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THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN top tips for writing light-hearted blog posts…
Blog writing is nowhere near as hard as it might seem. In fact, it can be a light-hearted, cathartic and …
What made Joe Biden’s Democratic National Convention speech so powerful?
When Joe Biden spoke directly to the American people on live TV last week to accept the Democratic nomination to …
How to brief a freelance copywriter – ten tips
Quality content counts for a lot, and managers often need to delegate copywriting tasks to creatives who’ll find the task …
Copywriting ethics: case study
Loan firm Peachy had the Advertising Standards Agency on its back recently because of an advert that encouraged people to …
How to write a successful news release
When your organisation has a genuine news story, you can reasonably expect some coverage in a mainstream newspaper or the …
Tips for proof-reading your work
Imagine the scene: you’ve spent days working on a client’s brochure and triple checked the copy for mistakes before sending …
When did everything and everyone become ‘iconic’?
About 20 years ago I was very fond of the word ‘iconic’. It really emphasised the visual impact and/or cultural …
Are you unknowingly reducing your impact by using passive sentences?
Writing in passive sentences is a bad habit that threatens to rob your copy of its spark. But what are …
Don’t hang yourself with long sentences
Many years ago people thought that writing in long and complex sentences was a sign of intelligence. However, nowadays the …
Check your readability statistics and aim for more reader engagement
Did you know? You can check the readability of your copy using the readability statistics function on Microsoft Word. It’s …