Comments on: 5 Freelance SEO Copywriting Business Tips (+ Video!) https://seocopywriting.com/on-the-business-of-freelance-seo-copywriting/ SEO Copywriting Training and Content Writing Tips Thu, 30 May 2019 13:49:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Laura https://seocopywriting.com/on-the-business-of-freelance-seo-copywriting/#comment-6374 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:20:03 +0000 http://www.seocopywriting.com/?p=12076#comment-6374 In reply to James.

Well said, James! Tending to the business side of your freelance writing career makes the difference between success and failure (or burnout), and marketing plays a crucial part in the equation. Love Milan Kundera, by the way! Thanks! :)

]]> By: James https://seocopywriting.com/on-the-business-of-freelance-seo-copywriting/#comment-6373 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:57:49 +0000 http://www.seocopywriting.com/?p=12076#comment-6373 But you may be stuck in a place, especially if you’re new to the online writing market, where you don’t dare charge more than mere peanuts for your hard work. Heather declares: stop it!

This statement caught my attention. Most copywriters actually charge peanuts. I guess I know why. It is because they never relentlessly market themselves, have low self esteem and are ‘lazy’.

Even if you write better than David Ogilvy, Eugene Schwartz, Bill Jayme and John Caples combined, no one will ever know that you exist unless you go out there and tell the world.

Every copywriter should treat his or her craft as a business. And I think this quote is very appropriate.

“Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.” ~ Milan Kundera

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