by accopy | Jan 11, 2017 | Business
I’ll admit straight off, I have a dog in this fight. My sense of direction, which could at one time have been charitably described as ‘poor’, has now deteriorated to the point where it’s no longer even funny and I’m probably a danger to myself and others. ...
by accopy | Jan 11, 2017 | Writing
So, this is pretty queer. Defying all expectations, forecasts and logic, the humble bookshop–as in, those places we all used to go to buy an actual analogue piece of inscribed dead tree–is making a comeback. According to figures just released in the U.S, sales of...
by accopy | Jan 11, 2017 | Copywriting, Marketing, Writing
Can’t remember why now, but this popped up on my news feed somewhere this morning. Just when I thought I was safe (geddit?!) in the knowledge that I knew all there was to know about Jaws, this deleted scene I had no idea existed emerges out of the blue (nice!) Now for...
by accopy | Jan 11, 2017 | Copywriting, Writing
My wife and I felt we weren’t arguing enough so we decided to move house again. That wasn’t the main reason actually. The friends whose holiday home we were renting wanted it back. Plus my wife wanted to cut down on her mere three hours of commuting to Belfast every...
by accopy | Jan 11, 2017 | Business, Copywriting, Marketing
Like being too rich or too good looking, there are some things in life that you can file under ‘great problems to have’. For a freelancer of any kind, having too much work is right up there. When I was first starting out, I used to read the humble brags by established...