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Driving up standards among freelance writers

In our last news story, we explained why two days are rarely the same for freelance writers. And to demonstrate this point, yesterday saw G75 Media’s founder Neil Cumins visiting the Brooklands motor racing venue in Surrey, for a rather special assignment…

Neil was invited to this iconic location by a leading motoring publication, to preview a forthcoming model from Mercedes-Benz. As a long-standing motoring journalist and former motor trade marketing executive, the invitation was too tempting to refuse. Neil’s findings will be published in a few weeks’ time, as part of a special feature by What Car? magazine.

It’s always nice to spend a day as a guest of the media, rather than as a host. However, the cycle of deadlines and assignments familiar to freelance writers has now resumed in earnest. As the Motoring page of this site outlines, G75 Media is ideally placed to produce dynamic motoring journalism – as well as helping other people to create their own automotive content.

A day in the life of a copywriter

One of the greatest joys of being a freelance copywriter is that no two days are the same. You might pour the morning’s first cup of coffee with the intention of writing a particular article, before a completely different journalism feature takes priority. It’s easy to find yourself juggling half a dozen copywriting assignments over the course of a day, particularly when you factor in emails and phone calls.

While G75 Media preserves the confidentiality of our copywriting clients, it’s no secret that we work across several unrelated industries. Yesterday, for instance, we produced editorial content for four companies in very different sectors:

  • A national property magazine
  • An international web hosting company
  • An Edinburgh-based social media startup
  • A UK-wide group of opticians.

Optometry isn’t listed on the What We Do page of this site, but we’ve specialised in optometry content production since 2009. We regularly accept copywriter roles on behalf of app developers and software startups, too. Some of these home-grown tech firms have gone on to become well-known brands.

You might think juggling copywriting projects for several accounts would be confusing, but it’s actually liberating. It’s human nature to switch between tasks, and few of us are suited to doing one thing for hours on end. Moving between topics and industries over the course of a day keeps a copywriter’s mind alert and focused. By contrast, spending eight or nine hours working on a single editorial article usually leads to fatigue. And with more copywriting clients on G75 Media’s books than we’ve ever had before, our working days are likely to remain richly varied and unpredictable…