Copywriting is...

[AlanC]

As this section seems rather new I thought I'd be an annoying smartypants and point out something rather important...

That there is a distinction between general writing, and "copywriting". Copywriting is the production of sales "copy", or text (as opposed to graphics and other such elements).

General articles, blog posts or "content" is a whole 'nother animal from sales copy. Content writers can be hired from fees of around 2 cents a word, or even less. If you want a non-native English speaker to cobble together some barely intelligble text it can be a lot less.

Actual copywriters charge fees typically in the low thousands, sometimes in the higher hundreds (like me).

Not every site is suitable for a copywriter. For a start you need fairly high traffic to make the investment worthwhile, with some products needing nothing more than a basic technical description, such as blank CDs.

It would be nice if a separate forum could be established for content writing, as opposed to copywriting?


AC

[Kay]

Hi AC, welcome and thanks for the input.

I did already attempt to explain that copywriting wasn't copyrighting either in another thread. I just didn't think to expand on the difference between copywriting and normal content as well.

As to having a content folder: we already have two subforums, an Articles one and a Blogging one. I think they cover most of the content writing bases already that the majority here would be interested in apart from copywriting.

There's also Content subforums in both the Webmaster Classifieds and Development Resources sections. I don't see a need for another Content writing section really but will put your thread in the Suggestions folder to get some more opinions on that.

Good to have you here, AC. I hope you share your expertise with us often. If you see a post that's misplaced anytime, please hit the Report Post button at the top right of it and let us know.

[decipher]

It would be nice if a separate forum could be established for content writing, as opposed to copywriting?

We have added the following content forums in our Web Development Forum:

Article Forum
Content Writing Forum
Blog Forum

Hope this helps..

Thanks!