Every year around this time as we approach the holiday season, I begin to assess my business direction for the past year to see what worked and how I might better invest time moving forward.
Almost every year, I come to same conclusion:
I spend a lot of time working on projects outside my area of specialty, and not enough time focused on what actually makes me money.
This year was no different. For a range of clients, I wandered off my path many times to provide important but less familiar services like SEO, social media, search advertising, marketing automation and remarketing.
These weren’t wasted exercises. I learned a lot, my clients benefited and I fully expect to use these services again with less of a learning curve.
Also, when giving marketing advice, I like having a working knowledge on many marketing activities. I don’t want to try to “sell” one specific marketing activity. I like being able to view all activities on the merits and to provide clients with real advice.
Back to basics
But when I look at my projects, I can see very quickly that the vast majority of my income still comes from copywriting.
It may be copywriting for direct mail, email, websites, collateral or content marketing.
It may be copywriting for lead generation, lead nurturing, direct selling, customer renewals or even fundraising.
It may be copywriting along with graphic design, web design, printing or email execution.
But copywriting is most often at the center of these services. And sometimes I forget to promote that service.
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Written by Bob McCarthy
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Bob McCarthy is a direct marketing and online copywriter, creative director and consultant.
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