Category Copywriting

tldr: Nothing changes

The UK is “leaving” the European Union at 11pm GMT on the 31st January 2020. But what does this mean for international copywriting clients?

From 11:01pm on Saturday night, Britain no longer has any MEPs or Commissioners sitting in the European Parliament. The UK also gives up their role in law-making and decision-taking for member states.

We then enter a transition phase. Between February 1st and December 31st 2020, all existing regulatory regimes remain in place. The UK will still be trading according to EU regulations and standards and paying into the central budget.

Business will continue as normal.

This is great news for international copywriting clients based in the Eur...

2019 has been another record-breaking year for Tech Write. This year I’ve completed 129 projects, delivering 643 assets for 49 clients in 13 different countries. It’s been busy…

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Tech Write continues to work closely with marketing agencies to create high quality articles, eGuides and white papers for use in content marketing campaigns.

It’s now six years since I began working with Tomorrow People, writing for more than 70 of their clients in that time. Notable accounts this year include VIBBIO (simplified video production software), Zonal (EPoS and cash management for restaurants and bars) and Cognite (operations management systems for the Oil & Gas sector).

I’ve also continued to work closely with Elastic Creative in Edinburgh, SquareDot in Du...

The period between Christmas and New Year used to be deathly quiet – but Boxing Day sales have changed all that.

The good news is that I’m available to help with any short notice tech copywriting projects.

An urgent customer request arrives, but your agency is closed for the Christmas break. Or maybe you just fancy taking an extra day off for yourself.

No problem – that’s what I’m here for.

Whether you need a quick blog article, a series of emails or a brand new white paper, I’ve got you covered.

If you have an urgent, last-minute project – or a deadline is approaching like a runaway Polar Express – drop me a line. I’ll be manning my keyboard until the end of decade.

News broke overnight that Google is finally closing the long-running joke called “Plus”. Billed as an alternative to Facebook, this was yet another attempt by the search and services giant to tap into social media. And like all their previous social services (Orkut, Buzz), it failed spectacularly.

Having been a Google+ user since day 2 of the Beta period, I have learned several useful lessons.

1. Do not build a business (or personal brand) on Google services

The first few weeks of Google+ were genuinely exciting as people piled into the network to try and make sense of the platform. In true LinkedIn style, marketers began branding themselves as Google+ experts – and no one knew enough to challenge their BS.

Hell, even I managed to attract an audience of over 10,000 people.

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Due to a huge rise in spam over the past few days, I have been forced to block all email messages coming from the mail.ru and pinspb.ru services. Please ensure that any Russian copywriting queries* are sent from another mail service instead.

You should be aware that this ban applies to the contact forms on this website too.

I apologise to any potential copywriting clients from Russia for this inconvenience. I am still interested in working with you!

For the rest of the world, I am equally careful about messages sent from free services like Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail. Queries (or guest post requests) sent from these addresses will attract additional scrutiny before we can do business together. Sorry.

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