Welcome Tim. We're glad to have you here.

Deb

Ahem...

I never wanted to do this job in the first place!
I... I wanted to be...

A COPYWRITER!

Leaping from letter to letter! As they float down the mighty mailboxes of
British Columbia! With my best girl and my child due in February by my side!
The Direct Mail Piece!
The Postcard!
The Giant Sales Letter!
The Long Copy!
The Blog Post!
We'd sing! Sing! Sing!

I'm a copywriter and I'm ok
I sleep all night and I work all day

"He's a copywriter and he's ok
he sleeps all night and he works all day"

I punch down keys, I eat my lunch
I go to the lavatory
On Mondays I go shopping
'Cause in Portugal we also drink tea

"He punches down keys, yadda, yadda, yadda..."

I punch down keys, I check some blogs
I like to read copywriters board
I go back to SQL Server
'Cause I have a programming job

"He punches down keys, he checks some blogs
He likes to read copywriters board
He goes back to SQL Server
'Cause he has a programming job???"

"He's a lumberjack and he's ok, yadda, yadda, yadda..."

I punch down keys, I speak in Java,
Perl, PHP and Ruby
I wish I'd be farther ahead
But in copywriting I'm just a newbie

"He punches down keys, He speaks in Java,
Perl, PHP and Ruby
He wishes he'd be farther ahead
But in copywriting he's just a newbie???!!!"



"He's a lumberjack and he's ok, yadda, yadda, yadda..."

With thanks and apologies to our friends, Monty Python.

Hey Folks,

Ive been lurking a little while - lots of great information on here. Fairly new to direct marketing and am working to launch a direct marketing business using what I am learning about copywriting - just not quite sure yet what Im going to do - so many oppportunities - I may focus on offline marketing - but just not sure yet..looking forward to corresponding with many of you.

Just for added info - I am a big, big Dan Kennedy fan. Cheers, Ron

Peter Frank

Currently live in the capital of Aus... Canberra. A place looked down upon by just about every Aussie. It's in the middle of nowhere. Just a place to put politicians.

Age - too old to mention... will say I've been married 35 years

Job - Whatever I can get my hands on to make money. Love anything artistic. Earned a living for 8 years as full time freelance fine artist. Around 3 exhibitions a year. Teenagers put paid to that as their cost was too high.

Now I write copy for whoever needs and can pay - last part important.

Love music of most sorts especially Clapton, Moody Blues et al.

Currently helping my son, software programmer, to launch his new product. My sales copy, such as it is, is on his page Covert Marketing Tool Kit

Welcome, Peter.

Name
Marco De Veglia

Age
44

Location
Milan, Italy

Primary Business Venture
Marketing Consulting
...and all they pay me for in the marketing area
I love to travel the world for speaking. I happen to do that 3-4 times per year, talking about CRM stuff (go figure!)
Italian office of Trout & Partners and The Law Firm advertising network

College
High School and a lot of useless years in University without getting a degree

Years in business
16

Favorite Interests
Raising my son (I am a single parent)
NLP and learning more about myself and others
Marketing and advertising, but more and more the "Internet flavor"

Favorite Book(s)
(authors)
Michael Chricton
Jack Trout & Al Ries
Arthur Hughes
Robert Kiyosaki

Favorite Movie(s)
All president's men
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Goodfellas
MatchPoint

Favorite TV Show
Used to be "E.R." now I doze off in front of the tube like clockwork

Favorite Websites
Google

My Website(s) I wish to share
none (they are in Italian and nobody I guess can care about them)

Most beneficial ebook, course, etc.
I read a lot of them, they start well, but suck before the end.
Maybe I can cite Janet Switzer's "How Experts Build Empires". I learn more by reading other professionals' letters

Who do you look up to in business
Jay Abraham
Yanik Silver
Marlon Sanders
Jack Trout (mentor and partner)
Arthur Hughes (mentor)
John Caples

Hobbies
What?

Favorite Quote
"The heart has its reasons, that the reason can't understand" - Blaise Pascal
"Find a job you like and you won't work for the rest of your life" - Confucius

Now that I found the Hello Thread I will say my bit

Name
Corena Golliver
Age
39
Location
Michigan,USA (No Stalkers Please)
Primary Business Venture
Graphic Design, Running JVmanager,Answering Tickets and Wrangling Writers
College
Taught it but I rather play video games, personally

Years in business
- Since 1990
- Online since 2001

Favorite Interests
- Figuring out how to get little boys to soccer on time
- Getting the best wine at gallery openings
- Graphics,Sales,Marketing and the Internet

Favorite Book
I work with ebooks everyday. Reading used be a hobbie.
Favorite Movie
They still make them?
Favorite TV Show
You means that dusty box over there?
Favorite Websites
- On snot and fonts
My Website I wish to share
Ckg Artworks is your personal designer

Welcome Corena. You've got an amazing copywriter right up there in your neck of the woods. Matt Marshall has to be michigan's best. One of the best in the country.

[quote=MichaelWinicki]Name
Connor Ralph

Age
18

Location
Barrie, ON

Primary Business Venture
Entrepreneur, advertiser, others

College
-I am in college right now Georgian for advertising

Years in business
Since 1988

Favorite Interests
-Music
-Advertising
-Comedy
-Babes

Favorite Book
-Nature books
-Biographies


Favorite Movie
-Forrest Gump
-Blade
-The Brave Little Toaster

Favorite TV Show
- Prison Break
- X-Files
- Discovery Channel in general
- That 70's show
- Seinfeld
- Family Guy

Favorite Websites
- Newgrounds.com - The Problems Of The Future, Today!
-

My Website(s) I wish to share
I haven't made and yet...

Most beneficial ebook, course, etc.
- Captain Underpants

Who do you look up to in business
- Jay-z
- My dad
- Myself and many others

Hobbies
- Chilling
- Video games
- Writing about almost anything

Favorite Quote
"Don't worry. Be happy" Bob Marley

C-Dome, C-ChronZ, ChRonnor Raaalph. What is up. I am new. I need to copywrite things.