About me

Hi, my name is René

I've been making a living from writing for more than 25 years. Sales copy, newsletters, websites, books and teaching others how to do it themselves. Today, I help the self-employed and small businesses write their way to more customers. Often using AI as a tool. Always with the customer in mind.

Because it's still the words that sell. Not the tool.

Three books, one question

I've written three books: one on PR in 2014, Build Your Audience in 2020 and Build Your Own Profitable Newsletter in 2026. The topics vary, but the question is the same every time: How do you win customers through what you write and own yourself, without relying on adverts, algorithms or other people's platforms?

I've been working on that question since long before anyone was talking about AI. And it's still what all my work is about.

When ChatGPT came along, I honestly thought my profession was about to disappear

Suddenly, anyone could get an AI to write a blog post or a sales page in a matter of seconds. I could have chosen to fight the development. Instead, I became curious. I started testing the tools every single day not to find clever tricks, but to find out what they could actually do for real businesses with real tasks.

What I discovered surprised me. AI writes quickly. But it doesn't know what your customers are grappling with, what makes them trust you, or when to ask for the sale. Only you know that. The craft is the same as it has always been. AI simply makes it faster, provided you already know how to do it.

So today, I pass on both: how to write so that people buy. And how to use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot to do it without spending all your evenings on it.

I do it myself before I teach it to others

I run two newsletters, and I sell my courses and books through them. Not through adverts, not through networking events. So when I tell you what works, it's because I've tried it in my own business first, including what didn't work.

That's what I want to teach you: not the theory, but what actually brings in customers.

Two newsletters, two purposes

3 Minutes – Every Tuesday. A short newsletter with the most important AI news, new tools and practical ideas you can use straight away.

The Sharp Pen – Every Friday. Practical advice on newsletters, copywriting and marketing that brings in customers with or without AI.

Why am I doing this?

Because I believe there are enough customers for everyone who has something to say and dares to say it. And because I believe that marketing can be sincere rather than manipulative, that you can sell by being trustworthy, not by shouting the loudest.

My aim isn't to turn you into a copywriter or an AI expert. My aim is to teach you what makes a difference to your business. If you'd like to write your way to more customers, I hope you'll stick around.

Send a message. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Let's find out how you can write your way to more customers.

Kind regards,
René Hjetting
Your friend with the sharp pen 🖊️