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10 lessons for business success

10 lessons for business success

by Nerissa Bentley | Mar 22, 2023 | Copywriter Success, Special Announcements

In case you missed it, this month I’m celebrating my 10th business birthday. Hurrah! In my last blog post, I outlined my journey from starting out not knowing much, or earning much, to becoming one of Australia’s leading health and medical writers. It’s been a...
10 years in business: How I became a leading health and medical writer

10 years in business: How I became a leading health and medical writer

by Nerissa Bentley | Mar 5, 2023 | Copywriter Success, Special Announcements

I never intended to own my own business. But after being made redundant in 2013, I decided to ‘give this freelance thing a go’. Ten years later, I have a profitable  business I love and a reputation for being a leading health and medical writer. That’s right,...
2022 year in review: How I bounced back from burnout to find happiness again

2022 year in review: How I bounced back from burnout to find happiness again

by Nerissa Bentley | Dec 11, 2022 | Copywriter Success, Special Announcements

I’ll be honest. Writing a year-in-review post for 2022 feels a bit strange — especially as I still haven’t reviewed 2021! Like many others who live in Melbourne, 2021 was a very difficult year. We spent half of it in lockdowns (again) and were awarded the dubious...
2020: My Year in Review: How my business and I flourished amidst a global pandemic

2020: My Year in Review: How my business and I flourished amidst a global pandemic

by Nerissa Bentley | Dec 18, 2020 | Copywriter Success, Special Announcements

On 31 December, 2019 I chose my word for 2020. FLOURISH — “to grow luxuriantly; thrive; achieve success; prosper; reach a height of development or influence.” That day, I wrote the following … “In 2020, I am going to FLOURISH. I believe that this is the year when...
2019: My year in review

2019: My year in review

by Nerissa Bentley | Dec 20, 2019 | Copywriter Success, Special Announcements

89 blog posts, 34 patient publications, 23 health articles, 19 eDMs, 9 websites, 4 landing pages, 4 TOV guidelines, 3 sales funnels, and 1 annual report - just a sample of what I've written in 2019! Click To Tweet And just like that, another year is almost over....
What CopyCon19 (and winning an award) taught me

What CopyCon19 (and winning an award) taught me

by Nerissa Bentley | May 10, 2019 | Copywriter Success, Health Writing, Special Announcements

A year ago I was writing a blog post about what I learned at CopyCon18. It was a post that featured 7 things I learned from the speakers — things like how I could improve my business processes, how to embrace disruptive technology and how to deal with difficult...
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