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portfolio help

by mikeffd
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How to build a portfolio when you're starting out? Clients won't hire you without one. Should I just write a few samples about random products/services ?

Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
    Originally Posted by mikeffd View Post

    How to build a portfolio when you're starting out? Clients won't hire you without one. Should I just write a few samples about random products/services ?

    Thanks
    On April 15, of this year you wrote:
    Thanks for the feedback. It's my second go at copywriting and I'm actually charging for this.

    My first question, did you get paid for this work? And then,
    what have you been doing in the last 3 months? What other writing have you done? If you were paid, there is your first sample.

    Have you tried to write on spec for anyone? How about the old, find a ClickBank product and write on it, offer it for a test, to someone who isn't selling much?

    Have you worked with anyone and if not, then how are you learning?

    Let's go three months ahead, to October 13th, what will your effort look like? How much writing have you done?

    This sub-forum is chock full of ideas because your question has been asked and answered 101 times already. You have to write in order to get work into a portfolio, I suggest you spend an hour or two using the search feature here and looking for the answers already posted.

    Please inform me (us) on what you have been doing regarding Copywriting for the last 3 months, since your first paid gig, OK?

    GordonJ
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    • Profile picture of the author mikeffd
      Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

      On April 15, of this year you wrote:
      Thanks for the feedback. It's my second go at copywriting and I'm actually charging for this.

      My first question, did you get paid for this work? And then,
      what have you been doing in the last 3 months? What other writing have you done? If you were paid, there is your first sample.

      Have you tried to write on spec for anyone? How about the old, find a ClickBank product and write on it, offer it for a test, to someone who isn't selling much?

      Have you worked with anyone and if not, then how are you learning?

      Let's go three months ahead, to October 13th, what will your effort look like? How much writing have you done?

      This sub-forum is chock full of ideas because your question has been asked and answered 101 times already. You have to write in order to get work into a portfolio, I suggest you spend an hour or two using the search feature here and looking for the answers already posted.

      Please inform me (us) on what you have been doing regarding Copywriting for the last 3 months, since your first paid gig, OK?

      GordonJ
      I've written a fair bit actually.

      Two quasi-copy articles

      https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw...XpmaVNkRUlYWmc

      https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw...mZIejZrakkxMGM

      Just one of several articles I wrote for a men's video game magazine:

      ​The biggest star of the UFC just retired and unretired in the same week - Gamezooloo

      This Guy Has a New Pitch and it
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      • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
        Originally Posted by mikeffd View Post

        I read them all, saw NOTHING copy about them, quasi or otherwise. If the links generated any traffic, or made any sales, then you might be able to call it article-action writing. If they provoked reaction, that is. Current news on Noah, a "dead" arm.

        If the osteo article had links to practitioners, or had some way of linking to paid advertising or capturing an interest, then it might be quasi copy.

        And, why not a link to Amazon so one can buy black cumin, for example?

        I asked about what COPYWRITING you have done. No doubt you can write, all the articles are well written, good citations and are informative.

        BUT, hardly can be used in a portfolio for demonstrating your sales ability with the written word.

        I just pointed out, 3 months have gone by, what will the next 3 months look like? And what results did you find from searching the forum for answers to this question, contains tons of ways to build a portfolio, choose one which best suits you.

        GordonJ
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  • Profile picture of the author PLR Basket
    Just go on any well-known article site and take a look at some of the samples they have. Write a few articles on similar subjects. You shouldn't need more than 3 to 5 go get started.
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