Name:
Katherine Ly

Age:
24

Location
Las Vegas, NV

Business Venture
Internet Marketing, niche marketing

Years in Business
Since 2005

Interests
Investments, Finance, daytrading, creative writing, real estate, copywriting, poker, self improvement, etc.

Favorite Books
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
As a Man thinketh by James Allen

Favorite Movie
The count of Monte Cristo
Wallstreet
Boiler Room

Favorite TV shows
WSOP poker tournaments
CSI
UFC Ultimate Fighter

Favorite Quote
"In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities." --Janos Arnay

Name
Darrel Hawes

Age
37

Location
NE Washington State, USA

Primary Business Venture
Copywriting, Homeschool Niche Products

College
Accounting degree

Years in business
1

Favorite Interests
- Homeschooling

- Accomplished Guitarists who don't sound like all the other guitarists out there (Kerry Livgren, SRV, Phil Keaggy, Eric Johnson, Alex Lifeson, Jeff Healey)

- Bass players such as Abraham Laboriel, Geddy Lee, Stanley Clarke, Sting, Lee Sklar, Chris Squire

- Classic Rock (Kansas, Yes, Rush)

- Reading and discussing theology

- Sam Adams Cream Stout and Boston Lager

Favorite Book(s)
- The Bible
- Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got (Jay Abraham)
- The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Max Weber)
- Millennialism and Social Theory (Gary North)
- The One and the Many (R.J. Rushdoony)
- Harry Potter series

Favorite Movie(s)
- Lord of the Rings (all)
- Braveheart
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Ronin
- The Fugitive
- Return to Me (chick flick, but I love it)

Favorite TV Show
Don't watch TV

Favorite Websites
thegaryhalbertletter.com
hardtofindseminars.com
portableapps.com
j-walk.com/ss

My Website(s) I wish to share
yourwriter.com
darrelhawes.com (main blog)
selftaughtmusician.blogspot.com (another blog)

Most beneficial ebook, course, etc.
Tactic 7 Seminar (Kilstein/Carlton/Garfinkel/Widawer)
No B.S. Success series (Dan Kennedy)

Who do you look up to in business
Gary Halbert
John Carlton
Harlan Kilstein
Jay Abraham
Frank Kern

Hobbies
Reading
Taekwondo
Hunting and Fishing
Searching eBay for good deals

Favorite Quote
"Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation!" Psalm 68:19

My name is Seannon, and I'm not going to do the long intro that everyone else is doing. I'm 22, leaving college, and interested in copywriting as a potential career. I'm here to learn what is hype, and what isn't- what's possible and what isn't, and what I can of the lay of the land before I spend a lot of time and money trying to get gigs and hone my craft.

I am the best at what I do, whatever that happens to be, and if I do become a copywriter I'm going to spend an amazing amount of time, money, and energy becoming the best copywriter I can be. I want to make sure that this is something that would actually make me happy before I spend the next 2 years of my life utterly devoted to the craft.

Thanks!

Name
Vince DelMonte

Age
26

Location
Hamilton, ON

Primary Business Venture
Personal Trainer
Fitness Consultant
Fitness Entreprenuer

College
Honours Kinesiology Degree


Years in business
Started www.VinceDelMonteFitness.com in May 2006
Been working since 2002

Favorite Interests
-Girlfriend
-Family
-Friends
-My job
-Poker
-Watching The Sopranos and Entourage
-Growing my online business
-Movies
-Reading
-Training i.e. running and weights

Favorite Book(s)
- The Bible
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Favorite Movie(s)
-Braveheart
-Gladiator
-Goodfellas
-Donnie Brasco
-any scary movie

Favorite TV Show
-The Sopranos
-Entourage

Favorite Websites
-too many list

My Website(s) I wish to share
www.marketingtips.com

Most beneficial ebook, course, etc.
-haven't found one yet

Who do you look up to in business
My boss
My dad


Favorite Quote
"Love to live and live to love."

Name
Beth Ferree

Age
Apparently old for this board at 45. Want to hear about Menopause? Ah, I thought not.

Location
The NE corner of my diningroom in the SE corner of my apartment building in the middle of Panora, Iowa, where ever the hell that is.

Primary Business Venture
Information Products, ghost writing (just signed my third contract for a print book. The first one was a fantasy novel, one about mortgage fraud and the next will be the tales of a cruise ship food service provider), copy writing, business.. oh, hell, I write. And public speaking.

College
Classes in The University of Iowa Writer's Workshop as an undergraduate
while majoring in Communications

Years in business
11, all working for myself but some in advertising as an account executive, some in desktop publishing, some in business consulting, some in copy writing and all in some form of education.

Favorite Interests
- History and biography ( I started out twenty years ago as a newspaper columnist writing about local history)

- Tatting- yeah, like I have time.

- Working on my novel and script.

- Learning CSS and Javascript (because I have this strange need to learn things that look difficult)

- Philosophy and Politics

- Peace

Favorite Book(s)
- Unfortunately, I can't divulge the titles because my clients have the rights to them. Don't become a ghost writer if you have ego needs.
- Animal Farm
- Me Talk Pretty Some Day by David Sedaris, anything by David Sedaris
- Secrets of a Freelance Writer by Robert W. Bly
- The Knight with Rusty Armor
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Favorite Movie(s)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (What can I say? I spent a lot of time in the theater department during college and I liked to throw toast)
- Harold and Maude (I absolutely LOVE Cat Stevens)
- Chicago
- Rent
- The Garden State
- Picnic (Now I'm showing my theatrical bend and my age)

Favorite TV Show
House
ER
The Gilmore Girls

Favorite Websites
thegaryhalbertletter.com
trendwatching.com
consumerpsychologist.com
tutor2u.net

My Website(s) I wish to share
Welcome to Your Information Destination (I have more but will share those later when they are finished)


Most beneficial ebook, course, etc.
Drop Your Goals (Thanks Michel, lovin' it!)
Confessions of a Website Copywriter, Lenny Eng
5 Laws of Persuasion by Lenny Eng

Who do you look up to in business
-My father. I consider it a great honor when my mother says, "Beth, you are just like your father." 25 years ago he tried to get the money to fund an idea he had for making gasoline out of corn. They told him it would never fly. Sadly, he didn't live to see it become a reality.
-Dale Carnegie
-Michael Vogeny (gave me my first job in Advertising)


Awards and Recognition
-Became a finalist, then first runner up, in the bid for the Nevada State Legislative brochure. It was my first assignment EVER in advertising. I came up with the concept, presented it and did so 1800 miles away from the main office in Chicago, Illinois.
- Critic's Choice Award and recognition in public speaking at state level in Iowa.
- Three of the newsletters I designed and produced for nonprofit organizations as a desktop publisher were given national awards for design and content.


Favorite Quote
"A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak" I'm not sure, but it probably explains why I'm not married,

Shona Lynch here from sunny (at least today) Perth, Western Australia.
I've been lurking - and have resisted signing up to this forum for a long time... don't really have the time to write a lot of posts. I'm giving in today! After starting my home-based biz as a solo copywriter few months back, I want to keep in the loop with like minded people such as here on this forum. And I'll be needing some honest feedback on my copy.

My business is four month's young... and I've had about 10 clients. I only work 15 hours per week (2yo to look after), so I'm happy to work little and paid well!

I first began writing direct response copy for my husband's car detailing business. It transformed his business and now - after MANY YEARS of studying direct response - I'm writing copy for other people.

Thanks to these people who mark milstones on my journey to this career as a copywriter: Mal Emery --> Brett McFall --> Pete Godfrey --> Ed Dale --> Gary Halbert --> Trevor Crook --> Dan Kennedy --> Kristina Mills

Hello Shona:

Welcome to the forum!

If I can ever help you with anything, just ask!

Dale King

Welcome Jim. Sounds to me like you're doing everything right. Now you have to stop just learning... and start earning. I did say "just learning." We're always learning, but the best way to learn is to do.

Good luck. If you need any help, there's a lotta helpful people here.

Name:
Tim Schaefer

Age:
22

Location
St. Louis, Mo

Business Venture
We'll see what I end up falling into

Years in Business
Since 2006

Interests
Classic and late model muscle cars, playing with my girlfriend's 3 year old son, reading, copywriting, and a little guitar


Favorite Movies
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Anchorman


Favorite TV shows
The Shield
Venture Brothers
American LeMans Series on Speed


I've trolled around here for the past two weeks so I figured its about time for a formal introduction. There's so much great stuff here the scroll button on my mouse is wearing down.

I have so many questions and am eager to learn more. I feel like a free puppy with a dozen people towering over my cardboard box... I just don't know where to start!