13:00:51 From Chris Pawar : Hello! Thanks! 13:00:55 From Jim Rogers : Good to go 13:00:58 From Cynthia : Hi! 13:01:11 From Jim Rogers : Hi, Cynthia 13:01:22 From Cynthia : Hi, Jim! 13:01:30 From Shannon Vincent : Adirondack Mountains of Upstate NY 13:01:32 From Cynthia : Hi, All! 13:01:44 From Chris Pawar : I grew up the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. 13:01:55 From Jim Rogers : I grew up (and live now) in Aurora, IL. Wayne's World town and tons of good Mexican food. 13:02:20 From Cynthia : Pittsburgh, PA...Go Steelers! 13:02:31 From Chris Pawar : Go Browns! 13:02:33 From hollyowens : Atlanta, GA but I live in Idaho now 13:02:34 From mariedamico : Brooklyn, NY. 13:02:57 From mariedamico : HI, Susan. Now live in NYC 13:03:45 From Cynthia : Website 13:03:53 From Jim Rogers : W: Got 1-2 positive responses to my warm emails this week. No project, but a couple people to move into the nurturing funnel. 13:03:54 From Shannon Vincent : W: Finished Session 1, starting Session 2 later today 13:03:54 From mariedamico : W-I overcame my LinkedIn phobia and am almost finished redoing my profile 13:04:02 From Chris Pawar : W: I have several emails ready to send 13:04:22 From hollyowens : W - Just got an email this morning from my prospect from last week and she has a list of copywriting pieces that she wants to move forward with 13:04:59 From mariedamico : I definitely could use that 13:05:01 From Jim Rogers : I found the LinkedIn training to be very helpful. 13:06:59 From Chris Pawar : I’m using the Session 5 template emails and modifying them. 13:07:23 From Jim Rogers : I: Even though I'm still working on Session 5, I finished Session 8 this week to be ready for any positive responses. I'll review sessions 6-8 a few times as the process moves along. 13:07:39 From hollyowens : I - Also working on getting the template emails ready to send out 13:08:01 From Cynthia : I'm finlizing LinkedIn....almost done. 13:08:04 From Shannon Vincent : I: I have a bit of a longer question about my target market that I settled on. When is a good time to ask? 13:10:03 From Shannon Vincent : Q: I started the positioning exercise in Session 1 with three target markets and after going through the exercise I had narrowed down to one: the Craft Beverage Industry (breweries, wineries, distilleries). My question is: I this too narrow? I’ve worked in the industry and it seemed that I was constantly being ‘sold to’ with mailers, sales calls, drop-ins…etc. and annual industry reports are loaded with ads from these types of companies. So, it seems financially viable to me, but is this just because that was the ‘world’ I was working in at the time? I’m curious your thoughts on this before I move on to Session 2. Thanks so much! 13:11:45 From Jim Rogers : Q: The 2-week follow-up in the nurturing process recommends adding an additional differentiating factor. What are some examples of additional differentiators we could include in follow-up emails? I feel like I already covered all my differentiators in my website copy. 13:12:52 From Chris Pawar : Q: How valuable is prior writing, in my case a blog, if it is not written for the same target market as my potential client and some of my older posts aren’t my best stuff? 13:16:48 From hollyowens : Q - My LinkedIn is set up. What do I do now proactively? I feel like I’m sitting there waiting for people to come to me but I should probably reach out. Can you tell me what to do - maybe extend invitations to connect to health professionals in my area? I learned that when you search profiles, people can see you are looking and that makes me feel like a stalker. Is that how it works? I think in my message I should maybe say what I admire about them and ask if I can help with content in any way. Does that sound like a plan? 13:18:27 From Jim Rogers : actually 13:18:32 From Jim Rogers : I'm at work. sorry :D 13:20:49 From Jim Rogers : My academic background is BA Creative Writing/MA Linguistics + Intercultural Communications. So Maybe that's one. 13:21:01 From Darin : Q: I am just starting out in copywriting. I am going through AWAI's introductory copywriting course at the moment. Should I concentrate on completing this - before doing aggressive prospecting? 13:21:07 From mariedamico : Q Following up on Holly’s question, I really don’t know how LinkedIn works either. I was stunned several years ago when I attended a webinar on using LinkedIn, I found out that apparently I had given permission to contact my entire contact list because many people emailed me in response to my request to connect. Just two days ago something similar happened. Someone I know, but had definitely not tried to connect with (knowingly) responded to my request to connect. Again, I did not knowingly send this. So I am nervous when I am using the site. Is everyone seeing what I am doing? Is it possible to close it while I’m, editing? 13:24:21 From Chris Pawar : Great ideas thanks! 13:24:40 From Chris Pawar : Q: Should I worry that people who know me as A will pigeon-hole me and not be able to see me as B? (a writer) 13:27:29 From mariedamico : Ok, I see that you are recommending the material in session 5. I didn’t know whether that address the site mechanics 13:28:28 From Cynthia : Q: On LinkedIn should I limit people to join me that are actually a freelance copywriter or writers and focus mostly on inviting people in my niche market industry? 13:29:09 From Evan Kiggen : Q: Are marketing agencies good target prospects for freelancers? What about PR agencies? I assume they already have copywriters on staff but I happen to know a couple people who work at these types of places and interested in how you might approach them about offering freelance writing services as opposed to someone in your target niche industry like tech, finance, etc… 13:32:31 From Chris Pawar : Q: Is a 25 year old degree in Advertising worth mentioning? If so, what would be ideal? On the “Why Me?” page of my site? 13:35:34 From mariedamico : thank you. I will post on FB thread. I appreciate it 13:37:21 From Chris Pawar : thanks! 13:38:13 From Jim Rogers : Q: It's a bit overthinking maybe, but I saw the $5k coaching program is disappearing. Will we still have a coaching program we can work on after this? 13:39:47 From hollyowens : Q - My niche is health writing but I also see a market and have a great interest in helping all of the seniors I know in coaching them with their college essays. Kind of like a tutor. I listened to Ed Gandia’s podcast when he interviewed a person who does this as a part of her writing business. How do I connect these on my website? Or should I? Should I set up a separate website or landing page? 13:44:36 From Chris Pawar : LOL! 13:47:30 From Jim Rogers : @Chris The core principles of copywriting haven't changed much in over 100 years. So if your advertising degree focused on fundamental principles rather than gimmicks/tactics, then your advertising degree is still just as good now as it was 25 years ago. 13:48:04 From Jim Rogers : But still leave the year out 13:48:56 From Chris Pawar : Q: Does anyone else worry about typos in their promo emails? Am I being a perfectionist? Should I send everything out to a grammar check service? 13:49:12 From Chris Pawar : Jim, thanks so much for the feedback! 13:52:31 From Chris Pawar : thanks 13:53:27 From Jim Rogers : V: Being encouraged to think a little deeper about what we already have. 13:53:33 From Shannon Vincent : V: Looking for pro-bono work to start! 13:54:46 From Chris Pawar : V: Your helpful push in the right direction to contact my network. The grammar check service. Feedback on previous writing. Everything!!! 13:55:27 From hollyowens : V - Will rewatch the LinkedIn video since last time I mainly focused on the advice for setting it up; will start connecting more and feel free to do so; also will make a number goal for people to reach out to daily with the emails 13:56:39 From Cynthia : V:Your understanding and support on getting started even though we my be apprehensive or even feeling ready. 13:58:08 From Chris Pawar : Q: Not that you don’t do an awesome job, does Ed get on the calls anymore? 13:58:30 From Jim Rogers : He was on a couple weeks ago 14:01:46 From Jim Rogers : A: Get my LinkedIn Premium subscription going and try to get in about 4 hours of prospecting over the weekend. 14:01:48 From hollyowens : A - get LinkedIn going 14:02:01 From Chris Pawar : A: Send 10 emails or more! NO EXCUSES! 14:02:23 From Evan Kiggen : A: 10 emails per day 14:02:39 From Shannon Vincent : A: Find 5 startups/small businesses to ask about pro-bono work and compose an email to send out to them. 14:03:54 From hollyowens : A - send back a formal proposal to my new client based on the projects she is requesting and then a formal agreement. (Sound good?) 14:03:58 From Jim Rogers : I have a 11-13-hour workday + 2 kids. Sometimes 2-3 emails is all I get. But still better than no emails. 14:04:22 From Shannon Vincent : Very true! 14:04:23 From Cynthia : A: Going thru the next session and doing some writing done to update my social media. Also working on my last project with Accerlerated Program. 14:06:54 From hollyowens : Thanks, Susan! 14:06:59 From Shannon Vincent : This was so informative, thank you so much. I look forward to the next call! 14:07:30 From Darin : Thanks Susan 14:07:41 From Chris Pawar : Thanks again Susan!