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Using LinkedIn to Attract Your Dream Copywriting Clients as a Transitioning Teacher Mar 27, 2024

A new LinkedIn connection and former teacher asked this question recently about her copywriting business:

“What advice would you give to someone who is starting a business?”

The best thing I ever did was to identify my target copywriting clients and write helpful LinkedIn posts for...

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Classroom to Copy #22: From Daycare Teacher & Bartender to Financial Copywriter: Carolynn Ananian’s Journey podcast Mar 26, 2024

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[00:25] Introducing former daycare teacher and bartender, Carolynn Ananian, who pivoted to a successful career in financial copywriting.

[01:12] Carolynn reveals why she explored numerous jobs before landing on a copywriting career.

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Classroom to Copy #21: Former Junior College Teacher Siti Zahidah on Becoming a Public Relations Manager & Copywriter podcast Feb 26, 2024

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In this episode, you will discover:

  • [0:00:42] Zahidah’s background as a former Junior College teacher who taught General Paper in Singapore for 8 years
  • [0:01:39] Her current job as a Public...
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Classroom to Copy #20 Former Pastor & VP Joshua Lee Henry on Becoming a Financial Copywriter (Instead of a College Professor) podcast Jan 22, 2024

Joshua Lee Henry always wanted to be a teacher. 

He was once a mega-church pastor… and he walked away from two PhD programs…

But now, he’s a multimillion-dollar financial copywriter and copy chief.

How did he do it, and why?

That’s what I wanted to find out in the...

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the BIGGEST secret to job security as a copywriter? Jan 21, 2024

The Copy Chief forum is home to the world’s best job listings – where clients pay to hunt for their next copywriter… and a supportive community of copywriters share great gigs with each other.

Below is a list of jobs we currently have up in the forum, from the January...

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the secret to getting “so good they can’t ignore you” Jan 06, 2024

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At the beginning of my copywriting journey, I couldn’t afford 1-1 coaching or mentorships… but I desperately wanted SOME inkling of how I was doing as a newbie.

After all, as Cal Newport writes in So Good They Can’t Ignore You:

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Classroom to Copy #19: Kristy Chadwick on Overcoming Burnout & Finding Community through Copywriting podcast Dec 26, 2023

In this episode, you will discover:

[00:48] Kristy Chadwick’s journey from working in a bank… a law office… a theme park… to stumbling into teaching – PLUS why she...

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Classroom to Copy #18: Melanie Warren – From Teaching 9th-Grade Algebra to Becoming Tony Robbins’ Copy Chief podcast Nov 28, 2023
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In this episode, you’ll discover:

1:03: Melanie’s background as a former 9th-grade algebra teacher with a huge caseload of IEP students… and all the cool strategies she used to get...

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21-Year-Old Victoria Ade-samuel on Breaking into FinPub as an International Copywriter Nov 04, 2023

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Want to break into the U.S. financial publishing industry but not sure where to start as an international copywriter? 

Meet Victoria Ade-samuel,...

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What if? Nov 01, 2023
Bike ziplining in Tsalka Canyon in Georgia. Basically, my experience of leaving teaching for copywriting in a nutshell.

What if you DON’T get hired?

What if that inner voice of self-doubt is right?

What if you take the risk…

Pour your heart into your resume and interview…

Go...

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Classroom to Copy #17: Celebrating Copywriting Wins with Ex-Teachers Charlotte & Ben podcast Oct 24, 2023

When my friends Ben Henken and Charlotte Ellis posted about their latest copywriting wins on the Copy Chief forum, I knew I had to get them back on Classroom to Copy to celebrate and share HOW they did it. 

It took a long time to schedule this across 3 different timezones...

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Guess how many ex-teachers I met in Nashville? Oct 22, 2023

If you’re a teacher who’s thinking of making the leap into the lucrative world of copywriting, which is the art and science of writing ads, emails, and sales pages to sell products and services…

And you want REAL-LIFE examples of former teachers who’ve done just...

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