13:01:40 From Scott Geesey : Yep, hear something 13:01:43 From Kellie W : Hi Susan! 13:02:06 From Debby Ellison : HI Thank you! Glad to be here! 13:02:14 From Matt Shannon : Thanks 13:02:44 From Scott Geesey : Two great daughters and one beautiful grandson (so far)\ 13:02:48 From Kellie W : Going back to college in my 40s 13:03:08 From Matt Shannon : A: Didn't quite finish my website, but I am at about 95% done. Hoping to finish today. 13:03:19 From Kellie W : Yeah Matt — you can do it! 13:03:36 From Matt Shannon : Thanks Kellie, these sites are always more work than expected 13:03:37 From Debby Ellison : Adoptive parent of 3 great people. 13:04:48 From Kellie W : W: I got my first client check! :) 13:05:07 From Matt Shannon : That's great Kellie! Deposit it ASAP :) 13:05:12 From Scott Geesey : W: Finally nailed a writing job. It's very small, with a startup app company, but it's something. Writing some educational material. 13:05:19 From Debby Ellison : Most website copy done, though need a little input. Hired Ed’s team to put it together. 13:05:43 From Kellie W : Congrats Scott! 13:05:56 From Scott Geesey : Thanks! Something to start with... 13:05:57 From Matt Shannon : That is great Scott! 13:06:56 From Debby Ellison : Did you want me to type my questions again here? 13:08:32 From Scott Geesey : Q: got this entry job with a new startup company creating an interesting educational app. Assuming this really leads to something - any ideas on how payment usually works, or is that all across the board? 13:08:39 From Kellie W : Q: do you keep prospecting even when you feel like you’re getting close to capacity? 13:13:39 From Debby Ellison : My previous writing was long ago (articles, books, CE programs in the health/fitness. Space) and not generally available online. Some has even been “assigned” online to another author with the same name. Any thoughts of how to track down or whether I should even use at all? How to get my work credited to me? More recent work (last year) was in another industry all together (National RVTraining Academy). 13:30:27 From Kellie W : I know I’m very lucky to be in this position - I’m so grateful. Thanks for your guidance! 13:31:39 From Kellie W : That was perfect! 13:36:54 From valicia : Hello! It's been a while and I appreciate you checking in on me previously. Ok, so I am really having a hard time with my niche. I finally settled down and just picked one...but it doesn't feel quite right and if I feel very unconvincing writing/talking about it when it comes to copywriting. Just for a little background: I have a science background, work in public health full time, and when I write sporadically, it's on personal issues, social injustices, parenting, and feminism. I don't have one or two passions that I stick to all the time other than parenting. Any advice on this? (I can't unmute because my background randomly gets extremely noisy. :D ) 13:40:05 From Debby Ellison : URL I’m considering: healthwellnesscopywriter.com. There is an existing person that has healthwellnesswriter.com Should I stay away from that? 13:42:16 From valicia : I focused on clean technology. 13:43:45 From valicia : I started doing warm emails but haven't since April (pandemic really slammed my full time business). I have short blog that I was maintaining on the site to present myself as proficient in the area, but it just kind of feels wrong. 13:44:53 From Chris S. : Debby, regarding your URL, consider a shorter one, such as WellnessWriter.com, if it is available. 13:50:23 From valicia : Ok. Thank you very much for the advice! 13:50:27 From Matt Shannon : Q: Related to other questions about niche, I have a lot of tech industry experience. So it makes sense for that to be the niche I focus on initially. But I do like the broader description that Ed describes in one of the modules as "companies with complex products". Is there a concise way to describe that broader target (which includes tech) without calling it "any company with complex products and services"? Or should I just stick with the more concise "tech industry" description for my niche for now? 13:50:38 From valicia : Yes, it was very helpful! 13:54:51 From Kellie W : Q: I’ve been worried that my url is too “cutesy” 13:56:13 From Scott Geesey : Need to depart for another online call. Thanks to all! 14:00:37 From Matt Shannon : Yes, I need to remember that things will change or evolve over time. That's a good idea to Google other writers for the tech industry. Thanks for suggesting. 14:03:22 From Kellie W : yourcopypartner.com 14:04:12 From Kellie W : Part of my target is to get agency “run off” work 14:05:53 From Kellie W : Thanks!!!!! 14:06:40 From Chris S. : Matt, consider searching for companies that sell the type of tech products that you are most familiar with, and then identify who their customers are. See if you could improve some existing web copy based on your deeper understanding of their customer. You then could a provide a Before/After sample to a future prospect (but not the company with the original copy :-) . 14:07:27 From Debby Ellison : Would something like writerforhealth.com work? 14:08:13 From Matt Shannon : Thanks Chris, that is a interesting idea I will consider 14:08:22 From Debby Ellison : Thank you. 14:09:46 From Kellie W : I’m glad that your philosophy is “always be prospecting” - that feels right to me…but I had a fellow consultant express otherwise 14:09:53 From Debby Ellison : Url easy to say and remember. Thanks. 14:10:03 From valicia : Learning to be more introspective about myself regarding my business. Not just saying "things feel wrong" but digging into the why of it. Hadn't thought about before. 14:10:22 From Matt Shannon : T: I'm better off just putting a stake in the ground (around tech as my niche) and expecting to evolve as I get more clients and decide what I do and don't like doing 14:10:27 From Chris S. : T: Great suggestions about selecting a URL that is short and general enough to grow into. 14:13:42 From Chris S. : Would you share your URL with us? 14:14:12 From Kellie W : Session 8 here i come! 14:14:33 From Matt Shannon : A: Submit my site for review by EOD tomorrow. Move on to next module in training 14:15:14 From Debby Ellison : A: Complete website copy and begin warm email prospecting. 14:15:14 From Chris S. : A: Get back on track with Ed's course content (after a tough few weeks with demanding day job deliverables).