The Often Forgotten Viral Content Marketing Tactic
Content & StrategyIt was a grey, cold and dreary day when I flew into London. It had been a long flight. I was tired and needed to shower because 20 hours of plane travel was pushing the boundaries for other humans within adjacent nostril range!But I needed…
How to Write Copy That Sells – Use Benefits
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsAs copywriters we’ve all read that the best way to write copy that sells is to use benefits. But what these articles don’t tell us is how to identify and communicate the benefits that are truly going to compel your readers to reach for their…
Write Powerful Copy Quickly and Easily
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsGet a head start with your copy with our copywriting cheat sheet. Print this off to check that you are using the most powerful approaches to communicate with and stimulate action from your target market.
Engaging your market will not only result…
10 Content Marketing Lessons from The World’s Fastest Growing Websites
Content & StrategyThe media world is witnessing the changing of the guard. The new brash upstarts have embraced, integrated and are applying the technology of the social web.Buzzfeed, Upworthy and the humble blogs of this world are the new content kings.…
How to use user-generated content to spark social conversation
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsLet’s be honest. Every social media marketer dreams about the day when the video, picture, gif, or post will go “viral.”NOTE: Viral is in quotes because it’s such a gross, ugly term for something so desired online. Going viral won’t…
Copywriting Pet Peeve Numero Uno
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsThere are a lot of things that annoy me.People who chew so loudly I can hear them on the other side of the restaurant.
Arrogance in any style or form.
Air conditioning blasting through the vents so hard that it makes you put a sweater…
10 New Age Rules of Content Marketing
Content & StrategyMarketers might continue to hail content marketing “King,” but that doesn’t mean this powerful strategy won’t continue to evolve.In fact, it’s changing every single day.As a business owner, you have to keep up with the constant…
This experience taught me some important freelance copywriter lessons
Content & Strategy FreelancingA couple of years ago I was contacted by the communications manager of a high profile organisation. It was 3.05pm on a busy Wednesday afternoon.It was the kind of phone call freelance copywriters only dream about.Getting straight down to…
Struggling to write? Help is at hand!
Content & StrategyStruggling to write? Well, one of the hardest things as a small business owner is trying to write your own marketing material. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but I know it can be really frustrating spending hours with the backspace. So…
Active observation: Before and After Copywriting in Action
Content & Strategy Copywriting SkillsStudy leads to more knowledge, but observation leads to wisdom.This was the opening hook line by my current RMIT Copywriting students for their Group Project calling for less feasibility studies and more action on Solar Thermal Energy. I quote…
The Importance of Landing Page Testing (Infographic)
Content & StrategyLanding Page Testing
It’s not enough to simply draw visitors to your landing page. You want it to be usable, as inviting as possible and you want to make sure it’s accomplishing the goals you’ve set out for it. The only way to do that…
What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
Copywriting SkillsYou’ve heard about SEO.Maybe you’ve read a few articles about SEO.You may even know what the SEO acronym stands for.But, once you truly understand the enormous potential of search engine optimization, your marketing strategy…