So you want to be a copywriter with Bernadette Schwerdt – Details, episodes & analysis

• Do you struggle to price your copywriting services?
• Do you constantly undercharge and feel undervalued?
• Do you see others less talented than you getting paid more>

If any of that resonates with you and you feel just a little bit annoyed that you’re not getting paid what you’re worth, this is the episode is for you!

Today, we dive into a topic that many creatives struggle with: pricing their services. In our chat today Andrew Griffiths shares his insights on how to charge what you're worth and build a successful, profitable copywriting business. Andrew is a business coach and the author of a book called ‘Someone has to be the most expensive – why not make it you’, one of the best books I’ve read for how to change your mindset and management practices around pricing. 

With decades of experience on how to build a high paying clientele, his practical advice will give you a blueprint for how you can always get paid top dollar for the work you do.

In this episode, Andrew discusses:

• His journey from poverty mentality to running a successful business
• The importance of mindset and self-worth in pricing your services
• Strategies for building credibility and showcasing your value
• How to handle pricing conversations with potential clients
• Practical tips for increasing your rates and attracting better clients
• Why consistency in your business is critical to success
• How to differentiate yourself in a competitive market
• The importance of doing what others aren't willing to do

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Would you like to earn a six figure income from copywriting? 

Would you like to leverage your existing career to help you find new copywriting clients? 

Would you like to write about something you love and get paid well to do so?

If any of that resonates, this episode is for you.

In this episode I talk to Sophia Auld, a health and medical copywriter who turned her 25 years of healthcare experience into a successful copywriting career. Sophia shares her unique journey and provides valuable insights on how to pivot your career and harness your background to succeed in the copywriting industry.

You’ll learn how to:

• Transition from one career to another
• Leverage your existing skills to find lucrative copywriting clients
• Price your services
• Choose a niche that inspires you and pays you well
• Cold call clients using an easy-to-follow email pitch template
• Create a point of difference from other copywriters in your niche
• Discover your ‘why’ that will help you overcome self-doubt and imposter syndrome
• Market your business on a budget
• Use simple business development techniques to find a consistent stream of new clients
• Avoid rookie errors when starting out

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As a leading journalist with The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, there’s not a lot that Jewel Topsfield hasn’t written about. Social affairs, politics, immigration, education, and global affairs are just a few of her specialty areas.

Beyond journalism, Jewel is a sought-after speaker, lecturer at universities and schools, and has led a team that won a Walkley Award and served as a Walkley Awards judge.  

I’m talking to Jewel today about her life as a journalist and how her writing life has changed over the years in response to the changing media landscape, in response to the ways that we consume media, and in response to the way in which the success or otherwise of a story is measured and much more.

If you’d like a masterclass in how to research a topic quickly, and come up with world class content quickly that you know is going to be read by thousands of people, that has the potential to spark Senate enquiries – as her story on people smuggling did - you could take a leaf out of Jewel’s writing life.  

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If you have a passion for a topic and would like to turn that passion into profit, you may want to build an online course so you can teach it.

Amber Renae is many things. She started out as an engineer and then pivoted, seamlessly into becoming a celebrity stylist. It’s a logical next step, isn’t it?  

She quickly realised she has a talent for not just making people look good, but helping their content look good too and so she created a course that helped others monetise their expertise. She is now a leading specialist in helping entrepreneurs and influencers create online courses so they can live their dream life. 

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AI and copywriting. Everyone’s talking about it but someone who’s really getting deep into the weeds of how it all works is Leanne Shelton.

Leanne is a copywriter who has taken a right turn and has reinvented her brand to become a specialist in copy and AI. 

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Anxiety. We all have it, or elements of it, but some of us have it more than others. Writers, it would seem, have more of it than most. In this revealing podcast, Kerri Sackville, one of Australia’s most prominent columnists and popular writers discusses her writing life, and in particular, her unique relationship to, and with anxiety – how it helps her, hinders her and why it’s the creative force that underpins much of her work.

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To niche or not to niche? It’s a question I get asked a lot so I thought I’d interview Lynne Testoni, a leading content creator and copywriter. Lynne specialises in some of the most coveted topics – interior design, homewares, gardening, food, cookbooks and much more. She has carved out a niche writing career that enables her to write about what she wants, when she wants, and to work with the people she wants. If you’d like to learn how to successfully niche your copywriting business, become a subject matter authority and get paid what you’re worth, this is the episode for you.

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If you’re a copywriter and you’d like to expand your services and create a long term stream of income, you should consider becoming a ghostwriter.

What even is a ghost writer? In many senses, a copywriter is the ultimate ghost writer in that we write content for a specific client, we are largely invisible, we don’t seek credit for the work and we work hard to become the voice of that brand.

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If you’d like to explore how your copywriting skills can help you, or your client, write a book and become an authority in your industry, this is the episode for you.

Anna Featherstone is an expert author, publicist, independent book marketer. In this podcast, she reveals her inside secrets on how you can publish a book to increase your writing revenue.

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From Rachel Smith, the founder of Rachel’s list

It’s not every day you get to speak to the eponymous founder of a successful business but today I get to speak to Rachel, the Rachel in Rachel’s list.

If you haven’t heard of it, the list is an online platform that showcases a huge range of fantastic jobs for journalists, copywriters, content creators and branding specialists. If you’re looking for paid work, this is the place to start.

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