Title: 
The Art of Freelance Copywriting

Word Count:
392

Summary:
The best way to get into writing is to start with freelance copywriting.  It is a good money-yielding job and options are plenty for a freelance copywriter to make a full time income.


Keywords:
freelance, freelance jobs, work from home, online jobs, home based business


Article Body:
The best way to enter the writing business is to start with freelance copywriting.  Freelance copywriting is a good money-yielding job.  Every business activity requires marketing the materials in the written form, whether big or small.  Freelance copywriting may involve materials right from tiny advertisements to big training manuals.  Web marketing is very effective to run the business in a fast way.  Web marketing involves web sales pages, online catalog copy, web site copy, pay per click advertising etc. Actually the opportunities for freelance copywriting are unlimited.  There is no prerequisite condition to enter this field of copywriting.  To earn good money through copywriting, the freelancer should get organized in the first place and should know how to write, so that a freelancer can get the maximum benefit out of this profession.  

Almost all the businesses have their web pages and they need to keep their page rankings.  Unless and until the web pages are refreshed with new contents, they cannot keep their page rankings high.  Failing to keep the content refreshed might also result in a setback to the business as the ranking might drop.  There are millions of such websites, which require the assistance of the freelance copywriters.  Imagine the scope for copywriting profession for yourself.  Freelance copywriting requires a bit of imagination and creativity to excel in the field.  The first step is to find companies, which can pay the freelance copywriters adequately for writing their content.  The topic should be understood properly, and then the information necessary for it needs to be collected.  Organizing the facts and presenting it with originality is the secret of success of a freelance copywriter.

Copywriting portfolio of the freelance copywriter is very crucial in getting good assignments, as the copywriting portfolio will consist of the materials he has written like the brochures, direct mailer samples, advertisements, web sales pages etc.  It is always good to get the consent of the client before adding the work to your portfolio, the one you wrote for them.

The legitimate way of building the portfolio of the freelance copywriter is to work for a local agency as an intern copywriter.  Even though the money gained during such period is of less value, the experience gained will be of great value.  Also the person will get good contacts, which can be useful while becoming a freelance copywriter.