Congratulations …
Steve Coombes Is Our Newest Wall of Fame Member!
Steve was making good money as a software engineer, but felt he wasn't spending enough time with his wife and seven kids. Steve's "eureka moment" came after rushing out the door to get to a job interview. As he shut the door, he heard his 5-year old son say to his 4-year old, "Daddy doesn't have time to give you a hug".
On the hour-long drive to the interview for a job he didn't really want, Steve had a lot of time to think. As he explains,
"It was at that moment that I vowed to no longer be at the mercy of some employer to determine our family's financial well-being. No longer would I be chained to a desk an hour away from my family, working at a job I didn't love, with no control over my own time.
"Although it took a little longer than I originally planned, I now work from home, control my own income, and do what I love. Most important, I now have time to give my kids a hug and a kiss whenever I want!"
Steve's proudest copywriting moment was opening the envelope from his first paid assignment. "When I pulled out my check, I finally knew deep down inside that I could really make it as a copywriter."
Steve specializes in web copywriting, and has a goal to make $80,000 this year. On a recent family trip, it hit him that he was living "the writer's life".
"Last November, at the spur of the moment, we decided to extend our vacation from one week to three weeks. We didn't have to ask some boss if it was okay, or worry about how much vacation time we had left. We just packed up the truck and hit the road!"
Read Steve’s full profile here. And, if you think you’re ready to join AWAI’s Wall of Fame, submit your story today.
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.
“I’m no longer stuck in a 8-5 job in an industry in which I have little interest, for an average salary, with very little time with my son. Copywriting’s made all the difference in the world.”
If yes, you could be in big demand, earning big money, writing just a few hours a day from anywhere in the world you choose to be.
Get Nick Usborne’s step-by-step system for creating money-making information websites.
In just 6 hours and 35 minutes, you can be in business earning $60 – $150 an hour writing simple resumes.
Learn the secrets behind succeeding in this in-demand career.
The work is plentiful … the pay scales are generous and the competition is scarce!
Get the answers to the hundreds of questions and concerns commonly asked in specific, step-by-step details.
Use this eight-step plan to make the leap from aspiring copywriter to professional copywriter this year.
Let your fellow AWAI members show you firsthand the easiest, most powerful way to land your first client … BEFORE you finish the program.
Writing for the web is a huge opportunity for copywriters. Let web expert Nick Usborne show you how to write blockbuster web copy in record time … even if you're a complete internet “rookie”!
It’s an opportunity to make $50,000, $75,000, $100,000 a year or more … working just a few hours a day.
A once complicated profession is now something you can do on a standard computer – even if you have little or no “artistic” ability.
It’s one thing to have a website. But if your website can’t be found by the search engines, it may as well not exist.
The Internet creates new income possibilities every day. The biggest among them: online video marketing.
Get the very techniques top-performing copywriters use to rattle off one groundbreaking control after another.
In his new book, Michael Masterson teaches you his very own formula for powerful persuasion and how to apply it to direct mail sales letters as well as online promotions.
Congratulations, Steve!
Anne Michelsen – February 23, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Steve,
Talk about a story with a heartfelt tug. That was a real "Cat's in the Cradle" moment.
Mega congratulations.
Lee Schwarz Black Lion Marketing – February 27, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Way to go! I know what your world was like before you took the plunge. Can't wait to do the same thing!
jg – March 2, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Thanks Anne & Lee!
My 11 year old just saw my Wall of Fame page for the first time today and said "Dad, you're famous!"
Don't know about that yet, but maybe someday!
Steve Coombes – March 2, 2010 at 4:26 pm