24/08/2022
# **I’ve spent over $1MM testing my own copy. Here are 5 things that will ruin your copywriting career. (And what I’d do if I was starting over with $50 to my name)**
# # I can guess a few things about you already:
1. You were **more adventurous** than the next kid when you were young. You took more risks and have some good stories to tell because of it…
1. On the other hand, since you’ve been old enough to work, **most jobs have been a struggle**. Boring, unchallenging, people telling you what to do all the time...
1. Somehow you came across copywriting and got it in your head that if you learn how to string the right words together, you may **never have to be told what to do again.**
Sounds about right?
Well as an **offer owner who writes his own copy**, and has spent over a million dollars in paid ads running that copy profitably (more or less, that’s for another story), I’ll tell you that, **yes, copywriting can be your ticket out of all of that…**
But it’s **harder than you think**, and getting there will expose you to pitfalls that can destroy your career and maybe even your soul…
The odds of you succeeding as a copywriter are statistically about the same as getting crushed by a vending machine, but if you fall victim to the things I’m about to share, you’re basically **guaranteed to fail.**
Oh, you don’t want to fail? Then **keep reading**…
You probably don’t know me. **I’m no guru.** I’m not on social media pontificating about things I read in a book, I’m spending my own dollars running my own copy to my own products.
I work in silence on things that matter to me. Most importantly, **I have nothing to sell you. **(Be wary of advice with a dollar sign attached to it.)
I’m writing this because it’s the **advice I wished I would have had **when I first started…
So in no particular order, here’s what will **ruin your copywriting career in a blink of an eye**. If you want to avoid these altogether, stick around to the end and I’ll share exactly **what I
