Quick Tip: Online Catalogs – a Rich Market for Copywriters
The number of online catalogs increased from 7,440 to 8,903 in the past year, according to the 2006 edition of The National Directory of Catalogs.
Seventy-eight percent of the 11,438 catalogs in the directory are available online, up from 60 percent last year. Other data revealed by the directory:
- 1,320 catalogs are only available online, up from 772 last year.
- In the past 10 years, the strongest-growing categories were Automotive, Education, and Apparel and Accessories.
- In that time, the Automotive category has grown 101 percent.
- The Education category has grown 54 percent.
- The Apparel and Accessories category has grown 11 percent.
[Source: The National Directory of Catalogs, Oxbridge Communications, http://www.mediafinder.com.
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Learn the Secrets of Writing for the Catalog Market
The number of catalogs in the U.S. today now exceeds 10,000 – and effective catalog copywriters are in such high demand. It doesn’t take a lot of time … and the money’s good. Better than good, actually … it pays on average $100 an hour.
Learn and follow the principles and techniques in AWAI’s Secrets of Writing for the Catalog Market written by legendary catalog copywriter Herschell Gordon Lewis, and you’ll be qualified to write copy for any catalog – consumer or business. Yes, you’re reading that right … ANY catalog!
