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Top 11 Skills You’ve Gotta Have as a Copywriter in 2023
These 11 skills are essential for new copywriters to be successful and have the ability to flex as quickly as the job market does.
10 Reasons I Chose a 9 to 5 Over Freelancing
10 Reasons I Chose a 9 to 5 Over Freelancing. IMHO, a remote 9 to 5 has all the benefits of freelance without any of the headaches. You grow faster and become an expert on someone else’s dime.
How to Create a Copywriting Portfolio
How to create a copywriter portfolio as a beginner to mid-career or hobby writer. What you need in your portfolio and how to make your portfolio stand out.
How to Discover Your Process as a Copywriter
They ask you in interviews: What’s your writing process. Here is how to identify your unique writing approach in an easy-to-follow formula.
Options are a Luxury, Tech is the Great Equalizer
An opinion piece on how technology aids equity and grants access to more choice than ever before in human history.
How to Not Bomb Your Proposal
The one critical mistake new professionals make when pitching or writing proposals - and how to avoid that common pitfall. How a former retail worker used a botched proposal to get a promotion at a top marketing firm.
Retail Exit Strategy
Traditional retail jobs are disappearing so preparing for what comes next is critical. If you want to upskill and prep to transition industries, here are steps to get you started.
How To Create Your Dream Job (and how I did it 4x)
When you get stuck in your career, it’s impossible to up-skill, or there aren’t opportunities available, this is how to get yourself upwardly mobile - and do it fast.
Workplace Politics for People Who Don’t Play Games
Workplace politics for people who don’t play games. Rise through the ranks and be respected as a professional.
Job Trend Report 2022 - How to Prep for the Retail Crash
Retail is projected to close thousands of stores but companies are doing nothing to prepare their workforces. How to be proactive about your job future.
Career-Mobile is the New Corporate Ladder
With promotions and career transition being so difficult to achieve, the best path for higher paychecks and work you enjoy is to be career-mobile. Constantly updating your resume, level of learning, and keeping your network warm allows you to move on as needed.
Lifestyle Creep of a Millennial
Get a little older, make a little more. But years in, you’re still living paycheck to paycheck. How I noticed my lifestyle creep and course-corrected.
Ready to Move On or Move Up?
Identify your transferable skills, build your portfolio with what you’ve got, and make a move.