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Confessions of a funny freelancer: with Dave 'The Word Man' Harland (UK)

Confessions of a funny freelancer: with Dave 'The Word Man' Harland (UK)

Update: 2025-01-20
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‘The anti-bullshit copywriter with massive fingers’ is perhaps the most apt meta description ever for Dave “The Word Man” Harland, founder of boutique agency Copy Or Die. You may know him from his playful LinkedIn posts taking on online scammers and AI gurus, gathering an audience of 95,000 followers. His clients know him as a freelance B2B and agency copywriter, specialising in transforming corporate lingo into words people really want to read. We interviewed him about humour, freelance work vs agency work, and getting so good at your craft that your work speaks for itself.

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Confessions of a funny freelancer: with Dave 'The Word Man' Harland (UK)

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