Who says there are no jobs in copywriting or that they are paying slave wages?
If you are looking for a full-time position as a copywriter in advertising or a related freelance gig, the help is on the way. Try this list of over 1000 jobs in copywriting, that are waiting for you since July 2009. If you apply to all of these jobs without successfully landing a job, don’t worry, we’ll send another one next month …

There are 85 Copywriter Jobs waiting for you on Monster

Apply to 113 Copywriting Jobs at CareerBuilder

12 Copywriter Jobs on TalentZoo.com

2 Senior Copywriter Jobs on Adweek.com

WOW, 1,054 Copywriter Jobs on Indeed.com

Looking for a Project? 449 Copywriting Projects on GetaFreelancer

1 Copywriting Job on FreelanceSwitch

6 Copywriter Jobs at the creative design database of Krop

24 Copy Blogging Jobs at ProBlogger

here is a sampling:

1. Copywriter / Writer / Advertising / Marketing Writer
2. Medical Copy Editor
3. Copywriter with Web Experience – Charlotte, NC
4. Media Kit Writer for Luxury Magazine
5. Copywriter – Multicultural + Bilingual Spanish – $30/Hr
6. Senior Copywriter – $50-75 hr
7. Sr Copywriter – Editorial Strategy
8. Interactive Copywriter | Content Manager
9. Marketing Copywriter – 9 Positions
10. Copywriter – 55K-65K
11. Marketing Copywriter – $85K, New York, NY
12. Copywriter – 45K, Dallas TX
13. Freelance Copywriter – Needed in the Valley
14. Sr. Principal Global Copywriter – Cupertino, CA
15. Copywriter – Dallas, TX
16. Senior Copywriter – Irvine, CA
17. Senior Copywriter – Boston, MA
18. Copywriter – Philadelphia, PA
19. Lead Copywriter

What is the difference between a Content Writer and a Copywriter? This is an important question, as the two are not the same but are often mistaken as interchangeable terms for the same role.

Content Writers and Ghostwriters write articles, blog posts, eBooks etc. The content is customarily information based. These types of writers will normally charge by the word or by the article. The pricing for content varies wildly. You could pay anything between 99 cents and $20 for a 400 word article. If you check out a sites like ezine articles you will find good examples of content writing.

Copywriting on the other hand is concerned with selling, and this art of writing persuasive copy, takes many years to learn and master. If you need a sales page, auto responder emails etc… you go to a copywriter. A top quality sales page could cost you anything up to $20,000. If you check out the Clickbank market place and read some of the product sales pages, you’ll be reading copywriting.

Go check it out… and you’ll see how different they are.

Many content writers say that they can write copy, but they can’t. If they could they would have only written copy, because the money is just soooo good.

In Conclusion:

Hire a Content Writer, if you need:

. Articles
. Blog Posts
. eBooks

Hire a Copywriter, if you need:

. a Sales Page
. Auto Responder emails
. Landing pages
. PPC Ad Creatives

Key Things to Look for When Hiring a Copywriter

Samples – You want proof they are delivering quality
Style – Can they fit in with your existing branding? Can they reflect your business’ ethos?
Credibility – Are they trustworthy, Do they have a website, portfolio to show for?
Price – We’re in a recession. Everyone’s looking to save a few dollars here and there.

Create a Checklist with the most important criteria at the top, here is a sample of ours:

1) Samples
2) Native English speaker
3) Style
4) SEO knowledge
5) Grammar
6) Experience
7) Subject matter expertise
8) Price

Looking for a Copywriter in the Austin, Texas area?
If You are looking to elevate your sales copy, website content, and advertising material to the next level, and turn your clicks into conversions. Consider these 9 professionals money well spent.

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  Justin Clemens based in Austin, Texas since 2004, has written for a variety of Fortune 500 companies, including names such as Dell, The Wall Street Journal, T3, JCPenney … Has received multiple writing awards and grown an unhealthy addiction to queso.

• Mike Woolf – American Airlines, AT&T, Budweiser, Food Network, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Toshiba, Washington Post…. are just some of the many recognized brands showcasing the talent of this Copywriter and Creative Director based in Austin,Texas.
• Eric F Gould, a copywiter from Dallas, TX says “A well-designed website is useless with poorly written copy. You might think that you’re a pretty good writer. And that may be true. But writing for web is an entire different form of communication, and if you don’t know how to write effective web copy, then you’re missing out on potential sales.”
• 

  Dena Taylor – Attracts results with copy that flies through people’s short attention spans, creatively illuminating them with desire to engage in your action plan!!!

  clients: HomeAway.com, Lance Armstrong Foundation, SafePlace, Whole Foods Market, Texas Tech, Kohana Coffee are just a few satisfied clients already benefiting from Dena’s copywriting services.

  So sweeten the deal with talent + winning personality + wide range of capabilities including: concepts to editing, websites to advertising …..



• Holly Gonzalez – Smart Sophisticated Copy that Sings. A marketing copywriter with more than 15 years of experience working for clients large and small, and for some of the best agencies in the business.
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  Jessica Dupuy – Austin, Texas based freelance copywriter specializing in Travel, Food, Lifestyle and Profiles (Personal and Professional)

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  Ernest Sharpe – When You need a little lightning, Get Sharpe!

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  Amanda Vernor – Copy Director and Freelance Copywriter serving Austin,Texas and Los Angeles.

• Amy Lemen – freelance writer and journalist specialising in real estate/housing, healthcare, technology, health/fitness, restaurant/foodservice, financial, semiconductor, public relations, advertising, food and wine, and general business.

In case you missed it Copyblogger gave away 3 reasons WHY you should shoot you Blog in the head. Your blog qualifies if:

• You don’t get any comments, emails or even tweets
• You can’t find any blogs to link to
• You lost all motivation to write

Lets continue this thread and examine our options for how to execute this burial ceremony.

How to Shoot your Blog!

1. Sell It

Based on overpopulation of boring blogs and ease of setting them up, most likely your blog is worthless, as in $0 dollars. However you never know, the saying one man’s garbage is another’s treasure, teaches us a valuable lesson, so it might be worth trying to put your blog up a for sale on the market where people buy websites and blogs, and let the market decide if it’s really worthless.

2. Death by Neglect

If are monetizing your blog with adsense and/or other means and your pitiful amount of traffic brings you some monetary satisfaction, might as well just neglect your blog. Until this revenue stream dries up completely. Don’t forget to factor in the time you spent on even the most minimal maintenance task associated with it, such as for ex. checking you adsense account, before selecting death by neglect.

3. Turn It into a Parking Page

Turn your dying blog into a parking page and let the pennies fill your piggy bank. If you’re lucky this non-lucrative revenue model will cover the expenses of the annual domain name registration and maybe will leave you with enough funds to buy yourself a beer, or take out your significant other to the movies. You might even find a potential buyer for the domain name if you have chosen an attractive and commercially viable, domain name.

4. Just Kill It

If none of the above options are worthy of your time. Delete the domain from your registrar’s account and cancel hosting. You have learned from tis experience and now shot the blog and closed this chapter in your copywriting career.

“You never forget
your first veggie burger.
It was pure and natural.
Nothing fake about it.
Here it is back again.
The Original.
Why did you ever break up?”
Gardenburger – Eat Positive

by MikeWoolf.com