Having survived two recessions since I started freelancing, it looks as though we might be facing another one. Like speakers and trainers, copywriters are seeing clients hold back budgets, and so they’re worrying about how Read more…
I was due to be in Singapore today, on my way back from a three-week trip to Australia and Bali. It was to be part-business, part-pleasure. I’d been booked for a training day in Perth, Read more…
At a time when there doesn’t seem to be much to celebrate, today is exactly 19 years since I founded my freelance copywriting/training/speaking business. If circumstances were different, I would have been on a Read more…
The masterclass I run with Mitch Sullivan is booked for Perth, Australia on 17 April. Mitch isn’t going – but I am. If you know any Aussie recruiters, please send them this link. [Edited to Read more…
Last night, I attended the Business Book Awards event in London, hoping that my new book might be shortlisted in the ‘specialist audience’ category. However, it was up against some stiff competition. There were 270 Read more…
You might be amused to see me attempting PowerPoint Karaoke at PSA London. That is, trying to deliver a vaguely coherent talk in front of 15 slides that I’ve never seen before and which advance Read more…
Pleased to be quoted in the new book Power Up by Antoinette Dale Henderson, especially because I’m in a paragraph with Bill Clinton.
Want to be a confident freelance copywriter? Spend a day with me at the UK Pro Copywriters’ Conference and discover the secrets to success (you might also get ideas about how to write a better Read more…
My new book has been entered into the Business Book Awards. Next step, shortlisting (fingers crossed).
On 14 December, I’m doing something I’ve never done before. It’s called PowerPoint Karaoke. Eek! I’ll be on stage, talking. That’s fine. But I can’t prepare like I usually would. Oh no. Not at all. Read more…
