Creating a copywriting library: Invitation for guest bloggers
Content & Strategy'How to be a copywriter' is a specialist blog for copywriters by copywriters. It’s run by Copywriter Collective, one of the world’s largest international agencies for copywriters and advertising creatives. But we want it to be more than…
Top 5 Characteristics of Great Headlines
Branding Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsTable of content
1. Simple to understand.
2. The right length.
3. Emotionally compelling
4. Targeted.
5. Vetted.
Three seconds.
That’s about how much time you have to grab your reader’s attention. Fail at this and you lost your first…
The ten worst slogans ever?
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsWe first brought you the ten best, now here are what could be the ten worst slogans ever. What do you think?
"You can never be too thin" (Pretzels)
Reading this slogan, your initial thinking would be that this Pretzels campaign was what you…
An Honest Guide of freelance copywriter rates.
Content & Strategy Copywriting Skills FreelancingFreelance copywriter rates are often shrouded in mystery. With a confusing selection of hourly, day and project rates available, it can be difficult to understand the billing process – let alone work out the value of copywriting, and it’s…
What Do You Need to Know about Creating Content for Moving Company Blog?
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsThe moving and transport services industry is a multi-million dollar industry but the ability to increase sales and grow your business hinges a lot on your marketing strategies. This applies to almost every other industry, so there is a lot…
What is a Creative Copywriter?
Content & StrategyWhat does the word copywriter mean?
As well as having the ability to write wording to market, a product or service for a business, a creative copywriter can think conceptually about how to ‘sell’ that product or service in an original,…
The five secrets to emotive writing
Content & StrategyIn the dark corner of the room, I heard my oldest writing mentor cough. He walked from the shadows into a dusty beam of sunlight at the end of the table. “This is it,” his voice rasped as he sat down. “This… this… is the secret of…
Six Tips for Effective Mobile Copywriting
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsThere’s a clever but misguided acronym in our industry called COPE. In creating newspaper content, some editors encourage their teams to COPE – Create Once Publish Everywhere.The concept sounds great, especially for busy newsrooms that…
How to write copy for posters
Content & StrategyThe general rule when writing copy for posters is: “less is more”.
The executions below demonstrate great (and some not so great) examples of the art. Occasionally, a poster will need a fair bit of copy especially for something like an…
Copywriting as a Job: Advantages and Disadvantages
Content & Strategy Copywriting Skills“Copywriting as a job. What’s it like?” asked the high school girl as she interviewed me for a class project on careers.This young lady excelled in her English classes … was an avid reader … loved to write … but she was afraid…
Top 10 tips for writing radio commercials
Content & StrategyWriting radio commercials can make a refreshing change to the copywriter’s routine. With no pictures to help you get your message across you have to think in a slightly different way but the creative opportunities this opens up can make the…
5 Simple Techniques for Writing Clear Copy
Content & StrategySummary: Successful copywriters use these five simple strategies to grab their reader's attention and increase conversions for their clients.Most successful marketing copywriters know that the modern web searcher has the attention span…