He was a master of the written word, a wordsmith of the highest order. For years, he toiled away in obscurity, honing his craft and perfecting his art. But then, one day, he emerged from the shadows, ready to unleash his incredible talent upon the world.
With nothing but a keyboard and his imagination, he crafted emails that were nothing short of masterpieces. His subject lines were like movie trailers, leaving readers on the edge of their seats, eager to know more. And when they opened the emails, they were transported into a world of persuasion, where every word was chosen with precision, every sentence crafted to lead them towards the ultimate goal: the call-to-action.
My name is Jonah, over the last 3 years I’ve worked with agencies and companies alike. I have run projects from simply writing copy to strategizing the sales funnel, managing ad campaigns, and writing the copy.
This has given me a great understanding of marketing and copywriting in various industries, which include but are not limited to: Life & mindset coaching, career coaching, real estate, skin-care & e-commerce.
As an experienced sales copywriter and digital marketer I provide online businesses with strategic insights, lead nurturing emails, and direct response copy for: Emails, sales pages, sales letters, Google ads, META ads, and website copy.
The principles of copywriting remain the same, but the strategies and tactics are ever-changing. I am always aware of what is working in the world, so that what I put into the world will work.
I recently worked with an e-commerce skincare brand, by employing email marketing strategies along with a simple META ads funnel we achieved taking the company's email revenue from 0% of total revenue to 60% of total revenue, and wrote ad copy that resulted in a ROAS of 2.5x.
Sales Copywriting
Email Marketing
Email Copywriting
Sales Funnel Copywriting
Website Copywriting
Robert W.
Cape Town, South Africa
$25/hr
4.9
110 jobs
Your CPA jumps 30% overnight.
Two big POs hit.
Shopify payout doesn't cover the inventory bill.
ROAS dips below 2:1.
Competitor tweets "We hit 40% percent of revenue from email and SMS!".
All on a Tuesday morning.
Gut punch.
Something....has to give.
Thankfully your customers will do all the giving you need.
If they're simply seduced into whipping out that sweet card more often.
For bigger carts.
For years.
But you already tried hiring for help with email and they just didn't care like you do.
Chasing them down only to get cookie-cutter templates, lifeless AI copy and Canva design.
But generic doesn't build real brands.
Emotional connection does.
Personality and stories.
Chatting like a childhood buddy that lives next door.
Every word crafted like the founder wrote it at dawn over coffee (not an intern with a swipe file).
Imagine...
Strategy, creative, segmentation, deliverability, all humming quietly in the background.
Jaw-droppingly stunning emails are going out, reeling in huge sales.
Email and SMS revenue climbs past 35%.
Real metrics like margins, ROAS, LTV, CAC, and AOV all widening (not just vanity opens or clicks.).
Your entire back end, handled.
No briefing, micromanaging or chasing.
Now you can stay in product/ops to put out fires and push the big needle-movers.
An extra 10 hours a week appear in your calendar so you can have a life, while topline still grows.
This is not a pipe dream with me on your team.
However, as a Klaviyo Master, Partner and well over $20 million generated for clients to date, I already have a loyal stable of awesome clients - so naturally my schedule is very nearly full.
But, if we get along and I'm 100% sure I can help your unique brand, then you will be making a LOT of money with my help.
So if you're looking for someone to help you scale with Klaviyo email marketing, click the green "Invite To Job" or white "Hire Now" button at the top right of this page.
Looking forward to discussing your project :)
- Wilding.
PS: Here's what clients have said about my email marketing services on Upwork:
- “It was an awesome ROI and we were able to scale much, much more because of that added revenue.”
- “The margins before we started working with you was…18% and recently it was 24%…and that’s net margin.”
- “He will make you far more money than you spend with him so you’d be a dummy to not work with him."
- “We’ve tried other email marketers before and Wilding is by far the best we’ve ever tried.”
Check out my profile below for email designs, results and 20+ more Upwork reviews just like these...
Email Marketing
Email Marketing Strategy
Klaviyo
Email Campaign Setup
Email Copywriting
Email Deliverability
Customer Retention
Shopify
Email Communication
Mailchimp Plugin
Marie-Berdine S.
Bloemfontein, South Africa
$86/hr
4.7
184 jobs
🏆Among TOP RATED Freelance Creative Directors on Upwork worldwide.
🏆 Among HIGHEST RATED copywriters, working for over 18-years with Fortune 500 companies, brands, and clients in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
🏆 TOP RANKED marketing and sales copywriter, article writer, blog writer, website content specialist, brand specialist, corporate identity and branding expert, and ghostwriter on Upwork.
🏆 SPECIALIST in sales and marketing content and development for the USA, UK, Canadian, Australian, and European markets.
🏆 EXPERT WordPress + Elementor PRO + SEO copywriting.
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Hello and welcome!
I am Marie-Berdine Steyn. It's a pleasure to meet you.
Thank you for taking a moment to review my profile here on Upwork.
I look forward to working with you soon.
💡 WHY WORK WITH ME?
Most businesses hire a website designer to create a "pretty" website and a copywriter for "good" words. The result?
A beautiful website that doesn't sell. In like nothing. For years on end.
Yip!
It hurts.
Has your sales been mediocre until now?
Few subscribers outside of your family and friends?
It burns excruciatingly painful when you feel like your hard work is not rewarded.
After almost two decades in business, I know this feeling of despair all to well.
For over 18-years, I've worked with businesses, managers, and brands, who believe they are doing everything 'right'... only to wait and wait and wait for results.
💡 THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL - EVEN SALES FUNNELS 😉
I help you bridge this enigmatic gap between what needs to be done in your business, versus what actually delivers results in terms of sales.
As a unique, multi-talented EXPERT with 18-years experience in Branding, Graphic Design, WordPress Website Design, and Sales & Marketing Copywriting, I've helped companies 5X to 30X +, their sales and marketing reach. Additionally, I have years of experience helping new brands get started, and creating strategies that scales over time.
This is because, unlike a website developer you might hire who only create a website for you, or a copywriter who has never created a website, my background isn't just in branding, copywriting, marketing or websites, but in human psychology, the concepts of conversion, and my multi-disciplinary expertise across industries to bring everything together as a whole instead of fragmentation.
This hails from my years of personal experience working with high-performance brands in the USA, Dubai & Europe.
My 2 decades of multi-disciplinary experience will help you understand:
✅Your target audience.
✅Your brands weaknesses and strenghts.
✅Your brands value proposition.
✅Your brands market value.
✅Your content strategy and it's alignment.
✅Your marketing strategy.
✅How to optimize website content for Core Web Vitals, SEO, ranking, and sales.
✅How to build high-converting Sales Funnels.
✅How to build WordPress websites that actually perform, and attract traffic.
✅Attracting the right audience to your brand.
✅And so much more.
For over 18-years, I've worked with global brands across the USA, UK, Europe, Australia & Canada, such as:
✅Rilea Group (USA & Europe)
✅Xnergy Capital (USA)
✅Caldwell Family Lawyers (Australia)
✅ValueConnected (Netherlands)
✅Musoni Finance (Worldwide)
✅Jensen Instruments (Australia)
✅Greenwheels (Kenya)
…and many more.
💡 WHAT I DO
✅ Fractional Creative Director - Hire me to help you with your brand. Setting up your new strating. ✅ Brand Identity development.
✅ Brand Research & Strategy
✅ Target Market Research & Strategy
✅Website Strategy & Design
✅ Sales Copywriting
✅ SEO Strategy & Implementation.
✅ SEO Website Setup & Implementation: Writing high-quality SEO content for website pages, that is optimized for search engines such as Google, Bing, Brave indexing.
✅ Full Website Auding.
✅ Brand Auditing.
✅ All-in-One Package: Full marketing and website design package, helping you setup and start a new business or brand from scratch, with everything from sales and marketing planning, to brand strategy and SEO content writing, and building your optimized, conversion-focused WordPres website. Fully integrated with SEO and optimized for speed and performance.
💡 CLIENT REVIEWS
- Need combo copyeditor, marketer, website design/creation professional for personal website
Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
"Marie is incredible. The skillsets she can deploy are considerable. She is calm, courteous, professional. And patient! She had been helping me with a website, publishing and marketing campaign for my book which has been considerably delayed. Could not recommend her enough!"
- Website redesign content, copy, graphics
Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
"Great work kept working with me through revisions to get me exactly what we needed!"
- Fixes to WordPress Website
Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
"Marie-Berdine was extremely efficient and went above and beyond. She did everything in a very timely manner and delight to work with. I hope to work with her again. Highly recommended.
Sales Copywriting
Sales Writing
SEO Writing
Sales & Marketing
Ghostwriting
Business Management
WordPress Development
Content Creation
Startup Consulting
Article Writing
Content Marketing Strategy
Sales Copy
Entrepreneurship
Jacqueline D.
Cape Town, South Africa
$70/hr
5.0
48 jobs
"Great communicator and an even better writer." Alex Band, PlusDigital
You know you need to start communicating better with your customers, but you don’t know where to start or have the time or resources to write it yourself.
That’s where I come in! With 10+ years of experience as a professional copywriter, I understand that powerful copy is key to a successful business.
Let me bring out the magic of your brand as salt does with food!
My approach is simple:
👉 find out your target market’s needs, wants, and pain points.
👉 empathise with them.
👉 analyse their decision-making processes.
Once I have a deep understanding of who your target market is, I can write copy that emotionally resonates with them and encourages them to act.
I’ve worked for top companies like Lonely Planet, Hotels.com, Essentialist, PlusDigital, Fubbi and Hohm Energy – so I know what it takes to create content that really works.
If my process has been working for them, it will definitely work for your company!
"From copywriting gigs to blogs and all in between! She is a very talented copywriter and also a creative writer!" Eduardo Rios Lasso.
——— My 5 Writing Superpowers That Will Take Your Brand To New Heights ———
🤓 Play detective: I find new connections and clues to make your brand stand out from the competition.
🦄 Storyteller: I’m an expert at telling compelling stories that will resonate with your target audience on a deep level, leading them to take action in seconds.
📚 Voracious reader: I bring fresh perspectives to your projects with an ever-watchful eye for novel ideas and vocabulary.
⏰ I believe time is gold: I work quickly without sacrificing quality or creativity.
🤖 Understand SEO principles: I create engaging content that gets found by your target audience.
Now that you've found a reliable copywriter in me, take advantage of my services by clicking the green CONTACT button! 🟩
I'll be more than thrilled to hear the details of your project! And together, we will definitely rock your customers' world!
Jacqueline
👇 Read below what my happy clients say 👇
Copywriting
Sales Writing
SEO Writing
Travel & Hospitality
Content Creation
Email & Newsletter
Fact-Checking
Creative Writing
English
Travel
Product Description
Business Writing
Editing & Proofreading
Article Writing
Caitlin G.
Westville, South Africa
$20/hr
5.0
52 jobs
I am a South African native English speaker, writer, and editor with an art, graphic design, and photography background. Self-motivated and responsible, I have been a digital nomad for the last decade, working remotely for various clients across the globe.
My years of experience as a copy and content writer and editor have taught me all I need to know about crafting and curating expert content.
I have written reviews, buyer's guides, web page content, copy, and blogs for many international clients — including Global Savings Group, Kape Technologies, CupoNation, the Daily Mail/MailOnline UK, CNN, Website Planet, Saily/NordVPN, Durability Matters, Pilot Plans, PictureCorrect, Photographycourse.net, Help Fix That, Captain Words, Revpanda, Top Notch Dezigns, and Everythingmom.
Though my knowledge and experience are wide, I have a passion for sustainability and social causes like equality and economic empowerment.
Using my natural curiosity, I dig and research deeper into a topic to find out the facts. I regularly incorporate elements of eco-consciousness and sustainability into my published articles.
Key topics of interest include:
- The affordability of sustainability — one of the main barriers to its widespread adoption.
- Helping consumers navigate sustainable, ethical shopping choices.
- Authentic/organic marketing, including highlighting brands making a difference and how.
My additional skills include:
- Writing SEO-friendly content
- Graphic design
- Photography
- Photo editing
- Illustration
- Photo curation
- Research
- Website management
- Keyword research for SEO
- WP website design
- WP publishing
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have a project in mind.
Thanks!
My hobbies:
Writing | Design | Painting | Drawing | Reading | Cooking | Travelling | Art | Photography
My interests:
Sustainability | Green-Living | Eco-Consciousness | Animal Activism | Animal Rights
Countries lived in:
South Africa | Switzerland | The UK | Thailand | Cambodia | Malaysia
Countries traveled to:
Germany | Turkey | Georgia | Nepal | Vietnam | Laos
Copywriting
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Tech & IT
Graphic Design
Drawing
Consumer Review
British English Dialect
Content Writing
Photography
Sustainability
Photo Editing
Editing & Proofreading
Illustration
Siboniso T.
Johannesburg, South Africa
$30/hr
5.0
9 jobs
𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿: 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 “𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗲” 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝗜’𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗜’𝗹𝗹:
𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 “𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀” 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂…
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿…
𝗢𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘀𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲:
“𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁?”
(𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀)
That’s probably not why you’re here on Upwork.
If you sell services or info products and just want clean, no-BS copy that helps you:
1. Get more leads
2. Turn those leads into paying customers
3. Pocket more profits than you currently are
Then keep reading because you’re in the right place.
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂:
→ Write landing pages that get 40–50%+ of visitors to opt in.
→ Write emails that convert at 2%+ per send.
→ Help your clients launch products, fill calendars, and sell their stuff without sounding like another used car salesman.
𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱:
1. Kevin Wagner — Mentor to 180+ copywriters & direct-response copywriter for 7, 8, and 9-figure brands including Tai Lopez.
→ Helped him launch & scale 6 mentorship offers in 2024.
→ Wrote landing pages, sales pages, and weekly email campaigns for his own brand and his client offers.
2. Marcio Vasconcelos — Head of The Home Shift Team (Real Estate)
→ Wrote his book, eBook, ad scripts, and direct mailers (postcards).
→ Helped expand his reach and bring in new real estate clients.
3. Spectra Acquisition — Cold Email Lead Gen Agency
→ Wrote cold emails that booked sales calls for them and for their clients.
→ Helped them scale by booking up to 15 qualified leads per month for their clients.
𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲?
Simple.
→ You get on-brand copy that’s easy to read and understand for any customer.
→ Copy that reads like a human wrote it and not AI.
→ Copy that sells your stuff to more people.
And to keep it interesting...
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂:
If my copy doesn’t outperform your current copy when we look at the numbers…
I’ll give you a 99% refund.
(Ask me about the other 1% on a call.)
Sound fair?
Shoot me a message and let’s work on adding some zeros to your bottom line.
Copywriting
Email Marketing
Lead Generation
Digital Marketing
Direct Response Copywriting
Email & Newsletter
Cold Email
Writing
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