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Get interactive copywriting training without ever leaving your home, and be up and running as a working copywriter in one-quarter of the time with AWAI’s Accelerated Six-Figure Program Companion Series.
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Become a WORKING Web Copy Specialist in Just 3 Days!
Join us at AWAI’s 2012 Web Copywriting Intensive, and we guarantee you’ll walk away with specific web-writing knowledge 99.9% of today’s working copywriters don’t have … as well as a paid, web-writing job from AWAI.
During this intense, 3-day, hands-on training event, you’ll work directly with world-class web experts who will teach you how to write the most in-demand web copy today, give you the 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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Join The Barefoot Writer’s Club
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.
Join 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.
Successful Website Owners Revealed – 3rd EDITION!
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.
In Free Articles and Reports …
Shut Down Negative Thinking and Watch The Writer’s Life Unfold
February 03, 2012 (01:49:50 pm)
Li Vasquez-Noone offers five ways to eliminate self-doubt as you seek the writer’s life.
Write a Novel in 30 Days Without Losing Your Sanity
February 01, 2012 (12:43:59 pm)
Li Vasquez-Noone highlights a writing challenge that will strengthen your writing habits and skills.
This Trick of the Mind Means Better Writing with Less Anxiety
January 31, 2012 (06:02:54 am)
Mindy Tyson McHorse shares one of the most effective ways to boost your creativity. Practicing this skill regularly will strengthen your ability to think creatively at a moment’s notice.
In Programs and Opportunities …
How to Write Your Own 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!
AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting
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?
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
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.
Direct Access to the Latest News and Articles
Introducing … The New Editor of The Barefoot Writer: Mindy McHorse
February 03, 2012 (04:05:15 pm)
AWAI is happy to announce that Mindy McHorse is the new editor of The Barefoot Writer.
Shut Down Negative Thinking and Watch The Writer’s Life Unfold
February 03, 2012 (01:49:50 pm)
Li Vasquez-Noone offers five ways to eliminate self-doubt as you seek the writer’s life.
The Untold Secret of Steve Jobs’ Empire (Part 2 of 2)
February 03, 2012 (07:16:21 am)
Joshua Boswell shares powerful, but simple and cheap ways to find in-demand products and how to improve them with little innovations that will resonate with your buyers.
When NOT To Be Creative…
February 03, 2012 (06:01:23 am)
Mindy Tyson McHorse reveals when it’s important to NOT be creative with your writing.
Are You Past Your Mental Peak?
February 02, 2012 (06:30:53 am)
Mindy Tyson McHorse shares 10 ways to consistently practice original thought and get your creative juices flowing.
6 Ways to Make Facebook an Idea Generator
February 02, 2012 (06:05:33 am)
Mindy Tyson McHorse shares how to avoid wasting time on Facebook and start benefiting from time spent with the social media giant.
Write a Novel in 30 Days Without Losing Your Sanity
February 01, 2012 (12:43:59 pm)
Li Vasquez-Noone highlights a writing challenge that will strengthen your writing habits and skills.
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.
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.
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.
Success Story: How Ed Gandia Made the Transition from Over-Worked Salesman to Six-Figure Copywriter …
Freelance copywriter Ed Gandia offers some tips on getting a copywriting career started.
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.”
Build Your Copywriting Business
The Single Most Important Thing You Must Do To Ensure Your Copywriting Success
January 02, 2012 (05:34:43 am)
Will Newman reveals the one simple secret if you want to be a successful copywriter.
Using Daily Task Lists to Accomplish Your Goals
January 04, 2010 (10:29:45 am)
Michael Masterson explains how a daily task list can help you achieve your goals.
Eight Steps to Finding Your First Clients
January 30, 2012 (06:12:41 am)
Will Newman shares eight steps to finding your first clients to build the portfolio you can use to get more, larger clients quickly.
The Power of One — One Big Idea
August 30, 2010 (08:41:12 am)
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
February 18, 2003 (03:53:40 pm)
Changing Course creator, Valerie Young, shares ten step that will set you on the path toward the life and career you really want.
Finding the Best B2B Prospects at a Fortune 500 Company
December 15, 2011 (06:47:37 am)
Brian Whitaker outlines his best tips for finding the best B2B prospects at a Fortune 500 Company.
How The Writer's Life Helped Me Reclaim My Life
May 24, 2010 (09:15:02 am)
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
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.
Secrets of Writing High Performance B2B Copy
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.
AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting
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?
Become a Wealthy Web Writer
How to Build a Web Copywriting Portfolio FAST
September 09, 2009 (04:35:26 pm)
Successful web writer Sid Smith shows you how to quickly build a web copywriting portfolio that can be used to land clients.
You’re a Bitter Disappointment to Your Loved Ones and Yourself
July 14, 2010 (02:06:28 pm)
Joshua Boswell shares how you can attract clients that are willing to pay you a ton of money, right now.
How to Build an Effective Freelance Writing Website That Gets Potential Clients Falling Over Backwards to Hire You
January 18, 2012 (09:49:22 am)
The most important tool in your marketing arsenal is your own professional website. Today, John Wood gives you a clear blueprint for developing the content for your own site.
A Quick-Start SEO How-To Guide for Web Writers
December 21, 2011 (08:57:32 am)
Today Jen Phillips April tackles SEO basics, to get you started with a solid foundation, and enable you to start attracting free traffic from search engines from your clients and your web-writing website.
Are You Making This $45,000 Mistake?
November 17, 2010 (12:35:26 pm)
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.
For Emails That Work – Avoid These “Disaster” Words
March 04, 2009 (07:01:37 am)
Successful web copywriter and consultant Pam Foster offers some advice for keeping your emails away from the spam filters, so they make it into the inbox of your recipient.
Turn Your Web-Writing Weaknesses Into Strengths — Today!
December 07, 2011 (08:46:11 am)
Wealthy Web Writer member Christina Gillick shows you how to identify and reframe from weaknesses that are holding you back from launching your freelance web-writing business.
Copywriting 2.0: Your Complete Guide to Writing Web Copy that Converts
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.
Autoresponder Apprentice: How to Become a Successful Copywriter Without Writing Sales Letters
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.
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
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.
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.
Start Living The Writer’s Life Today
A Little-Known, Yet Powerful 11-Step Action Plan for Leading a Successful, Happy Life
December 07, 2010 (02:34:43 pm)
John Wood reveals his 11-step action plan. Follow it and it will help you lead a successful, happy life.
Shut Down Negative Thinking and Watch The Writer’s Life Unfold
February 03, 2012 (01:49:50 pm)
Li Vasquez-Noone offers five ways to eliminate self-doubt as you seek the writer’s life.
This Trick of the Mind Means Better Writing with Less Anxiety
January 31, 2012 (06:02:54 am)
Mindy Tyson McHorse shares one of the most effective ways to boost your creativity. Practicing this skill regularly will strengthen your ability to think creatively at a moment’s notice.
Be Happier and Accomplish More by Living Your Life With a Sense of Purpose...
June 23, 2011 (08:27:36 am)
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.
Write a Novel in 30 Days Without Losing Your Sanity
February 01, 2012 (12:43:59 pm)
Li Vasquez-Noone highlights a writing challenge that will strengthen your writing habits and skills.
Break Free from the Chains of Isolation: How to Live the Full Writer’s Life
February 14, 2011 (02:08:44 pm)
Living the full writer’s life is possible when you break free from the chains of isolation – Steve Roller shares how.
Solving the Cash-Flow Conundrum: The Three-Tiered Approach to Income Diversification
January 09, 2012 (06:22:15 am)
Steve Roller explains how to build a steady cash flow to launch your copywriting career.
How to Write Your Own 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!
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.
Desktop Marketing for Success, Independence, and Income
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.
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
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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