Monthly Archives: March 2011
How long should a press release be?
A local businessman asked me recently how long his press release should be. After reading a guide to press release writing online, he was under the impression that it should be no more than a page in length. (I’ve no idea what silly guide he’d been reading.) Here are four tips I would have given [...]
Want to become a freelance copywriter?
My latest guest post for the Evoluted Think Tank is now online. This time it’s all about how to become a freelance copywriter – and naturally I used my own personal story as the basis for some insightful advice. Please go and have a read, and be sure to leave a comment! Link: Evoluted Think [...]
Voiceover script writing: goats on film
Mrs Wheatley and I took a little trip out to Heeley City Farm in Sheffield yesterday afternoon, where we saw goats, ducks, chickens and even some newborn lambs. I only heard of Heeley Farm recently, when working on some voiceover script writing for filmmakers Renton Productions. It’s a small farm but it’s open every day [...]
Fancy queuing for six months?
I saw this poster in the window of Britannia Building Society the other day and its headline got me thinking: Does it mean I’ll spend six months of my life queuing in total? Or just if I go into this building society?