Showing Up Authentically & Resonating With Your Audience With Laura Belgray, Expert Copywriter and Founder of Talking Shrimp
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
4.9 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Brilliant copywriter Laura Belgray joins me today to talk about her writing journey and her commitment to authenticity. Laura is the founder of the award-winning creative copywriting service, Talking Shrimp. She's also the author of the new book Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-ing Worst.
In our conversation, Laura opens up about every step of writing her book, her devotion to living unapologetically, and how to embrace being a slow starter. Plus, Laura shares her expert advice for elevating your copywriting, including how to break the barriers of boring and basic, focus on specificity, and cut the clichés.
In this episode we talk about:
- How Laura discovered her writing niche
- Laura's experience writing her first book
- Granting yourself the permission to be vulnerable
- What authenticity looks like for Laura
- Copywriting tips to deepen the connection with your audience
- What Laura's hopes readers take away from her book
- How to embrace being a late bloomer
- Simple ways to support an author
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| 0:00.0 | Paint a picture with the true concrete details of your life. |
| 0:03.8 | That's how you resonate. |
| 0:05.3 | That's how you stand out and get people saying, oh my gosh, yes. |
| 0:09.5 | The more specific you are, the more universal. |
| 0:14.8 | Welcome to Powerhouse Women, the podcast for women who know they are ready for more. I'm Lindsay Schwartz, your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women, the podcast for women who know they are ready for more. |
| 0:21.7 | I'm Lindsay Schwartz, your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women, and together will unlock |
| 0:27.4 | the confidence and clarity you are looking for to help you get out of your own way and into |
| 0:33.5 | action around your next big idea. |
| 0:39.8 | Today I'm joined by one of the most brilliant copywriters I have ever known. |
| 0:45.9 | I've loved her work and been a huge fan for years, and I'm finally getting a chance to |
| 0:50.5 | have her on the podcast. |
| 0:52.7 | Laura Belgrade is the founder of Talking Shrimp. She is also a co-creator |
| 0:56.8 | of the copycure, and she's the author of a brand new book called Tough Titties on Living Your Best Life |
| 1:03.9 | When You're the Effing Worst. This conversation was so much fun. My cheeks hurt from smiling at the end of it. We covered |
| 1:12.7 | everything from why she was inspired to write this book for other people who feel like they are |
| 1:18.7 | a bit of a late bloomer in life. I don't know if anyone else can relate to that, but she also |
| 1:23.7 | just gives some really practical tips for how to improve your copywriting, which |
| 1:29.0 | let's be honest, if you have a business or if you have a message that you are committed |
| 1:34.1 | to sharing, cutting through the noise on social media and just in marketing in general is so |
| 1:39.9 | important. And improving your writing skills is one way to do it. |
| 1:44.7 | Laura has worked with some of the biggest names in the online space, including Marie Forleo, |
| 1:49.6 | Amy Porterfield, and she's really just so brilliant at what she does. |
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