Freelance life and journalism tips

The tricky business of marketing to sustainable investors
Updated: Jan 22, 2021 Slap on a green sticker, and watch the crowds roll in, right? I’ve worked for a few different asset managers now. And I’ve always been surprised at the happy-go-lucky approach

Hannah’s Blog Shortlisted as Headline Money’s Blog of the Year 2021!! 🎉🎉
Updated: Dec 6, 2021 Well I can’t believe it! 🤩🥳 I haven’t stopped smiling for days! But it didn’t take me long to realise that I’d missed a golden SEO opportunity… Should it have

How to write the best investment content ✨
Updated: Apr 5, 2022 Looking for ways to sharpen your investment content? Here are 15 powerful tips for silky copy which melts in your mouth and caresses your brain. 1. Who are you writing

Why Hannah Duncan Investment Content Ltd?
… Bit of a mouthful isn’t it? I often wonder if I should have picked a more zingy name for my company. Something which sparkles in the memory, or ignites a little pop

How to become a financial blog writer
Writing blogs is no joke. The amount of research, analysis and love that goes into each one can be overwhelming. As a financial freelance writer, I’ve found myself pouring my heart out over

Can we talk about COVID-brain?
Updated: Mar 7, 2022 Mary Poppins references have served me well in the past. So, here’s another one, I look like the mad bird woman. You might as well give me your tuppence because

Financial planning for gay couples
Updated: Mar 7, 2022 Here in the UK, we’re a nation of suppressed, apologetic, tea-glugging money mis-managers. More than 77% of us feel stressed about our financial fiascos and 20% of us are too

Self-employed without access to the COVID-19 grant?
Updated: May 8, 2020 Sound like you? Yep. Me too. 🤙 This week Hargreaves Lansdown commissioned me to write about money-saving tips, exactly for people like us. If you don’t have time to read

Filling a market gap with investment content
Updated: Sep 11, 2021 Writing for finance is not like writing for anything else. There are a myriad of rules you have to follow, or firms can be slapped across the face with spectacular

Staying in business, without government support 🙄
When Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak triumphantly announced a COVID-19 support package for the UK’s self-employed, we probably rejoiced too soon. What do people always say about trusting politicians…? While the government

9 months of working for myself as a copywriter
Ever thought about packing in office life and setting up on your own? Nine months ago I bit the bullet and dived straight in. Here’s my experience so far!

Confessions of a copywriter: 6 months of freelancing
Updated: Apr 21, 2020 My mum always said that I’d be the one to stick two fingers up to the office establishment and saunter off on my own. She was right. In 2019, I