Can I recommend somebody with material as good as Jay’s? Well, I loved Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars and Harry Beckwith’s Selling the Invisible. I thought they were both brilliant.

did you learn those 3 principles from Jay Abraham? I learned them from him and thus immediately noticed it.

Have you studied him for the business/strategy aspects? Do you have any other people like him you can recommend to me? I totally love his stuff and find it hard to find anything else with the same type of content and quality-standard.

-Dave

1. I started with the AWAI course. It was good for me. You can also get a foundational education by reading the classics of advertising like Scientific Advertising, Robert Collier Letter Book, How to Write a Good Advertisement, etc. You need a basic education, but you’ll learn more (and faster) from hands-on experience.

2. If you already know how to write ads, then my mentoring program may be all you need. Mentoring students can ask me any questions they want about copywriting, marketing, the business of being a freelance copywriter, etc.

3. I think the demand for copywriters is fairly stable, and it’s probably growing. It’s one of those things that businesses need in both good and bad economies. In fact, business owners need it even more in a bad economy when people are carefully guarding their money.

4. I use Glyphius. It’s a great tool for any copywriter or business owner who writes sales copy. Thanks for plugging it on Bly’s blog!

They were having a discussion on the subject.

Hope you sell some.

If you sell 4 and can’t get rid of the last one,
Shove it my way, I’ll pay you for it when I can.

Jim Furr

I was just reading on Bob Bly’s blog (http://bly.com/blog/?p=299),
that most copywriters are seeing a real upsurge
in need for Good copywriters.

Are you finding that to be true?

Jim <

I have been interested in copywriting for a number of years now.

I will probably be taking AWAI course soon (since it offers payments!)

I was reading about what to exspect on a site named “Divine Write” from Austrailia.
http://www.divinewrite.com/index.htm

(Not sure how I landed on that site).

He paints a rather bleak picture fore the first 2 years …
is it that tough to break into the field?

He recommends not spending much on courses,
practical experience being preferable.

What is your take on all this?

I need money soon, but my requirements are small,
(like $1,000 monthly will squeek me by for a while).

Thanks,

Jim Furr
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PS: If I were to sign up for your critiquing – mentoring,
and wrote copy, then had you give me guidance for the
sales letter, would that be all I needed for a while?
(as opposed to taking the AWAI course)

I have been writing ads and reading
long sales letters online for years!

Maybe I could also buy the
Glyphius software to
help me write also.

jf