Interesting that all the classifieds mention they will write for sweepstakes, psychics, astrologers, puzzles, lotteries, etc. That's a whole different set of markets than we here normally write for -- I never even thought of those, although obviously someone has to write all that stuff.
Ken,
"That's a whole different set of markets than we here normally write for..."
Why? They are established markets. Perhaps the biggest market that hardly ever gets mentioned (Marcia Yudkin brought it up a while back with a question regarding Learning Strategies Corporation)... is the Self-Improvement market and it is still very large and lucrative.
It's funny...I know a guy who makes HUGE money with his copywriting for the "Self-Entertainment" market as he calls it (psychics and astrological "stuff") and he says...
"I see all those new copywriters focusing on Internet "stuff" and I'm glad they don't write for these other markets."
You are right that people at many of the Internet copywriting centers of influence never mention any of this other stuff, even though it is a stable and currently a GROWING market (as is Biz-Op...they go hand in hand in downturns and during Democratic Presidencies)...one of the gurus recently wrote about the Psychic market.
Thanks for pointing this out, and perhaps we can expand the search area for some of the more hungry copywriters seeking some work.
gjabiz
