Tag: copywriter
- 29th September 2011
Words that Sing Their Way into Your Pocketbook
Advice from a 1920s copywriter: “I’ve got to make my song echo all the way down to your pocketbook or it’s no good.”
- 30th July 2010
Would you like to be a copywriter? We’re recruiting
Would you like to write for a living? If so, now’s the time to act. We’re looking for three new copywriters to join our fast-growing copywriting agency in Colchester, Essex. Can you see yourself as… A versatile copywriter with the ability or potential to write sharp copy that helps businesses to sell? If you’ve got [...]
- 27th April 2010
Introducing Johan, our new copywriter
Ben Locker & Associates would like to welcome Johan van der Merwe to what is now rightfully called ‘the team’. Johan’s from Cape Town, South Africa. After overindulging in English literature as a boy, he got it into his head to study in England and quickly rattled through a BA in Viking Studies and an [...]
- 11th January 2010
The Best Copywriter in England
I love it. This advert for a copywriter, published in The Times on 23rd January 1964, has it all. Let’s run through the inner meaning. There’s a lot to learn from so few words. At a glance, you can easily spot the following. Simplicity: We want the best copywriter in England. Taste: No oiks. Grand [...]
- 22nd November 2009
Colchester Connected up for an award *wins* business to business award
The Essex business magazine I edit, Colchester Connected, is up for has just won a gong in the Business to Business category of the Colchester & District Business Awards 2009. It’s great news for everyone involved in the magazine; but the thing that I love is that fact that so many finalists, in so many [...]





