The Copywriter Club Podcast

One of the things we love about The Copywriter Club Facebook group is that we have members all over the world… in just the last 60 days, members from 99 different countries on every continent except Antartica—places like Bulgaria, Colombia, Lithuania, Nigeria, India, and of course the UK, US, Australia, and Canada—have stopped in to […] The post TCC Podcast #225: Paying Things Forward with Chima Mmeje appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

Today’s guest for the 224th episode of The Copywriter Club podcast is Bree Weber.  Bree has a somewhat different approach to cold pitching than some past guests we’ve had on the podcast.  One that takes a lot more time, but also seems to get better results.  We ask her not only to divulge all of […] The post TCC PODCAST #224: Warming Up Your Cold Pitch with Bree Weber appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

Copywriter and philosophy graduate, Chris Collins is our guest for the 223rd episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast. He’s a member of the Underground and the Copywriter Think Tank so we’ve seen first hand how cold pitching has transformed his copywriting career and helped him get the clients he wants.  We knew this is something […] The post TCC Podcast #223: The Ins and Outs of Cold Pitching with Chris Collins appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

What does it take to build a successful business from scratch? We’re talking about going from nothing to 6 or even 7 figures as a freelancer.  Well as you know, it’s not one simple thing, but a combination of a lot of things from choosing a niche and building your network to encouraging referrals and […] The post TCC Podcast #222: Building a Successful Business From Scratch with Brandi Mowles appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

For a lot of us, being a copywriter is something we just stumble upon accidentally. And for most beginners, it’s getting harder and harder to know what to do when you’re starting out. Our guest for the 221st episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast is Delesia Watson. If you’re a beginning copywriter, or you want […] The post TCC Podcast #221: Your First Year with Delesia Watson appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

How did last year affect your business? 2020 was hard on a lot of copywriters, but somewhere in all the chaos, many of them found a way to not just survive, but thrive. In this episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast, we invited Claire Pelletreau to interview us about the past year, our own struggles, […] The post TCC Podcast #220: Our Thoughts on 2020 and the New Year with Claire Pelletreau appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

We’ve been lucky to be mentored by several copywriters and marketers over the past few years. We met one of our mentors—Brian Kurtz—when we interviewed him way back in the beginning days of The Copywriter Club. He’s our guest, for the second time, on the 219th episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast. We asked Brian […] The post TCC Podcast #219: Overdelivering with Brian Kurtz appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

One of the things that keeps waaaay too many copywriters from achieving their goals is fear. Which is a little odd because it’s not like our work puts us in dangerous or risky situations. We’re not fighting fires or facing down bad guys. And we’re not standing on a trapeze platform high above the ground, […] The post TCC Podcast #218: Facing Your Fear with Annie Bacher appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

When it comes to creating the belief that you can deliver what your clients need, or that the products and services you write about will deliver a real transformation, nothing works better than a good demonstration. Our guest for episode 217 of The Copywriter Club Podcast is film maker and story teller, Jude Charles, who […] The post TCC Podcast #217: Dramatic Demonstration of Proof with Jude Charles appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

Writing copy with personality is hard. So what does it take to do it? We invited copywriter and brand ventriloquist Justin Blackman to talk about how he does it for the 216th episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast—and to give us an update on everything he’s done since our first interview with him way back […] The post TCC Podcast #216: Nailing Brand Voice with Justin Blackman appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

What does it take to build and maintain a great community? We’re not sure we’ve got the answers, but we thought we should talk about it with The Copywriter Club’s Community Manager, Brandon Burton. For the past year, Brandon’s had an insider’s view of everything that happens in our free Facebook group as well as our private (paid community) Copywriter Underground group. Brandon’s influence in both groups has made these communities better. Here’s a bit about what we talked about… •   why he left a comfortable sales position to become a copywriter •   how he leveraged a multi-month parental leave to start his own business •   the blog he launched that turned into his first community •   what it takes to be a good sales person—and how to sell ourselves •   why he is re-branding his business (and the process he’s using to do it) •   the mistakes introverts are making in their businesses •   what he did early on to get his foot in the door and find clients •   what Brandon struggles with in his business •   Rob a

Building a successful business isn’t easy… but it should be simple. That is, you don’t need to do “all the things” in order to make a living. In fact, a minimal approach may help you grow in ways you don’t expect. Our guest for the 214th episode of The Copywriter Club is marketing minimalist Ellen […] The post TCC Podcast 215: Being a Marketing Minimalist with Ellen Yin appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

Among the copywriters we’ve had the pleasure to meet, there are a lot of former teachers who have gone from helping students learn history, math, and English and now help teach customers about products and services that meet their needs. Our guest for the 213th episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast is Francis Nayan, a […] The post TCC Podcast #213: Forging Better Habits with Francis Nayan appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

Do you ever listen to what our podcast guests share and think, that’s not the kind of business I am building? Today’s guest for the 212th episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast is Liz Painter. She has built a very “normal” copywriting business—one that probably looks a lot like your business. And there’s still a […] The post TCC Podcast #212: Doing Things Right with Liz Painter appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

Retainers or projects? That’s a question a lot of copywriters ask themselves when they determine what kind of business they want to build. But who says you have to choose? Our guest for the 211th episode of The Copywriter Club is Brian Speronello who’s “Barbell Strategy” takes advantage of both projects and retainers to make […] The post TCC Podcast #211: The Barbell Business Strategy with Brian Speronello appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

For the 210th episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast, Rob and Kira are guest-less, which means it’s just us, talking about what’s going on in our lives and in the club. Here’s what we covered this week: what we’ve done to create a routine during the “shutdown” an update on the new podcast format—what we […] The post TCC Podcast #210: Catching Up with Kira and Rob appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

When it comes to building a copywriting business, there are lots of options. You can sell services. You can sell products. You can even create a platform. How about all three? Our guest for the 209th episode of The Copywriter Club podcast is Eman Zabi and we asked her all about her unique approach to […] The post TCC Podcast #209: Building a Different Kind of Copy Business with Eman Zabi appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

Mindset is a topic we touch on quite a bit—because a healthy mindset is the foundation for everything we do well as copywriters and in life… and an unhealthy mindset? We’ll that won’t take you anywhere good. Our guest for the 208th episode of The Copywriter Club Podcast is Ian Stanley. Ian doesn’t call himself […] The post TCC Podcast #208: Mindset and Copywriting with Ian Stanley appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

Getting things done—or getting MORE done—is a struggle for many copywriters including us. But systems and processes can help. Our guest for the 207th episode of The Copywriter Club podcast is systems expert, Jordan Gill. Jordan shared a ton of ideas for improving systems to help get things done and stop spending every minute on […] The post TCC Podcast #207 The Systems You Need with Jordan Gill appeared first on The Copywriter Club.

Facebook ads are one of those copywriting deliverables that neither of us focus on in our business. But we want to know more. So we invited copywriter and Facebook Ad Specialist Sarah Sal to share what she knows about the dark arts of Facebook ads. Here’s what we talked about: •   how Sarah went from […] The post TCC Podcast #206: Writing Facebook Ads with Sarah Sal appeared first on The Copywriter Club.