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Deadbeat Copywriter

by The Copy Nazi Banned
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#copywriter #deadbeat
  • Profile picture of the author Kevin-VirtualProfitCenter
    I am NOT a deadbeat. I was doing research on the, um, homeless alcoholic niche and wanted to get a good feel for the prospect.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rezbi
      Originally Posted by Kevin-VirtualProfitCenter View Post

      I am NOT a deadbeat. I was doing research on the, um, homeless alcoholic niche and wanted to get a good feel for the prospect.
      Thanks for not telling anyone I wrote the copy for you... ulp!
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Hemingway, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald and many others did some of their best work after extensive alcohol research...

    Maybe I can apply for a federal grant to study the matter and get 800 cases of Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum deliverd to the house. Sound about right for these crazy times.
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    • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
      Originally Posted by travlinguy View Post

      Hemingway, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald and many others did some of their best work after extensive alcohol research...
      Well, I'm no Hemingway, but you can throw my name on that list too...

      I don't think I've ever written sales copy sober.
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      • Profile picture of the author Rezbi
        Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

        Well, I'm no Hemingway, but you can throw my name on that list too...

        I don't think I've ever written sales copy sober.
        You mean your copy is drunk?

        Is that why the letters are always wobbly?
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  • Profile picture of the author jbode
    I wonder how much money he actually made using that sign? ...maybe I should try that on my next sales letter
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin-VirtualProfitCenter
    ...and it's spring!
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  • Profile picture of the author CopyMonster
    @travelinguy: don't you have to be a Wall St fat cat to qualify for assistance?

    @jbode: my guess is not a lot. but you never know. he might have gotten credit for being honest. Maybe if he added "My 'honey bunny' just died..." at the beginning.

    At the risk of taking this another direction, the picture jogged the old brain cells to remember this:


    Ahhh... the power of words.
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    Scary good...
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    • Profile picture of the author Palo Coyote
      Malkie,

      Wow, I don't mind you putting my pitcure up, specially here on WF, that's OK, and yes you and I both know that sometimes the first word in the title of your thread describes me....but pal.........calling me a........copywriter. Isn't that a little...uh.....deraogator....uh derugato......low? I don't ever remember calling you names...uh except maybe that one time, oh yeah there was that other time.

      Hey, the research went great! I think it did....as I recall?

      Anyway, thanks for the exposure and hey Loved the 50 cents you dropped in my cup....always a pleasure doing bizness with you, pal.

      In Vino Veritas, where's there's grapes, there's life,
      Palo Coyote
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    • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
      Originally Posted by bf68 View Post

      @travelinguy: don't you have to be a Wall St fat cat to qualify for assistance?
      You're absolutely right. And the truth is, I'm really an executive-level banker in Goldman Sach's venture capital division. The reason I'm here is when I want to earn an honest buck I write. hehehe... So it goes.
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      • Profile picture of the author Rezbi
        Originally Posted by travlinguy View Post

        You're absolutely right. And the truth is, I'm really an executive-level banker in Goldman Sach's venture capital division. The reason I'm here is when I want to earn an honest buck I write. hehehe... So it goes.

        Really - you, too!?
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  • Profile picture of the author The Copy Nazi
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    Couple of days later (hick) he was back with this sign -












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  • Profile picture of the author Kirimanjaro
    Hi, I am not a deadbeat but i was just checking out this thread when I saw the picture. It is kinda funny when you consider how difficult it is to get the desired responses from people this way. It goes to show why it is necessary to seek professionals sometimes, huh?
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  • Profile picture of the author Cherilyn Woodhouse
    @travelinguy: We should TOTALLY collaborate on that. I'll bring the dixie cups, since we should probably research related products as well.

    I really wonder sometimes, though, whether it is drinking that makes a writer - or writing that makes some people drink... If only I could ask Hemingway... He'd probably tell me to get lost and throw an empty 26oz'r at my head - but at least then I'd KNOW.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Steel
    interesting stuff
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Sanchez
    ..and the greatest headline of all time goes too?....

    (let's face it: that guy probably made more money then some copywriters make in a year)

    XD

    Here's a little extra story that I think suits this thread:

    My martial arts instructor one time met someone on the street was just off a ways and yelled out:

    "Hey man do you know the what the best nation is in the world is?"

    and before he could answer him..

    the man walks up to him, streches out his hand and says

    "Donation"

    Gave the guy a hefty fistful of dollars...

    A great laugh... persuasion at it's best
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