in New Jersey, who wrote: I am in Central New Jersey, and I am seeing people who were previously “writers†now resurfacing as “marketing experts.†I’ve had a couple of them tell me that it’s not enough just to be a writer anymore, that you need to […]
So, I’ve been dealing with several cases of “scope creep†of late: when a copywriting project goes beyond the agreed-upon (in writing) parameters. We’d like to think it’s pretty cut and dried: If the project scope goes beyond what you contracted, they pay more. Period. And, sometimes it is easy, and the client “gets it,†[…]
PB Note: A provocative post from Indianapolis-based commercial freelancer Andrea Emerson. I don’t agree with all her points in all situations, but it’s a solid and well-reasoned piece. And to me, it just underscores, yet again, that there’s no “One Right Way” to run your copywriting business. Takes a healthy level of confidence to take […]