Copywriting Skills

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4 Copywriting Techniques Every Good Storyteller Already Knows

Did you know that some great writers like Fitzgerald and Joseph Heller were copywriters before they became famous novelists? Storytelling and writing to sell have much more in common than you might think. Not every good storyteller makes…
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Being Specific to Create Greater Relevancy and Boost Response

Summary: Using specifics in your marketing messages helps you connect with your wellness prospects, build credibility, and generate greater response rates. Google and other search engines love relevancy. They use it to rank web…
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Bad Copywriting – Just hire a copywriter next time!

I read junk mail avidly – looking for good copywriting ideas to steal (er herm!) and bad examples to laugh at. One of the latter arrived recently. I am not going to name-and-shame, but I am going to share some of the disaster with you. The…
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How I Got My Blog Post On The First Page Of Google (After 2 Days)

Last week I published my most successful blog post to date. By successful I mean it was the most engaged post I’ve had in a while. It has 50 comments and counting, it received the most number of page views on a single day of any post I’ve…
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5 questions to land new copywriting clients

Want to sound like every other copywriter the next time you talk to a prospective client? Ask the same questions every other copywriter asks. “Who’s your target audience?” “What’s your USP (Unique Selling Proposition)?” “Who’s…
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Feet up, hands down – The Freelance Working Vacation

The idea of a working vacation may sound like a starry-eyed dream full of sand encrusted keyboards, but for a Freelance Copywriter with a passion for travelling, here are five reasons why it’s SO possible. Firstly, I’m not going to apologise…
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WHY EXCLAMATION MARKS ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND

I’ll let you in on a little secret. One of the biggest giveaways that a client has written their own copy, without hiring a copywriter, is the over-use of exclamation marks. The world’s most over-used punctuation mark has a lot to answer…
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6 REASONS YOU ALWAYS FALL FOR CLICK-BAIT (AND THE SECRET FORMULAS PUBLISHERS WON’T WANT YOU TO SEE)

Sometimes we can’t help ourselves. Even if we have no interest in the subject, we find ourselves clicking irresistible links. But what is it that makes headlines from sites like Buzzfeed so compelling? Unless you spend your whole time online…
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5 Places to Find Photos for Your Spec Ads

When you’re creating spec ads, whether on your own or with a design partner (recommended!), you’ll need to find images to use. And, since it’s bad karma to steal other people’s pictures, you’ll need good places to find them. Read on…
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Why You Don’t Know Your Audience as Well as You Think

Before I begin writing content, one of the first questions I ask my clients is, “Who is your target audience?” For some reason, it usually stumps them, or the answer I receive is incomplete. I talk all the time about writing for people,…
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Public perception – How General Mills Shot Itself in the Foot Over and Over

The New York Times broke the news about new General Mills legal terms on April 16. Here’s a portion of the “announcement” from the General Mills website: We’ve updated our privacy policy. Please note we also have new legal terms which…
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COPYWRITING EXPLAINED. A STORY OF ONE SKILL.

Copywriting Explained. A Story of One Skill. What’s your passion? If you are lucky, it’s what you do for a living. If you are less fortunate, it’s just a hobby. Is it painting? Running marathons? Breeding penguins? Not the penguins?…