Looking for an opinion re: starting a blog

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Hey guys.

So approximately a year ago I did an extensive supplement and health food copywriting assignment. I took the project against my better judgement and the guy ended up being a fraud. Fortunately, I caught wind of it before I gave him the articles, and we never signed a contract, so I'm sitting here with more than 100 different pages of copy that I completely forgot about until now.

Is there any benefit to creating a blog and posting them gradually to the site? Or is that a waste of time? I know that enabling ads to a wordpress usually brings in pennies on the dollar, but do you think that having this blog would help with prospective clients?

Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author sylviad
    First question... Why did you have 'second judgement' about the assignment? Was it because you weren't interested in the topic of the articles? If so, you probably shouldn't go into that as a business, however, if you are interested, then go for it. You can specialize in writing on that topic for people in those businesses... You can create PLR products that business owners can use for their blogs/marketing, etc.

    You can post some of your articles as samples of your work. Make them downloadable for anyone interested. I'd package 2 articles in a pdf and let them download them, rather than making them visible to everyone who visits your site. Then create your blog promoting your services... here are some samples.

    This will work for PLR and if you decide to take assignments.

    Or you can package them all into a book and sell it. And if you do well and you enjoy it, do more books on the subject.... expand to other topics if you want.

    Hope this helps.

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    • Profile picture of the author Hot Rod Kimball
      Thanks Sylviad.

      I currently don't have any second thoughts about the work I've done. I actually don;t have any feelings about it at all. During the time, I caught wind of the client's nature as a scammer. I saw a few red flags and his hesitation to pay, so I pulled the plug on the operation before submitting my work.

      I just want to resurrect these pieces in a way that can work best for me. All of the work was covering specific products for companies. I had the idea of sprucing up the pieces a little bit (I've learned how to be a better copywriter since this time 2015 ) and posting them on a blog with hopes of gaining a nice-size following, so I could reach out to companies who pay for product review. If I posted once a day for five days a week, I'd have enough material to last half a year. This, however, might be me putting the cart before the horse.

      You do propose a good point. Do you think it'd be more suitable to update the pieces and then send them to their respective companies as a sales pitch? Or send them to vitamin and healthfood stores who could benefit from better copy?

      I'm open to pretty much anything that makes money in the future.
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  • Profile picture of the author unlimitedoptions
    Hi Hot Rod Kimball:

    You could definitely start a website/blog and drip the content onto it. You could also post that same content to FB and and start to build a email list that you could eventually turn into paying customers.

    So the drip campaign idea could work long term.

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  • Profile picture of the author shaunybb
    Hey there how are you today?


    I personally think this would be a smart move!


    Having a blog will really express and showcase your talent!


    Go for it 100%
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