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Until May 30th: Enrollment Open for Circle of Success

Join Circle of Success, AWAI’s most comprehensive learning program where – among other things – you have complete access to all AWAI resources for life … plus all kinds of help, support, and training aimed at getting you from where you are now to “A” level professional copywriter quickly.

Hurry! Enrollment is only open until May 30th, and no more than 25 writers can be in any given “success circle” group.

Learn more about becoming a Circle of Success member today.

Launch And Grow Your B2B Copywriting Business in Just 3 Days!

Join us at AWAI’s 2012 B2B Copywriting Intensive, and we guarantee you’ll walk away specializing in the four most lucrative and in-demand areas of B2B copywriting … as well as a $1,000 bonus check from AWAI as soon as you land your first B2B assignmen t.

During this intense, 3-day, hands-on training event, you’ll work directly with 5 of the world’s best B2B copywriters who will give you the tools, insider knowledge and confidence you need to successfully launch your business, and show you how to find and land clients who are willing to pay you good money for your newly acquired skills.

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Until June 1st: Join The Professional Writers’ Alliance for only $24!

The Professional Writers’ Alliance

The Professional Writers’ Alliance is the first-ever professional organization dedicated to helping writers in the direct-response industry improve their skills, network with writers and marketers, and find exciting projects.

Along with a long list of member benefits, all dues can be applied dollar for dollar towards many of AWAI's most popular programs and events.

Learn more about becoming a PWA Member today.

Join The Barefoot Writer’s Club

The Barefoot Writer

AWAI’s brand new club will introduce you to dozens of very well-paying writing opportunities that you can do from home (or anywhere you choose) … in your bare feet if you’d like … with no boss breathing down your neck.

The Barefoot Writer’s Club offers writing tips, motivation, inspiration and specific ways to launch your writing career and get to where you want to be the fastest possible way.

Save 50% off the list price and receive six special “opportunity” reports when you join The Barefoot Writer’s Club today!

Successful Website Owners Revealed – 3rd EDITION!

Money-Making Websites | Work at Home

AWAI just wrapped up another Money-Making Website training with Nick Usborne and the results were once again phenomenal!

Each person featured in this catalog of success has turned something they love to do in their spare time into $750 … $1500 … $3500 and upward per month.

Money that will come in whether they’re working, sleeping, playing golf or relaxing on the beach.

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The New Wealthy Web Writer - Your Roadmap to Making Money Online

In Free Articles and Reports …

Thrive in the Brand-New World

Steve Roller has discovered new ways in which business is being conducted today, and how you can utilize this information to grow your freelance career.

The #1 Reason for My Poverty

Joshua Boswell shares the #1 reason he was steeped in poverty and exactly how he broke out of poverty’s death grip.

16 Tips for Establishing the Right Mindset for Living a Life of Personal Excellence

Creating great work leads to great paychecks. John Wood gives you 16 tips to create a mindset that fosters excellence.

In Programs and Opportunities …

How to Write Your Own Money Making Websites

Write Money Making Websites

Create a passive secondary income with a money-making website. The Internet never sleeps. You can tap into this fact to earn thousands of dollars a month in your spare time. How to Write Your Own Money-Making Websites is a step-by-step system that shows you exactly how to create content-rich, money-making websites—a way to make money in your spare time doing something you love. This system can create a substantial income no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Best of all, once you’ve got your site up and running, you can maintain in as little as one to two hours a week. Then you can launch another… and another… and another. The passive income you earn will add up fast and it’s fun!

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AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting

Six-Figure Copywriting Program

If you can write a simple letter to a friend, you can make a living working for yourself as a copywriter. With the proven copywriting secrets you learn in AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting, you can join the ranks of copywriters earning $50,000, $75,000, $100,000, $200,000 or more a year.

Discover a fun, satisfying career writing promotional letters for the $2.3 trillion direct-response industry. These are the same letters you see in your mailbox and get via email every day. These letters earn millions of dollars for the companies that send them — and those companies pay handsomely for a skilled copywriter to write them… why not you?

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The Web Copywriter’s Clear Path to Profits: 7 Steps to Working with Web Clients so They’ll Love You and Pay You the Big Bucks

Web Copywriter’s Clear Path to Profits

Discover a clear path to a bigger income. Successful web writer, Pam Foster, reveals her seven-step process for smooth, stress-free web copywriting projects. Follow her clear system and you’ll quickly establish yourself as a go-to online copywriter and project leader. Effortlessly meet client expectations and dazzle them with results they didn’t dare hope for. Watch your repeat business, your referrals, and your income steadily rise. With this easy-to-follow web project management system, you’ll become indispensible to your clients and ensure they come to you first with future projects.

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Open Enrollment for AWAI’s Circle of Success Program Expires May 30th

AWAI announced today that enrollment for AWAI’s Circle of Success program has been opened up for a limited time. AWAI opens the doors to this one-of-a-kind skill-building program only twice a year.

The Vibrant Longevity of Writers

Steve Roller points out some of the larger, life long benefits of living the writer's life.

5 Steps to Successfully Promote Your Freelance Business Through Twitter

Kendy Sproul has some great tips to bring quality to your twitter account, and boost your freelance business in the process.

Stimulate Your Own Economy

Steve Roller reminds us that as copywriters our skills don't just help sell products and services, but our own business as well.

Interview: Ed Gandia Reveals Why Case Studies Are Still One of the Most Powerful Marketing Tactics that Continue to Drive Results for B2B Companies [Video]

During a recent interview with Steve Slaunwhite, Ed explained why case studies are so important these days for B2B writers – and why this powerful marketing tactic continues to drive results for B2B companies.

My Jealousy Confession

Steve Slaunwhite divulges his envy of those that can fast track their B2B copywriting career with the B2B Copywriting Intensive.

Eliminate the "What-Ifs"

Steve Roller talks about some of those lingering doubts and questions that make people seek out the writer's life, and how the writer's life answers them.


Recent Success Stories

Turning Misfortune Into $1,000 Per Page Profit! How AWAI Member Rich Boyd’s Writer’s Attitude Proved No Match for MS

AWAI member Rich Boyd’s writer’s attitude proved no match for MS and allowed him to turn his misfortune into $1,000 per page profit.

Building Your Copywriting Business … How AWAI Member Joshua Boswell Turned a $2,000 Assignment Into $60,000

AWAI “Wall of Fame” copywriter Joshua Boswell explains how to get the most out of every project and every client by thinking “win-win.”

True Confessions of an Unorthodox Copywriter - The good, the bad and the beautiful

Steve Roller shares how he has found success as a copywriter, even if a little unconventionally, and how you can too.

6 Success Lessons from the Winners of AWAI's Bootcamp 2006 Challenge

Successful AWAI copywriters and graphic designers share their insights into building a new career.

Copywriting Has Opened the Door of Opportunity for Me

AWAI Member Lorraine Hunte explains how copywriting has opened the door of opportunity for her. Not just any door – it opened the front door to her dream home.

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Build Your Copywriting Business

How “Selling Your Product” Can Lead to Failure … And an Easy Solution

Will Newman tells you about a crucial “rule” of copywriting most B-level copywriters violate, and how to avoid it to move closer to becoming an A-level copywriter.

Using Daily Task Lists to Accomplish Your Goals

Michael Masterson explains how a daily task list can help you achieve your goals.

The Single Most Important Thing You Must Do To Ensure Your Copywriting Success

Will Newman reveals the one simple secret if you want to be a successful copywriter.

Defeating Copywriting’s #1 Copy Killer

Will Newman details the biggest mistake you can make in writing your copy.

The Power of One — One Big Idea

Today, Michael Masterson gets at the very heart of powerful, persuasive writing.

10 Steps to Escaping the Job World and Creating the Life You Really Want

Changing Course creator, Valerie Young, shares ten step that will set you on the path toward the life and career you really want.

How The Writer's Life Helped Me Reclaim My Life

Steve Roller gives five quick tips to help you reach the writer’s life even when you are currently holding a full-time job.


The Professional Writers’ Alliance

The Professional Writers’ Alliance

Give your writing career a competitive edge when you join the Professional Writers’ Alliance. It is strictly for writers who want to master the exciting and lucrative art of persuasive writing – and advance their careers in a real and meaningful way. The Professional Writers’ Alliance is meant to inform you about important changes happening within your industry … to educate when it comes to new and better techniques for doing business … to lobby against changes that could adversely impact the industry as a whole … and to champion your success. It also gives you greater access to the resources and connections you need to take your career to a higher level.

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Secrets of Writing High Performance B2B Copy

B2B Copywriting Secrets

Write Your Own Ticket as a B2B Copywriter. As a B2B copywriter you’ll help businesses—often desperate for your skills— to sell their products and services to other businesses, rather than to consumers. AWAI’s Secrets of Writing High Performance B2B Copy gives you everything you need to succeed—from strategies to market your services to tips for writing stronger copy to a fuller understanding of the B2B industry. With these tools you’ll enter this $6.5 trillion industry with confidence and skills that will set you apart.

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AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting

Six-Figure Copywriting Program

If you can write a simple letter to a friend, you can make a living working for yourself as a copywriter. With the proven copywriting secrets you learn in AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting, you can join the ranks of copywriters earning $50,000, $75,000, $100,000, $200,000 or more a year.

Discover a fun, satisfying career writing promotional letters for the $2.3 trillion direct-response industry. These are the same letters you see in your mailbox and get via email every day. These letters earn millions of dollars for the companies that send them — and those companies pay handsomely for a skilled copywriter to write them… why not you?

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Become a Wealthy Web Writer

How to Build a Web Copywriting Portfolio FAST

Successful web writer Sid Smith shows you how to quickly build a web copywriting portfolio that can be used to land clients.

How to Write Compelling Copy … For ANY Type of Project

Michele Peterson tells us how to engage our readers at a deep and emotional level by utilizing this timeless technique.

How I Created an Import/Export Money-Making Website

Christina Gillick reveals how she used her web writing skills to create an import/export money-making website.

15 Tips for Reducing Your Learning Curve

John Wood shares a step-by-step plan that will help you cut your learning curve in half so you can stay on top of the ever-evolving web writing industry.

You’re a Bitter Disappointment to Your Loved Ones and Yourself

Joshua Boswell shares how you can attract clients that are willing to pay you a ton of money, right now.

6 Ideas for Writing a Successful E-book

Mindy Tyson McHorse gives you six powerful tips to help you write and sell an e-book that can instantly increase your credibility and earn extra income at the same time.

Are You Making This $45,000 Mistake?

Ed Gandia shares a personal lesson he learned through trial and error while reaching for success in the B2B market so you don’t make the same $45K mistake he did.


Copywriting 2.0: Your Complete Guide to Writing Web Copy that Converts

Copywriting 2.0

Dive into the lucrative world of web copywriting. Web copywriting is NOT the same as traditional copywriting, and knowing the difference is often the one thing that stands between a website making a profit or losing money. That is precisely why companies are willing to pay so much for a good web copywriter… you have a direct impact on their cash flow. Copywriting 2.0: Your Complete Guide to Writing Web Copy that Converts shows you how to dramatically improve any web page or email campaign. Nick breaks down what it takes to write copy on the web that will drive traffic, grab attention, and yield conversions. That all adds up to bigger success for your client and more money in your pocket.

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Autoresponder Apprentice: How to Become a Successful Copywriter Without Writing Sales Letters

Autoresponder Apprentice

Make six figures as a copywriter without writing a single sales letter. The Internet offers many profitable opportunities for copywriters. One of the most overlooked is autoresponder email copywriting. Autoresponder copy consists of a series of short emails that are automatically sent to a new prospect who has just opted-in to your client’s email list. According to master autoresponder writer, Jay White, creating autoresponders is easily the most lucrative niche on the Internet. Thousands of websites need autoresponder copy. Jay White and AWAI show you how to get in on the action with Autoresponder Apprentice: How to Become a Successful Copywriter Without Writing Sales Letters.

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The Web Copywriter’s Clear Path to Profits: 7 Steps to Working with Web Clients so They’ll Love You and Pay You the Big Bucks

Web Copywriter’s Clear Path to Profits

Discover a clear path to a bigger income. Successful web writer, Pam Foster, reveals her seven-step process for smooth, stress-free web copywriting projects. Follow her clear system and you’ll quickly establish yourself as a go-to online copywriter and project leader. Effortlessly meet client expectations and dazzle them with results they didn’t dare hope for. Watch your repeat business, your referrals, and your income steadily rise. With this easy-to-follow web project management system, you’ll become indispensible to your clients and ensure they come to you first with future projects.

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SEO Copywriting Certificate Program

SEO Copywriting Certificate Program

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Copywriting is one of the hottest niches in the web marketing industry today – and very few writers or website owners are equipped to take it on. If you’re a freelance copywriter or marketing consultant looking to add “SEO Specialist” to your list of services, the SEO Copywriting Certificate Program is for you. You’ll come away as a certified SEO Copywriter. And, once business owners and marketers learn that you specialize in “writing for search engines” – they’ll beg you to help them! SEO Copywriting expert, Heather Lloyd-Martin, guides you step-by-step through the process of SEO Copywriting as only a seasoned veteran can.

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Start Living The Writer’s Life Today

A Little-Known, Yet Powerful 11-Step Action Plan for Leading a Successful, Happy Life

John Wood reveals his 11-step action plan. Follow it and it will help you lead a successful, happy life.

16 Tips for Establishing the Right Mindset for Living a Life of Personal Excellence

Creating great work leads to great paychecks. John Wood gives you 16 tips to create a mindset that fosters excellence.

Thrive in the Brand-New World

Steve Roller has discovered new ways in which business is being conducted today, and how you can utilize this information to grow your freelance career.

Move Your Business Forward in 30 Minutes a Day

Christina Gillick gives us a quick and easy framework to start planning our daily routine to help boost our copywriting career.

Be Happier and Accomplish More by Living Your Life With a Sense of Purpose...

John Wood shares how living your life with a sense of purpose can help you be happier and accomplish more and gives tips on how to start doing so.

Break Free from the Chains of Isolation: How to Live the Full Writer’s Life

Living the full writer’s life is possible when you break free from the chains of isolation – Steve Roller shares how.

The First Step to Becoming an A-Level Copywriter

Christina Gillick explains how keeping the basics apart of your routine will help you become a better copywriter quicker.


How to Write Your Own Money Making Websites

Write Money Making Websites

Create a passive secondary income with a money-making website. The Internet never sleeps. You can tap into this fact to earn thousands of dollars a month in your spare time. How to Write Your Own Money-Making Websites is a step-by-step system that shows you exactly how to create content-rich, money-making websites—a way to make money in your spare time doing something you love. This system can create a substantial income no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Best of all, once you’ve got your site up and running, you can maintain in as little as one to two hours a week. Then you can launch another… and another… and another. The passive income you earn will add up fast and it’s fun!

Learn More …


The Pro Resume Writer Program

The Pro Resume Writer Program

The ideal spare-time business. As a professional resume writer you can make this kind of income in your spare time. Spend just a few hours a week, and dramatically improve your financial picture. The Pro Resume Writer Program gives you everything you need to start and run a successful spare-time resume preparation service. The program quickly takes you from dreaming about starting your own business to doing it. From step-by-step how-to guides to sample ads to help you land clients faster, this program doesn’t leave anything to chance.

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Desktop Marketing for Success, Independence, and Income

Desktop Marketing

Your path to an easy work at home opportunity. Small business owners may be experts at delivering their particular product or service. But 90% of them lack the ONE skill that will put them over the top: HOW TO MARKET. That’s where you come in. This huge client base needs your marketing advice, copywriting services, help with promotional layouts, and more… and they are willing to pay. With AWAI’s Desktop Marketing program, you’ll have everything you need to deliver to this huge client base. You can immediately start and build your successful freelance career as a desktop marketer.

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Secrets of Becoming a Publicist: A simple, step-by-step guide to boost your income and enjoy the satisfying and exciting, public-relations lifestyle this year

Secrets of Becoming a Publicist

Discover an exciting, in-demand career, you might not have considered. In today’s market, businesses routinely turn to public relations specialists to build their credibility. Businesses want buzz about their company, about their products, and about their industry. To get these kinds of benefits—to generate this kind of buzz—businesses need third-party attention. And that’s what a publicist does—you get your clients in the news and get people talking about them. This is a fast-growing market and an in-demand career. The income is good and the perks are even better. In Secrets of Becoming a Publicist PR expert, Melanie Rembrandt reveals the secrets behind succeeding in this exciting career.

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