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Join us at AWAI’s 2012 Web Copywriting Intensive, and we guarantee you’ll walk away with specific web-writing knowledge 99.9% of today’s working copywriters don’t have … as well as a paid, web-writing job from AWAI.

During this intense, 3-day, hands-on training event, you’ll work directly with world-class web experts who will teach you how to write the most in-demand web copy today, give you the confidence you need to successfully launch your business, and show you how to find and land clients who are willing to pay you good money for your newly acquired skills.

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The Barefoot Writer

AWAI’s brand new club will introduce you to dozens of very well-paying writing opportunities that you can do from home (or anywhere you choose) … in your bare feet if you’d like … with no boss breathing down your neck.

The Barefoot Writer’s Club offers writing tips, motivation, inspiration and specific ways to launch your writing career and get to where you want to be the fastest possible way.

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Join The Professional Writers’ Alliance

The Professional Writers’ Alliance

The Professional Writers’ Alliance is the first-ever professional organization dedicated to helping writers in the direct-response industry improve their skills, network with writers and marketers, and find exciting projects.

Along with a long list of member benefits, all dues can be applied dollar for dollar towards many of AWAI's most popular programs and events.

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Money-Making Websites | Work at Home

AWAI just wrapped up another Money-Making Website training with Nick Usborne and the results were once again phenomenal!

Each person featured in this catalog of success has turned something they love to do in their spare time into $750 … $1500 … $3500 and upward per month.

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The New Wealthy Web Writer - Your Roadmap to Making Money Online

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How to Build a Web Copywriting Portfolio FAST

Successful web writer Sid Smith shows you how to quickly build a web copywriting portfolio that can be used to land clients.

A Little-Known, Yet Powerful 11-Step Action Plan for Leading a Successful, Happy Life

John Wood reveals his 11-step action plan. Follow it and it will help you lead a successful, happy life.

Solving the Cash-Flow Conundrum: The Three-Tiered Approach to Income Diversification

Steve Roller explains how to build a steady cash flow to launch your copywriting career.

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How to Write Your Own Money Making Websites

Write Money Making Websites

Create a passive secondary income with a money-making website. The Internet never sleeps. You can tap into this fact to earn thousands of dollars a month in your spare time. How to Write Your Own Money-Making Websites is a step-by-step system that shows you exactly how to create content-rich, money-making websites—a way to make money in your spare time doing something you love. This system can create a substantial income no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Best of all, once you’ve got your site up and running, you can maintain in as little as one to two hours a week. Then you can launch another… and another… and another. The passive income you earn will add up fast and it’s fun!

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AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting

Six-Figure Copywriting Program

If you can write a simple letter to a friend, you can make a living working for yourself as a copywriter. With the proven copywriting secrets you learn in AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting, you can join the ranks of copywriters earning $50,000, $75,000, $100,000, $200,000 or more a year.

Discover a fun, satisfying career writing promotional letters for the $2.3 trillion direct-response industry. These are the same letters you see in your mailbox and get via email every day. These letters earn millions of dollars for the companies that send them — and those companies pay handsomely for a skilled copywriter to write them… why not you?

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The Web Copywriter’s Clear Path to Profits: 7 Steps to Working with Web Clients so They’ll Love You and Pay You the Big Bucks

Web Copywriter’s Clear Path to Profits

Discover a clear path to a bigger income. Successful web writer, Pam Foster, reveals her seven-step process for smooth, stress-free web copywriting projects. Follow her clear system and you’ll quickly establish yourself as a go-to online copywriter and project leader. Effortlessly meet client expectations and dazzle them with results they didn’t dare hope for. Watch your repeat business, your referrals, and your income steadily rise. With this easy-to-follow web project management system, you’ll become indispensible to your clients and ensure they come to you first with future projects.

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Breaking News … Only 4 Spots Remain for 2012 Web Intensive!

Only 4 spots remain for the 2012 Web Copy Intensive in Las Vegas this coming Feb 26-29.

The Untold Secret of Steve Jobs’ Empire (Part 1 of 2)

The late Steve Jobs built a technology empire that has revolutionized much of the world. Today Joshua Boswell explores the kingpin-secret behind this empire.

Achieve More by Focusing on the Ten Highest (and Lowest) Value Uses of Your Time...

Are you working towards bettering your career right now? John Wood gives us 20 ways to make our time more productive.

What Brian Tracy, Timothy Ferris, and Many More Use to Get More Done in Less Time...

If you feel you're not being as productive in your career or personal life, follow John Wood’s five-step plan that could have you on the path to wealth and prosperity.

The Mysterious Force That Could Land You Your Next Assignment...

It's not just about your performance in writing that helps get clients. John Wood explains how to better communicate in an interview to land your next assignment.

How to Market Your Freelance Writing Website so That Potential Clients Find You and Fall Over Backward to Hire You

John Wood shows you how to turn your freelance web-writing website into an effective marketing machine.

Can Actor Kevin Bacon Boost Your LinkedIn Success?

Using sociological principals (and Kevin Bacon), John Wood elucidates the impact connections can have on your copywriting business.


Recent Success Stories

Turning Misfortune Into $1,000 Per Page Profit! How AWAI Member Rich Boyd’s Writer’s Attitude Proved No Match for MS

AWAI member Rich Boyd’s writer’s attitude proved no match for MS and allowed him to turn his misfortune into $1,000 per page profit.

True Confessions of an Unorthodox Copywriter - The good, the bad and the beautiful

Steve Roller shares how he has found success as a copywriter, even if a little unconventionally, and how you can too.

Copywriting Has Opened the Door of Opportunity for Me

AWAI Member Lorraine Hunte explains how copywriting has opened the door of opportunity for her. Not just any door – it opened the front door to her dream home.

Success Story: How Ed Gandia Made the Transition from Over-Worked Salesman to Six-Figure Copywriter …

Freelance copywriter Ed Gandia offers some tips on getting a copywriting career started.

Building Your Copywriting Business … How AWAI Member Joshua Boswell Turned a $2,000 Assignment Into $60,000

AWAI “Wall of Fame” copywriter Joshua Boswell explains how to get the most out of every project and every client by thinking “win-win.”

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Build Your Copywriting Business

The Single Most Important Thing You Must Do To Ensure Your Copywriting Success

Will Newman reveals the one simple secret if you want to be a successful copywriter.

Using Daily Task Lists to Accomplish Your Goals

Michael Masterson explains how a daily task list can help you achieve your goals.

The Power of One — One Big Idea

Today, Michael Masterson gets at the very heart of powerful, persuasive writing.

10 Steps to Escaping the Job World and Creating the Life You Really Want

Changing Course creator, Valerie Young, shares ten step that will set you on the path toward the life and career you really want.

Copywriting’s Easiest Strategy to Learn

Will Newman hits the single most important strategy for writing successful copy that will make your writing stronger and more compelling.

Finding the Best B2B Prospects at a Fortune 500 Company

Brian Whitaker outlines his best tips for finding the best B2B prospects at a Fortune 500 Company.

An Easy, No-Pressure Way to Make Your Copy Sell More

Roy Furr shares how education is a powerful form of salesmanship.


The Professional Writers’ Alliance

The Professional Writers’ Alliance

Give your writing career a competitive edge when you join the Professional Writers’ Alliance. It is strictly for writers who want to master the exciting and lucrative art of persuasive writing – and advance their careers in a real and meaningful way. The Professional Writers’ Alliance is meant to inform you about important changes happening within your industry … to educate when it comes to new and better techniques for doing business … to lobby against changes that could adversely impact the industry as a whole … and to champion your success. It also gives you greater access to the resources and connections you need to take your career to a higher level.

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Secrets of Writing High Performance B2B Copy

B2B Copywriting Secrets

Write Your Own Ticket as a B2B Copywriter. As a B2B copywriter you’ll help businesses—often desperate for your skills— to sell their products and services to other businesses, rather than to consumers. AWAI’s Secrets of Writing High Performance B2B Copy gives you everything you need to succeed—from strategies to market your services to tips for writing stronger copy to a fuller understanding of the B2B industry. With these tools you’ll enter this $6.5 trillion industry with confidence and skills that will set you apart.

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AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting

Six-Figure Copywriting Program

If you can write a simple letter to a friend, you can make a living working for yourself as a copywriter. With the proven copywriting secrets you learn in AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting, you can join the ranks of copywriters earning $50,000, $75,000, $100,000, $200,000 or more a year.

Discover a fun, satisfying career writing promotional letters for the $2.3 trillion direct-response industry. These are the same letters you see in your mailbox and get via email every day. These letters earn millions of dollars for the companies that send them — and those companies pay handsomely for a skilled copywriter to write them… why not you?

Learn More …


Become a Wealthy Web Writer

How to Build a Web Copywriting Portfolio FAST

Successful web writer Sid Smith shows you how to quickly build a web copywriting portfolio that can be used to land clients.

How to Build an Effective Freelance Writing Website That Gets Potential Clients Falling Over Backwards to Hire You

The most important tool in your marketing arsenal is your own professional website. Today, John Wood gives you a clear blueprint for developing the content for your own site.

You’re a Bitter Disappointment to Your Loved Ones and Yourself

Joshua Boswell shares how you can attract clients that are willing to pay you a ton of money, right now.

Are You Making This $45,000 Mistake?

Ed Gandia shares a personal lesson he learned through trial and error while reaching for success in the B2B market so you don’t make the same $45K mistake he did.

For Emails That Work – Avoid These “Disaster” Words

Successful web copywriter and consultant Pam Foster offers some advice for keeping your emails away from the spam filters, so they make it into the inbox of your recipient.

Turn Your Web-Writing Weaknesses Into Strengths — Today!

Wealthy Web Writer member Christina Gillick shows you how to identify and reframe from weaknesses that are holding you back from launching your freelance web-writing business.

How to Make and Use an Editorial Calendar

Heather Robson shows you a tool you can use to get in the habit of regularly publishing your work that will improve your web-writing skills and promote your writing ability.


Copywriting 2.0: Your Complete Guide to Writing Web Copy that Converts

Copywriting 2.0

Dive into the lucrative world of web copywriting. Web copywriting is NOT the same as traditional copywriting, and knowing the difference is often the one thing that stands between a website making a profit or losing money. That is precisely why companies are willing to pay so much for a good web copywriter… you have a direct impact on their cash flow. Copywriting 2.0: Your Complete Guide to Writing Web Copy that Converts shows you how to dramatically improve any web page or email campaign. Nick breaks down what it takes to write copy on the web that will drive traffic, grab attention, and yield conversions. That all adds up to bigger success for your client and more money in your pocket.

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Autoresponder Apprentice: How to Become a Successful Copywriter Without Writing Sales Letters

Autoresponder Apprentice

Make six figures as a copywriter without writing a single sales letter. The Internet offers many profitable opportunities for copywriters. One of the most overlooked is autoresponder email copywriting. Autoresponder copy consists of a series of short emails that are automatically sent to a new prospect who has just opted-in to your client’s email list. According to master autoresponder writer, Jay White, creating autoresponders is easily the most lucrative niche on the Internet. Thousands of websites need autoresponder copy. Jay White and AWAI show you how to get in on the action with Autoresponder Apprentice: How to Become a Successful Copywriter Without Writing Sales Letters.

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The Web Copywriter’s Clear Path to Profits: 7 Steps to Working with Web Clients so They’ll Love You and Pay You the Big Bucks

Web Copywriter’s Clear Path to Profits

Discover a clear path to a bigger income. Successful web writer, Pam Foster, reveals her seven-step process for smooth, stress-free web copywriting projects. Follow her clear system and you’ll quickly establish yourself as a go-to online copywriter and project leader. Effortlessly meet client expectations and dazzle them with results they didn’t dare hope for. Watch your repeat business, your referrals, and your income steadily rise. With this easy-to-follow web project management system, you’ll become indispensible to your clients and ensure they come to you first with future projects.

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SEO Copywriting Certificate Program

SEO Copywriting Certificate Program

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Copywriting is one of the hottest niches in the web marketing industry today – and very few writers or website owners are equipped to take it on. If you’re a freelance copywriter or marketing consultant looking to add “SEO Specialist” to your list of services, the SEO Copywriting Certificate Program is for you. You’ll come away as a certified SEO Copywriter. And, once business owners and marketers learn that you specialize in “writing for search engines” – they’ll beg you to help them! SEO Copywriting expert, Heather Lloyd-Martin, guides you step-by-step through the process of SEO Copywriting as only a seasoned veteran can.

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Start Living The Writer’s Life Today

A Little-Known, Yet Powerful 11-Step Action Plan for Leading a Successful, Happy Life

John Wood reveals his 11-step action plan. Follow it and it will help you lead a successful, happy life.

What Brian Tracy, Timothy Ferris, and Many More Use to Get More Done in Less Time...

If you feel you're not being as productive in your career or personal life, follow John Wood’s five-step plan that could have you on the path to wealth and prosperity.

Solving the Cash-Flow Conundrum: The Three-Tiered Approach to Income Diversification

Steve Roller explains how to build a steady cash flow to launch your copywriting career.

Be Happier and Accomplish More by Living Your Life With a Sense of Purpose...

John Wood shares how living your life with a sense of purpose can help you be happier and accomplish more and gives tips on how to start doing so.

Break Free from the Chains of Isolation: How to Live the Full Writer’s Life

Living the full writer’s life is possible when you break free from the chains of isolation – Steve Roller shares how.

The Only Sure Way to Make Real Progress This Year

Setting goals is the only sure way to make real progress this year, and Cindy Cyr shares how to set them and stick with them.

The 19 Secrets to Selling Your Freelance Services Successfully

Cindy Cyr gives you a formula made up of a series of strategies, principles, and actions that will lead you to the financial freedom and work-from-anywhere lifestyle you’re longing for.


How to Write Your Own Money Making Websites

Write Money Making Websites

Create a passive secondary income with a money-making website. The Internet never sleeps. You can tap into this fact to earn thousands of dollars a month in your spare time. How to Write Your Own Money-Making Websites is a step-by-step system that shows you exactly how to create content-rich, money-making websites—a way to make money in your spare time doing something you love. This system can create a substantial income no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Best of all, once you’ve got your site up and running, you can maintain in as little as one to two hours a week. Then you can launch another… and another… and another. The passive income you earn will add up fast and it’s fun!

Learn More …


The Pro Resume Writer Program

The Pro Resume Writer Program

The ideal spare-time business. As a professional resume writer you can make this kind of income in your spare time. Spend just a few hours a week, and dramatically improve your financial picture. The Pro Resume Writer Program gives you everything you need to start and run a successful spare-time resume preparation service. The program quickly takes you from dreaming about starting your own business to doing it. From step-by-step how-to guides to sample ads to help you land clients faster, this program doesn’t leave anything to chance.

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Desktop Marketing for Success, Independence, and Income

Desktop Marketing

Your path to an easy work at home opportunity. Small business owners may be experts at delivering their particular product or service. But 90% of them lack the ONE skill that will put them over the top: HOW TO MARKET. That’s where you come in. This huge client base needs your marketing advice, copywriting services, help with promotional layouts, and more… and they are willing to pay. With AWAI’s Desktop Marketing program, you’ll have everything you need to deliver to this huge client base. You can immediately start and build your successful freelance career as a desktop marketer.

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Secrets of Becoming a Publicist: A simple, step-by-step guide to boost your income and enjoy the satisfying and exciting, public-relations lifestyle this year

Secrets of Becoming a Publicist

Discover an exciting, in-demand career, you might not have considered. In today’s market, businesses routinely turn to public relations specialists to build their credibility. Businesses want buzz about their company, about their products, and about their industry. To get these kinds of benefits—to generate this kind of buzz—businesses need third-party attention. And that’s what a publicist does—you get your clients in the news and get people talking about them. This is a fast-growing market and an in-demand career. The income is good and the perks are even better. In Secrets of Becoming a Publicist PR expert, Melanie Rembrandt reveals the secrets behind succeeding in this exciting career.

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