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Today we’re chatting business books - and whether writing one can help boost your copywriting business.
As writers, many of us have a burning designer to be a published author. Some of us even have a secret novel on the go, that we never manage to work on due to client demands.
But can we channel those book writing urges into publishing a business book? And if we do what impact will it have on our business. We’ll chat through the pros, cons, the practicalities and the challenges from a published author - Kate Toon!
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Belinda and Kate’s dream holiday
- Kate's reasons for writing a business book
- What happens after the first draft is written
- How to effectively crowd source reviewers
- How to get your book published
- How to get your book noticed by readers
- What Kate would do differently for her next book
- How long it can take to write and publish a book!
Question for listeners!
We’d love to know where YOU would holiday, given no restrictions on time or money. Let us know on Twitter or our Facebook page! #hotcopy
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Today we’re excited to talk to conversion copywriter Joanna Wiebe. You may know of Joanna already. She is the creator of Copy Hackers and the cofounder of Airstory (a new writing tool to check out).
She’s worked with some of the coolest companies - like Buffer, Wistia and Crazy Egg - and been invited to speak on the stages of Mozcon, Inbound and 50 other international conferences.
Kate and Belinda picked her brain about conversion copywriting, A/B testing, calls to action and uncomfortably long copy.
Tune in to learn:
- How Joanna nearly kissed Bono
- How she fell into copywriting
- Whether you can use exactly the same on different mediums
- 3 elements of perfectly written conversion copy
- Call to action mistakes most copywriters make
- Why long copy may actually be better
- How the buying cycle and your landing page copy correlate
- How Joanna writes copy with no client revisions
- And more...
And from you we’d love to know, what is your favourite TV show?
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Who is Joanna Wiebe?
The original conversion copywriter, Joanna is the creator of Copy Hackers and the cofounder of Airstory, the drag-and-drop document that saves professional writers time. She’s worked with some of the coolest companies - like Buffer, Wistia and Crazy Egg - and been invited to speak on the stages of Mozcon, Inbound and 50 other international conferences. Oh, and she’s more than happy to be a crazy cat lady. (She walks her cats. Yup. Walks ‘em.)
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- Copy Hackers
- Joanna on Twitter
- 6 Proven Ways to Boost the Conversion Rates of Your Call-to-Action Buttons (Copyblogger)
- 20 Mistakes that Will Undermine Your Call to Action and Cost You Sales (Copyblogger)