Last week I talked to a journalist who recently lost his job when the (very big and prestigious) magazine he worked for eliminated his entire department. He wants to break into freelance copywriting, which I always think is great. There's nothing like being your own...
One of my copywriters here at Jansen Communications asked me earlier this summer for advice on how to break into freelance copywriting – specifically, how to make the switch from a full-time job to the crazy, sometimes frustrating, but very rewarding world of freelancing. If...
[caption id="attachment_196" align="alignright" width="300"] My kids skiing and snowboarding this winter at Timberline, WV.[/caption]Every time I send off a proposal to a prospective client, I get nervous.It’s not the fear of rejection that stops me. If someone doesn’t want to work with me, that’s their...