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Today’s prompt flips traditional copywriting on its head: sometimes, the best promise is what you won’t do.
Copy Prompt
Gary Bencivenga understood something subtle about persuasion: when everyone is shouting their promises, the brand that draws boundaries earns trust.
That’s the Negative Promise, telling your audience what you refuse to do. It signals confidence, integrity, and standards.
Look at how it reframes:
“We don’t use fake countdown timers. We’d rather earn your urgency, not manufacture it.”
“We don’t hire influencers. We hire experts who actually do the work.”
“We’ll never spam your inbox, only insights worth reading.”
See the shift? Instead of blending in with endless claims, your copy stands apart by taking a stand.
Today’s drill: Write 3 negative promises for your brand or product. Each one should draw a clear line in the sand about what you don’t do and, by contrast, what you do better.
Because in a world full of “we do everything,” the brand that says “we don’t” feels refreshingly real.
The Copy Gigs
Gig 1: An 8-figure skincare brand is hiring a Direct Response Creative Strategist to ideate, script, and storyboard high-converting ads and VSLs that scale their DTC campaigns ($5,000/month, remote, full-time contract) → Link
Gig 2: KOTC is looking for a TikTok & Instagram Scriptwriter to craft viral, student-driven UGC-style scripts that feel authentic, entertaining, and relatable while subtly promoting KOTC’s study platform ($22.50–$27.50/hr, remote, ~5 hrs/week, flexible contract/internship) → Link
Gig 3: Content marketing agency is looking for a Content Researcher & Editor to conduct in-depth research, fact-check, proofread, and guide content strategies across legal, nonprofit, and professional industries ($20–$30/hr, remote, part-time contract with potential for full-time) → Link
Gig 4: Shippo is hiring a Lifecycle Marketing Manager to own and scale customer engagement from onboarding through retention, managing campaigns in Marketo and Mandrill to drive activation, adoption, and loyalty ($107K–$145K/year, remote within US, full-time) → Link
Gig 5: Website Content Writer (AI-Driven, Healthcare Focus) — 3-month contract (possible extension), full-time EST/PST hours (8–5). Write, refine, and optimize healthcare or insurance website content using AI tools, SEO strategy, and prompt engineering. Requires 3+ years’ healthcare writing experience, CMS proficiency, and expertise with AI-assisted content creation → Link
Gig 6: Agency is looking for a Copy Supervisor to lead copy development for pharmaceutical products, supervise junior writers, and collaborate with Art Directors on creative concepts and executions ($—/hr not listed, remote or hybrid, full-time contract) → Link
Gig 7 (Older): HighKey Agency is hiring a Paid Media Specialist (Creative Ad Strategist) to script viral-style video ads, direct shoots, and manage Meta, TikTok, and Google campaigns for elite aesthetic clinics ($30–$35/hr + commission + bonuses, remote, full-time) → Link
That's a wrap for today.
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Keep writing,
Chris
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