God, it can be sooo annoying doing online business sometimes.

I have a payment page here on my site with both a “normal” credit card processor, and PayPal as well. I did this so someone who hired me for copywriting could prettymuch pay me any way they want (because when I set this all up years ago, PayPal was still seen as somewhat “small time” – I wanted both).  My copywriting fees are pretty variable too – I needed a payment solution where the customer enters in the price (as opposed to “add to cart”.)

Anyway, for years I used  a company called Skipjack. They set me up with a button that generated a payment form on their server – one with a blank “customer fill in” amount. Nice. Until today.

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We are live here with the new Clear-Writing. I finally finished all of the copywriting for it (the cobbler’s kids now have shoes!)

Ok, what’s new around here, you ask? Well, the site has a LOT more information for people who are looking to hire a copywriter. I have pages for the different types of writing I do, several “about” pages so prospective clients can get a good feel for who I am and what I do, lots of info about the types of consulting and entrepreneur stuff I do. I now have a page for success theory too, as I think it’s important (if not a bit self-indulgent – but that’s cool – people seem to like what i say about success.) I also moved the blog here instead of on another site (having two sites was silly), and expanded the section on my books.

But the biggest change is the overall focus. When I started out, I was just a copywriter. But I’m now more of a brand - you’re not hiring a copywriter here – you’re hiring Dan Furman. That’s a big difference, and I wanted my website to reflect that shift in thinking.  I think it does now.

I hope you like it – let me know if anything is broken or whatnot.