What if you could hang out with really talented copywriters and other experts; ask them about their successes and failures, their work processes and their habits; then steal an idea or two to inspire your own work?

That’s what Kira Hug and Rob Marsh do every week at The Copywriter Club Podcast.

In this short “pre” episode, Kira and Rob talk briefly about the idea behind The Copywriter Club podcast and what we’ll try to accomplish as we talk with copywriters from around the world. Click the play button below to listen, or scroll down for a full transcript.

 

The stuff we mentioned in the show:

The Copywriter Mastermind

Actionablebooks.com

Joanna Wiebe | Copyhackers

Dan Foley | Tailored Ink

Intro: Content (for now)

Outro: Gravity

Kira’s website

Rob’s website

The Copywriter Club Facebook Group

The Copywriter Club Home Page

Episode 0 Transcript:

K: Hey Rob, how’s it going?

R: Hey, Kira. Things are good.

K: Why did we start this? Why are we making this?

R: Well, you know, it’s funny. I think both of us had sort of a similar experience, where about a year ago I thought it was probably time to do something different with my copywriting business, that I needed to have something else happen to take it to the next level, and found the Copywriter Mastermind and connected with an awesome group of writers, and you were one of them. Just had this immediate connection and an opportunity to change different things about my business, how I was conducting my business, all those kinds of things, and it made such a huge difference that I started thinking about, “You know, it’s too bad that there aren’t more writers that can have that kind of and experience and to create a community around that. What about you? What are your thoughts behind the show?

K:  Well, I was just thinking this is fun. I want to interview you now. That’s what I want to do. I just want to ask you questions.

R: Not going to happen.

K: Well, I do want to ask you where you were in your business because you said that you were at a pivotal point where you wanted change or you knew you wanted to hit a growth spurt or whatever. In your own words, where were you in your business when you knew that that was something that you wanted?

R: I have several different clients that I really liked working for, but I also had a few clients that were sort of the ones that you have to pay the bills. Working with the agencies doing one sheets and things that were not really the kind of work that I wanted to do,...