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I want to keep this a discussion. I'm more interested in hearing your opinion on the matter then telling everyone what I think.
While there are very successful copywriters (I've met a few). it almost seems like there are almost too many people who call themselves "Copywriters".
It seemed to go to the point that selling "How to become a copywriter" got everyone at home with a laptop all fired up.
I tried to get a few gigs in college (year or two ago) and got a few decent ones, however, it seemed like everyone was offering the same thing and the barrier was WAY too low. (Here I think that you guys call it the "law of entry").
At the same time it seemed like there were a few making a killing (Probably a few percentage of them were truly making a killing).
Maybe a few here are making a killing doing pure copywriting. What's everyone take on this?
Edit: I'm going to quote this chapter from the book which I found to be extremely true, and IMO works very well for this case:
"If you violate the Commandment of Entry, be prepared to be exceptional. Exceptionality breaks the odds of entry. Unfortunately, exceptionality is a long shot, much like an above-average high school athlete going pro."
While there are very successful copywriters (I've met a few). it almost seems like there are almost too many people who call themselves "Copywriters".
It seemed to go to the point that selling "How to become a copywriter" got everyone at home with a laptop all fired up.
I tried to get a few gigs in college (year or two ago) and got a few decent ones, however, it seemed like everyone was offering the same thing and the barrier was WAY too low. (Here I think that you guys call it the "law of entry").
At the same time it seemed like there were a few making a killing (Probably a few percentage of them were truly making a killing).
Maybe a few here are making a killing doing pure copywriting. What's everyone take on this?
Edit: I'm going to quote this chapter from the book which I found to be extremely true, and IMO works very well for this case:
"If you violate the Commandment of Entry, be prepared to be exceptional. Exceptionality breaks the odds of entry. Unfortunately, exceptionality is a long shot, much like an above-average high school athlete going pro."
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