Project Description
Working as a freelance copywriter has a lot of perks, one of which is the ability to work from wherever I want. Home, my favourite cafe, the pub, the beach, wherever. This is a lifestyle choice that leads a lot of people to freelance and remote work, and since one of my niches is recruitment, it was quite natural for me to end up writing for a recruitment agency that specialises in remote workers. Crossover specialise in matching top professional talent with 100% remote careers, allowing them to embrace that Work From Wherever lifestyle while building their careers.
Why I Love Writing Thought Leadership Articles
I write a lot of different types of content. Frequently, businesses need short, snappy blog posts that keep their sites updated regularly but don’t cost a fortune. Or they need detailed, rich, long-form posts that dive deep into what they do and supercharge their site’s ability to rank. There are reasons to enjoy penning all kinds of content, but I’ve always particularly enjoyed writing thought leadership articles.
For one thing, the shorter posts (and even, to some extent, long-form content) tends to be very samey, particularly when you work in specific niches. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve written posts explaining what SEO is or what content marketing is, for digital agencies and marketing businesses. Likewise, in the recruitment sphere I seem to have written a few million posts on how to ace a job interview, or what questions to ask while you’re interviewing. It’s easy work, but it does get repetitive. I love thought leadership content because, by its nature, it gives me the freedom to write things that are different. Not only to what I’ve written before but also to what everyone else is saying.
Being The Wolf, Instead Of The Sheep
That’s the problem with creating content to help businesses rank for specific keywords. You end up with a lot of businesses in one niche or industry, each with blog feeds full of content that essentially says the same thing. Yes, it’s written originally, in that it doesn’t use exactly the same wording. But the substance is the same, or at least very similar. Thought leadership articles are the solution to this. They ensure a business’ content not only ranks for all the right keywords, but is truly original while doing it. This makes the brand stand out. If you’re looking for a recruitment agency to work with, and check out the websites of a handful, who are you going to go with? One of the four that have posts that tell you the same, general information, or the one that challenges how you think about the recruitment process or the way you currently work.
In essence, thought leadership content allows a brand to break away from the sheep mentality of the flock, and instead become an alpha wolf leading the pack.
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Need Someone To Pen Thought Leadership Articles To Promote Your Recruitment Agency?
Looking for someone to work a little hoodoo wordsmithery and sorcery and create thought leadership content that makes you standout? Need a way of demonstrating you’re better than the competition? I’m available for hire as a freelance copywriter for recruiters and recruitment companies looking for innovative, trail-blazing, alpha wolf content. Have a snoop at the other work I’ve done for my clients, and once you’re convinced I know my shit (I do, but I get it, you need proof of that), get in touch and we’ll start working that voodoo…
