Day: May 10, 2021

Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: WIN ‘Flash Jim’ by Kel Richards

This week’s giveaway is the astonishing story of James Hardy Vaux, writer of Australia’s first dictionary and first true-crime memoir. That’s quite the combo! The book is Flash Jim and it’s by Kel Richards – a veteran Australian author, journalist and broadcaster. Until 2010, Richards famously presented News Radio’s regular

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Podcast: So You Want to be a Copywriter
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Copywriting Podcast Episode 011: Email marketing superstar Michelle Falzon reveals the secrets of using email to promote any business

Would you like to hear from a marketing expert who has been responsible for sending out more than 200 million emails? …who works with people like Tony Robbins and the world’s best-known authors, speakers and thought leaders… …who understands the digital content funnel (and upends it)… …who knows how to

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