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Next availability for website copywriting: May 2026

Words with purpose

Written to match where your business is now and support where it's going next. 

Yep. Here's where you get that bold, strategic brand messaging and authority-building website copy that your competitors will wish they'd got first. 

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This is what proper copywriting for your small business looks like

Purposeful polarisation 

Effortlessly call in your people with punchy, tailored brand language.

 

Goodbye corporate jibber-jabber - here’s your permission to leave bland behind in favour of marmite messaging that your dream audience will love.

An end to the cycle of reinvention

A reusable language bank that makes marketing feel joyful?

 

Yes please. Start showing up consistently with a reliable, repeatable messaging system that your team understands and your business can grow from. 

Words that meet expectation

Human-written copy that doesn’t insult, bore or fob off your readers.

 

Set the tone for how your business gets stuff done.

 

Bot-slop-free creativity with human-derived strategy baked in, so you can promote what you do and maintain your brand integrity. 

"Sarah wrote high-standard, creative copy which really resonates with our target audiences."

Surrey County Council

"Working with Sarah on our website copy was faultless. The entire process was smooth, clear and professional."  

Living Streets

"I know she hit the nail on the head because all my couples come to me, already totally getting what I'm about."

Simon Dewey Photography

Your work has made it much easier to speak directly to the audience that matters to me, instead of vaguely gesturing at everyone.

Eloïse Corke Design, Brand Messaging Framework

When people land on your website, they expect something different.

Naturally, you’ve been focused on growing your business.

 

And it's taken off. Your reputation is building. You're collecting awards and testimonials by the armful. 

You've reached that inevitable stage where your MVP, ‘it’ll do’ website copy, which was fine in your start-up days, is now holding you back. 

 

Your website and brand messaging simply don’t reflect your today business.

 

And like jeans after Christmas, that's uncomfortable.

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Hey you, niche leader!

Looking for specialist copywriting services?
I got you.

The get it all done one

Brand messaging & website copywriting

Clear, intentional, search-optimised copy supported by foundational messaging that underpins all marketing efforts, builds authority and gives your target audience a genuinely good read.

 

My all-encompassing signature package for established businesses who're ready to go all in on their brand messaging. 

The one that makes everything make sense

Brand messaging framework

In a muddle over your marketing? Not sure how to talk about your point of difference in a way your dream audience will just get?

 

Meet your future copy commandments and the strategic guardrails that'll keep your what, why and who central to everything you write.

 

Perfect for the DIY-ers who need the tools to write better copy themselves.

The one for when you want a quick fix

Proper copy upgrade

In just one week, I'll give your website copy the quick, tactical fixes it needs right now to make it work harder.

If you're an early-stage business or just need some timely updates to existing site content, this is for you.   

Sarah made me feel completely understood. She turned what could have been an overwhelming process into something simple and enjoyable. 

Hello you,
I'm Sarah

Coffee drinker, overthinker, word tinkerer

The Proper Copy Studio is proudly based in sunny Surrey.

 

I write bangin' copy for growing businesses whose niche-leading reputations have left their start-up brand messaging for dust. 

A decade of wielding my pen in various sales, marketing, and multi-million-pound fundraising roles means I know how to write stories that sell. 

Forever a writer at heart, I ditched the donkey work to focus on brand copywriting full-time. Now I write for local councils, charities, interior designers, coaches, creatives and all other folk who care about mortal-written words that make our AI-addled brains feel something again.  

 

Let’s turn what you’ve done into where you’re headed next, with razor-sharp brand positioning and bold website copy that earns trust, supports your expertise, and always sounds reassuringly human. 

Sarah Ellis, website copywriter, standing against a brick wall laughing

I’ve had the pleasure of writing website copy and messaging frameworks for businesses across Surrey and beyond.

 

Including local councils, charities, consultants, interior designers, photographers, speciality trades, virtual assistants, wellness brands, designers and more.

You next? 

If you want a specialist copywriter who understands the words and the why, my door is open.

Susan Yeates artist, drinking a coffee

"Web copy that really represents me and my business."

I worked with Sarah earlier this year on my website as part of a larger project which involved a whole new site design.

 

She was so great at understanding my business and what I wanted to achieve with my new copy.

 

The result was amazing web copy that really represents me and my business

Susan Yeates Artist

Surrey county Council logo

"Sarah proved to be a fantastic find."

She produced creative copy of a high standard which really resonated with our target audiences.


She was professional and personable throughout, delivering the project on time and on budget. 


I would have no hesitation in commissioning her for future copywriting projects.

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"She came highly recommended and we can see why."

Sarah easily navigated the various stakeholder inputs and opinions, helping us to identify a clear and focused mission statement that we could all stand behind.


She was able to distil our thoughts into a clear and compelling brand message that captured the essence of who we are and what we stand for.​

Family Voice Surrey

Keeping it local: Surrey copywriting clients with lovely things to say

Is hiring a professional copywriter worth it?

This lot thought certainly so. Here's what they said about working with little old me.

Questions? I've got answers.

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