Crisp Copy Class Alumni Showcase – Jennifer Zeven

Meet Jennfer from Blurb-ology

#OpinionatedWoman | Writer Extraordinaire | Crisp Copy Class Alumni

Blurb-ology is a niche copywriting service whose superpowers are writing banging blogs, entertaining email scripts, and also pretty darn good at making your bio stand out from the crowd.

Tell us about the moment you decided to start your own business. What was the catalyst?

Being a stay home mum for the past 8 years or so, I missed the creative/mental stimulation being in the workforce gave me. I edited some stuff for a startup friend, she asked why I wasn’t making money from it, put on her coaching hat and helped me get started. There’s been so many highs and lows and business PMS since then, but I regret nothing. Even the business PMS is under control as I trust myself to follow my heart.

What do you utterly love about running a business?

Being able to say I did it all by myself – but of course that’s not true, I’ve been lucky to have some pretty good backers, including this rad woman called Jay. Apart from that, I still love love love that I get paid to trawl words out of my head and have someone say ‘Oh my gosh I love it!’

What drives you bonkers about marketing, branding, and businessing?

The time, the time, the time. It takes up so much time. When I’m a zillionaire I’ll have an awesome VA and marketing team.

What prompted you to sign up for the Crisp Copy Class?

I got sick of turning out fabulous copy for other people and hating my own, secretly hoping no none would visit my website. Now that’s just backwards! Signing up for CCC made me allocate the time to spend on my own copy, with the expert tips of the divine Miss Jay to steer me in the right direction, give instant feedback, and cheer me on.

What has the Crisp Copy Class helped you achieve, that you wouldn’t have been able to DIY?

My website revamp. The copy just wasn’t ‘me’ enough at first: writing your own copy is hard, even for us copywriters. Through the branding exercises and even the psychology bits I was able to hone a message which was the real Jennifer.

What’s your favourite piece of copy you wrote in the CCC?

Gawsh, I still think the back page is my favourite.

Tell us a randomly delicious thing about you not already all over the internet?

I won under 7’s shotput and am still proud of that. Even then strength sports were my thing.

What’s next for you and your brand and your business?

Finishing my book, giving it a good edit, finding an editor and then being busy knocking back on the publishers banging on my door (see how I manifest?)