We are a book group podcast, looking at a new genre each week. We enjoy a beverage that matches the theme of the episode, we talk about some books we like with our Guest Hosts, and we share resources for finding more books. We work in a library system, and many of our guests work in libraries - so we have a lot of fun books to share! Grab a beverage, and let's start talking about books!
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Well hello there, copywriting friend! This is the Tried It podcast: Your proven pathway to a better copywriting business. How do we know it works? Because we’ve Tried It. We’re Nicole and Sarah, two copywriters on a mission to elevate your freelance copywriting game. We’re reading the great books about copywriting, marketing and business. Once we’ve read each book, we spend a hot minute applying the techniques we’ve learnt to our own businesses and to our client work. And then, we talk about ...
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Season Two Wrap-Up Party: This Season's *Crunchiest* Episode
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36:57Welcome to the last episode in season two of the Tried It podcast, also known as the crunchiest episode of the season! Today, Sarah and Nicole step back and reflect on everything that’s happened since they started recording the season, approximately 10,000 years ago. You’ll hear how season two’s books have impacted Nicole and Sarah’s businesses and…
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Teach Your Copywriting Business To Market Itself ('The Referral Engine' Follow-Up)
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46:25Every copywriter dreams of a business that markets itself. Where you, as the writer, spend your days elbow-deep in VOC research, wireframes or email sequences, with your ideal clients forming an orderly queue to be the next to benefit from your words and insights. But if you want to get to that point, you need to build your referral system first. I…
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How To Get An Endless Stream Of Good-Fit Copywriting Clients ('The Referral Engine' Discussion)
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52:55Picture this: a freelance copywriting business with an endless stream of good-fit clients queueing up to work with you. No obligation to be active on social media or to attend networking events. Just you and your profitable copywriting projects. That’s the dream that John Jantsch sells in his book, The Referral Engine. Whilst most business owners w…
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A Simple, Daily Exercise To Help Copywriters Level Up In The AI Era ('Storyworthy' Follow-Up')
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59:03Copywriters, if the rise of AI makes you want to improve your writing (or puke into your shoes), the Tried It team has the answer: be Storyworthy. In this week’s episode, Sarah and Nicole swap stories on their implementation points from Matthew Dicks’ book Storyworthy. The copywriters share their experience of how everything changed once they start…
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Become A Better Copywriter By Mastering Storytelling ('Storyworthy' Discussion)
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51:36Humans are storytellers and life is a story-generating machine. But some of us tell better stories than others, that some is Matthew Dicks, to be very specific. He’s the best at storytelling and he has the medals, trophies and book reviews to prove it. Listen as the Tried It Podcast hosts analyse Matthew Dick’s storytelling techniques from a copywr…
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How Should You Manage Your Time As A Busy Freelance Copywriter? ('Four Thousand Weeks' Follow-Up)
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50:29Are you ready to live a life that’s more meaningful, more kind and connects you more deeply with the people you love? No, this podcast isn’t your first step to joining a cult, it’s the Implementation episode of the Tried It Podcast’s analysis of Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. If you tuned into last week’s episode, Sarah and Nicole have a t…
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Death And The Copywriter: How To Manage Your Copywriting Business Better, Before You Die ('Four Thousand Weeks' Discussion)
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54:13One day, you will die. But the statistics say that before that, you’ll spend about four thousand weeks on earth. This is the average human lifespan, and we fill it with emails, meetings, paperwork, queuing in airports, fighting with strangers over the Internet and sometimes, with doing things that are deeply meaningful to us and those we love. Four…
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How To Get Your Clients To LOVE Your Copy With The CUB Test ('Copy Logic' Follow-Up)
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52:36What makes copy good? What does ‘good copy’ even mean? If these are the questions keeping your freelance copywriter brain up at night, the Tried It Podcast has a book for you: Copy Logic. In this second part of their analysis of Copy Logic, hosts Sarah and Nicole and special guest Rob Marsh catch up to find out how it went when they applied the tec…
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How To Make Copywriting Revisions Quicker And Easy ('Copy Logic' Discussion)
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52:23Welcome back to the Tried It Podcast! You were kind and patient enough to wait around whilst the Tried It team took a break and then started prepping hard for this second season of the pod. Thank you! Here are the results of their work. Season two of the Tried It Podcast: Your Proven Pathway to a Better Copywriting Business starts with a bang as it…
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WE'RE BACK!! Read Copywriting Books With The Tried It Team On Season 2 Of The Pod
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10:01The Tried It Podcast is back, baby! Season two of the podcast is about to launch, bringing you more analysis of books about copywriting, along with Sarah and Nicole’s lessons from implementing new copywriting techniques in their own work. Listen out for a special announcement, plus ways that you can support the podcast. Keep your ears open for the …
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Season 1 Wrap-Up Party: What's Next for the Tried It Podcast?
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12:07Hey Tried It listeners! We’ve come to the end of the first season of the Tried It podcast but that doesn’t mean that the fun stops here. Catch our end-of-season wrap up party episode below and you if can’t wait to hear more from Sarah and Nicole, hop on over to the Tried It Podcast Membership for weekly emails and so much more. Thanks for listening…
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Pivoting Your Copywriting Business to 6-Figure Success ('Six-Figure Copywriter' Follow-Up)
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44:55One number gets bandied around copywriting circles more than another other: six. Specifically, six figures. A six-figure income. A freelance copywriter with a six-figure income. But in the age of AI and with post-COVID market volatility, is that still even possible? Or realistic? Joanna Wiebe thinks so, and she wrote a book about it. In this episod…
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Can You Make 6 Figures As A Copywriter? ('Six-Figure Copywriter' Discussion)
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1:02:51If you’ve been writing copy for more than a hot minute, you’ll know the pressure of setting and meeting your income goals. Particularly if you’re trying to reach a big income goal like a six-figure one. On this episode of the Tried It podcast, copywriters Sarah and Nicole break down the pathways to running a six-figure copywriting business. Sarah a…
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Is Brevity Always Better In Copywriting? ('Smart Brevity' Follow-up)
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55:01Introducing the new character on Nicole and Sarah’s Tried It podcast: Dylan’s mum. She has big main character energy. In this episode of the Tried It podcast, Sarah and Nicole pick up from where they left off in the last episode to discuss what they learnt when they implemented the Smart Brevity writing formula. Find out what it’s like to write in …
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How To Master The Art of Brevity In Copywriting (‘Smart Brevity’ Discussion)
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57:20Two copywriters weigh in on Smart Brevity. What it is: A podcast episode about Smart Brevity, hosted by two professional copywriters Why it matters: Because it’ll help you decide whether or not Smart Brevity is for you. Sarah and Nicole continue their Tried It adventure by analysing Smart Brevity, a book with a formula promising to streamline your …
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Does Your Company Need A Brand Story? (‘StoryBrand’ Follow-up)
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47:44Sarah and Nicole gave some pretty honest feedback about Donald Miller’s Building a StoryBrand book in their previous episode, but that won’t stop them from implementing what they learnt from it. In this episode of the Tried It Podcast, they share their results and announce the next book they’ll analyse for the podcast. Sarah begins by sharing her r…
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What Makes A Good Brand Story? (‘StoryBrand’ Discussion)
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51:32Having established some of the foundational techniques of good writing with the help of Ann Handley’s Everybody Writes, today Sarah and Nicole look at what it takes to develop a coherent brand story for a business. In this episode, the two copywriters dissect Donald Miller’s marketing Bible, Building a StoryBrand (or BrandStory, if you’re like Sara…
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Copywriters, Do You Write Daily? (‘Everybody Writes’ Follow-Up)
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40:31Reading great books about copywriting isn’t enough, because if you’re just reading, you’re not necessarily learning. And if you’re not learning, you won’t write amazing copy. So on the Tried It podcast, for every book that Nicole and Sarah read, they commit to implementing three things they learnt from it and to reporting back to you, their faithfu…
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Edit Your Copy Like a Pro (‘Everybody Writes’ Discussion)
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49:47Everybody Writes. That’s the statement that Ann Handley uses as the title of her guide to good writing. We all write, all the time, whether it’s work emails and WhatsApp chats, or your PhD about Virginia Woolf. Because we all write, Ann Handley says that writing is a skill anyone can perfect, with the help of her book. In this episode, Nicole and S…
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It’s here - the Tried It Podcast has launched! It’s your Proven Pathway to a Better Copywriting Business. Listen to our trailer to find out what the Tried It Podcast is about, who it’s for and just who the hell Sarah and Nicole are anyway. Stay tuned for details on our membership and subscribe to the podcast so that you’ll catch our first official …
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A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
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40:53Thank you for joining us again on our book group and Reader’s advisory podcast! We are here to talk about books and share library ideas! And now we are wrapping up the season! We’ve really enjoyed reading books with you, and having book group fun! If you have missed any RWL, our archives are on the website. You can go back to cmle.org any time and …
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A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
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36:03This is a week of fun books, because the idea of starting a new TV series or a new movie is always exciting! It might be great, it might be terrible - but the possibility is real and there are so many opportunities to enjoy new things. Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today.…
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A book where the main character's name is in the title
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27:49It’s fun to feel like you are in the know, that you see a small secret or an easter egg - and knowing the secret of a title is actually a character’s name can be a fun way to encourage us to get in there and try some new books! Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today.…
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We aren’t going to sing about it this week, but we are going to celebrate this week’s books with song titles! Enjoy all of the books that always sound like they are going to be fun - but sometimes go in sad, scary directions. So this is a good week to try some new books of all genres! Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the…
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This is such a fun week - retelling a classic story with a modern twist! Did you read a book in high school that was maybe okay - but you want to read a better version? Do you have a favorite book from a long time ago - and reading a current version would be fun? Or, have you always wanted to try a specific book - but never got around to reading it…
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It’s spring time! When everyone’s fancy turns to thoughts of love - of books! It’s a time of melting snow, flowers growing, green everywhere; and it’s also a time for all kinds of new books to try. This week we are looking at books that have just been published, and are ready to enjoy all sorts of new, interesting stories. Check out our for links t…
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We see the glamor of Hollywood this week, along with some of the backstage sadness and ick. This is a genre where we know a lot of the story, but only the front-facing ideas. We can always learn more about the secrets and mysteries that we don’t see. Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today.…
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This week will be filled with drama, intrigue, hijinks, and of course romance! So basically yes: it will be the best week for finding all kinds of good books to read! You know that Ariel is our romance expert, and we can all count on her to share some great book ideas and insights. Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the bo…
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This week’s books are a slightly strange genre - easy to pick out but not always easy to categorize. They can be all kinds of genres and all kinds of different stories, and that is the fun of exploring these books! Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today.…
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This week our books all have a color in the title! Sometimes the colors are relevant to the storyline, and sometimes they are just fun things to enjoy. Feel free to wear your favorite colored items while we all enjoy this week’s books. Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today.…
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This week’s books are such an easy genre to find, and to enjoy! There are tons of celebrity bios, covering all types of celebrities in all sorts of areas. They can be fun, silly, inspirational, and even life-changing. Jump into it with us this week! Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today.…
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We have so many books to enjoy this week! There are so many good developments happening with romance books; adding in fat characters make them more like real life and let many of us see ourselves in these stories. Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today.By Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange
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Reading With Libraries Episode 10-03: A book with mythical creatures
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26:20We are ready to have a good time this week, as we explore books with mythical creatures! If you can dream it up, it’s in a book somewhere; so let’s explore some stories that will be filled with adventures. Check out for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today.By Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange
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Episode 10-02: A book by a first-time author
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24:10This week we are exploring some first-time authors! Of course, everyone is a first-time at some point. And whether they go on from there, or decide they are one and done - those first books are special. Check out our for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today.By Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange
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This season we are exploring all new ideas for books and book suggestions, so you can expand your reading horizons, and share more information with your library community. We are looking at prompts from the 2023 this season. You can read along with their challenge, linked in our show notes, or just enjoy some different books. This week will be a fu…
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This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt inspired by each site. This is the end of Season One. You can get Season Two on our Linking our Libraries feed! We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get …
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This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt inspired by each site. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book t…
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This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt inspired by each site. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book t…
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This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt inspired by each site. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book t…
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This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt inspired by each site. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book t…
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Browsing Books: Charles Lindbergh House and Museum
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13:50This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt inspired by each site. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book t…
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We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. We are here to help you find new books, for yourself or for your library. This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt i…
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Welcome to Browsing Books! We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. We are here to help you find new books, for yourself or for your library. This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and…
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We are here to help you find new books, for yourself or for your library. This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt inspired by each site. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on …
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This season, we continue to travel around Minnesota, but this time we’re learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt inspired by each site. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book…
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Episode 915: A book featuring a parallel reality
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24:15This is our final episode of the season! It’s been so great reading with you for the last few months. Don’t worry - we aren’t leaving you. We’ll be back with our short book suggestion podcast on Tuesday. This season we have been exploring a wide variety of book genres and topics so you can expand your reading horizons, and share more information wi…
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Episode 914: A book about someone leading a double life
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21:19This week we are exploring books about someone leading a double life! Are they spies? Are they bad guys? Do they just have secrets? We have to read them to find out! Check out for links to our beverages, our resources, and the books we share today. This season we continue to explore a wide variety of book genres and topics so you can expand your re…
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Episode 913: A book that features two languages
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22:58This week we are looking at cool books in at least two languages! It’s not just a neat thing, not just a way to learn about other cultures, not just good to enhance your job prospects; but also knowing more than one language will help to keep your brain functioning at top capacity as you age. Lots of coolness here! Check out our for links to our be…
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This season we continue to explore a wide variety of book genres and topics so you can expand your reading horizons, and share more information with your library community. We are looking at the prompt from the 2022 this season. You can read along with their challenge, linked in our show notes, or just enjoy some different books. This week will be …
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Episode 911: A book set in Victorian times
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28:59This week we are taking a step back in time to the Victorian era, to explore all sorts of interesting new books. And of course the best way to explore is with cool people around. So we invited the coolest person we know: Ariel Kirst, our official Podcast Correspondent, from the Great River Regional Library System! Check out our for links to our bev…
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