Hey folks, 

Eddie here 👋🏼

Been a while. My last newsletter (and post, for that matter) was over a month ago—and a lot has happened since: 

  • VeryGoodCopy welcomed thousands of new subscribers, who helped us cross the 50K milestone.

  • For the second year in a row, we won HackerNoon’s “Email Newsletter of the Year” award. 

  • Nearly 600 people supported the presale of my first course, changing my business and my life. 
     

To everyone who subscribed, voted, and supported: 

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. 

I started VeryGoodCopy as a way to teach myself copywriting and creativity. I never thought it would also help other people. And I’m so happy it has—and I can’t wait to continue sharing, learning, and growing with y’all in 2023 and beyond. 

Happy holidays, folks. I’ll see you in the New Year. 

With love and warmth, 

Eddie

P.S.

In the meantime, I’ve collected my 16 most popular “micro” articles from 2022 below.

Enjoy!

Writing & robbing:


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Writing, slow:

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Me against the Russians: 

[275 words]

Copywriting fantasy:

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