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A couple of copywriters
I was at another festive event last night, this time with mentor Moe Nawaz, and Drayton Bird – the man about whom David Ogilvy (“the father of advertising”) said: “Nobody in the world knows more Read more…
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Copywriter Hell
Last night, I had a festive reunion with some of my co-founders of Bromley Creative Community. They revelled in pointing out all the typos on the restaurant signage. I took a couple of photos but Read more…
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“Good writing works!”
Daniel was a delegate on the ‘copywriting for recruiters’ course I run every month or so with Mitch Sullivan. Here’s what happened next: A LinkedIn post for a Business Development Manager on 14/12/16 (edited on Read more…
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Book launch(ed)
Yesterday, I MCed at the launch of Ro Rathour’s first book Leading Ladies. I facilitated a Q&A panel with the author and three of the women featured in the book, introduced a performance by the Magpie Read more…
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Voted best event and speaker
I just had to turn down an invitation to a Christmas party for a group where I spoke earlier this year, and received this reply. “Many thanks for your brilliant session for us. You were Read more…
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Celebrity endorsement
I received lots of lovely feedback after the blogging session I ran on 26 October, and was particularly excited to receive this tweet, from choreographer, singer, and theatre producer, Jason Gardiner (quoted with permission). You Read more…
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Working late…
As well as copywriting all day, I worked late last night. I stood in for fellow copywriter, Doug Jenner, to run a two-hour evening class on blogging, held at City Lit in London. I do Read more…
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Inside the chocolate factory
Yesterday, I ran another course with Mitch Sullivan, training recruiters how to write better job ads. It was held in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which is currently showing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. What Read more…
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Mega
Last weekend, I was in Nottingham for the Professional Speaking Association Mega convention, where I had two roles to play: Help hand over to the incoming Regional Presidents Run a Meet the Experts session: ‘Is your Read more…