Test Me As a Potential Copywriter?

by Genocris

Posted: 9 years ago 15 replies

COPY WRITING

I'd like to throw something out to the Copywriter community.

I believe I have the potential (I'm not too arrogant) to be a good copywriter, although I won't go into the reasons here

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I don't have the education, background or experience, but feel I likely (possibly? hopefully?) have the necessary ingredients to do this kind of work effectively.

Is it possible for someone to create or send me a "mock" copy writing assignment, which I would complete and then submit for evaluation/critique, either to an individual or to a bunch of people?

I realize this is asking a lot, and it would likely open me up to a brutal, emotional beating, but I'd love to try and do this before investing a lot of time, energy and possible money attempting to head down this road.

Whaddaya think?

#copywriter #potential

Chriswrighto

9 years ago

Why not kill two birds with one stone?

Write a sales letter offering your copywriting services.

That way if you DO have it, you can get going straight away.

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mcb247

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Chriswrighto

Why not kill two birds with one stone?

Write a sales letter offering your copywriting services.

That way if you DO have it, you can get going straight away.

Totally agree with Chris kill the too birds with writing your own sales letter advertising your services...

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Andrew Gould

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Genocris

I don't have the education, background or experience, but feel I likely (possibly? hopefully?) have the necessary ingredients to do this kind of work effectively.

It's not what you've got. It's what you're willing to do.

Is it possible for someone to create or send me a "mock" copy writing assignment, which I would complete and then submit for evaluation/critique, either to an individual or to a bunch of people?

Look around you, pick something interesting, write an ad for it, then the post the ad.

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angiecolee 9 years ago

The best judge of your work is the marketplace.

Or someone whose critique would provide valuable instruction - i.e. not most of the people who lurk here looking to tear apart work.

I will tell you this: this is a brutal field. There's no way around it. When you create, there's a whole subset of people out there (actually, it's the majority) who can't create, never have created in their lives, that feel like they are entitled to criticize.

In client work, there will always be someone who wants to put their "stamp" on it - even if it's technically perfect as delivered.

Everyone theoretically learned how to write in school, so they all know their present participles from their gerunds and they absolutely know that grammatical and spelling mistakes sabotage the sale, so won't this random edit I proposed sound better?

I say this not to dump on clients. I say it to welcome you to the world of creative work.

Maybe/possibly/kindly/etc - not really what it takes to make it here.

Politesse works, for sure. But faith in your work, determination to succeed, gumption to back up your ideas and back down when the data proves your ideas don't work as well as you'd hoped.

I agree with Chris in the truest sense - put yourself out there to paying clients. That's the best test.

If not, try writing a sales letter for something completely and totally necessary that tends to "sell itself" - like toilet paper. It'll force you to think of this in a new light - what's special about THIS paper? Why is it the best paper you'll ever buy?

Writers write. Copywriters write to sell. Get to selling, man.
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gjabiz

9 years ago

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Genocris

9 years ago

Originally Posted by gjabiz

OK. But lets make it real, not mock.

I have several semi retired products (specialty reports). I'll send you the report, you write the copy, only it will be posted FOR SALE with any sales made, you keep the money,

NO critique until 10 days in the marketplace, I will ask you to edit any hype or potentially litigious material before showing it to the market.

BUT, you have total control over the copy (with those exceptions) and you keep all the money from sales, fair enough?

gjabiz, your offer has been officially accepted. I sent you the email.

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Genocris 9 years ago

Thanks for the great responses.

Since I am out and about and posting this response by phone, I will need to respond in a better way later on.

gjabiz, your proposal sounds very interesting. I will be emailing you.
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Synnuh 9 years ago

Nice work gjabiz ;D
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Genocris 9 years ago

Thanks again for all the responses.

Hey, if I do post a sales letter here offering my services, will anyone even know I did it and check it out? Or will I end up like a bride waiting at the altar?

Hmmmm?
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Alex Cohen

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Genocris

I'd like to throw something out to the Copywriter community.

I believe I have the potential (I'm not too arrogant) to be a good copywriter, although I won't go into the reasons here

Before writing a sales letter, read a book that teaches basic copywriting. That will give you a frame of reference.

Alex

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italk 9 years ago

So how is it going Genocris?
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BorisTest 9 years ago

Good work!
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nsserve 9 years ago

Best of luck as a copywriter!
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- sethczerepak 9 years ago
  
  This is what my posts end up looking like when Chriswrighto, Andrew Gould, angiecolee and gjabiz have already said everything you need to hear.
  
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  angiecolee 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by sethczerepak
  
  This is what my posts end up looking like when Chriswrighto, Andrew Gould, angiecolee and gjabiz have already said everything you need to hear.
  
  We still love you, Seth!
  
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enjamulahsan Banned 9 years ago

best of luck for you. be a great writer
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