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Copywriting 101 – The Art of Listening
A professional copywriter does several things really well: Writing Researching Listening It’s that last one that I want to look at. On the face of it, listening doesn’t seem to be all that difficult, but effective listening is. Let me explain. In fact, I’ll let Stephen Covey explain: “Most people do not listen with […]
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How to Give a Complete Copywriting Brief
You are looking for a copywriter to create your website copy because: You don’t have the time You don’t have the skills or knowledge to write effectively for the web You want a professional website in looks and content But, looking for a writer doesn’t just mean doing a quick Google search, picking one […]
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Content Marketing Made Simple
Let’s start at the beginning and ask what’s content marketing? It’s a way of getting your business found online, building your brand, and giving your customers something for nothing to generate trust. Consistently high quality content will begin to build you a reputation for expertise in your field. Sounds great doesn’t it? Before you […]
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Green Marketing – How to Recycle Your Old Content
Over the years you’ve amassed some pretty strong content. You have some great blog posts that are still being shared and talked about. But are you making the most of them? Reusing old content might sound like a lazy way to create copy, but it can be one of the best ways to enrich […]
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How Much is Your Strapline Worth?
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a strapline is: “A short, easily remembered phrase used by an organisation so that people will recognise it or its products.” Some of the most famous examples are: Every little helps – Tesco Never knowingly undersold – John Lewis Because you’re worth it – L’Oréal Love it or hate it […]
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17 Ways a Copywriter Will Help Your Business
It doesn’t matter whether your company is small, medium, large or global, a copywriter will add value to what you do. They bring with them the kind of specialist knowledge that your own people can’t provide. Working on a freelance basis, their experience is incredibly wide and varied meaning they can bring a unique […]
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How to Find The Most Powerful Benefit Your Product Offers
You don’t need me to tell you that the most powerful marketing content is dominated by benefits. They are the things your reader wants to know about. They are going to make their life easier, more prosperous, more enjoyable etc. So how can you be sure your content shouts about them? How can you […]
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How to Approach a Copywriter
In my experience, you usually start looking for a copywriter at the eleventh hour. If it’s a new website, the design is done but there’s no copy. If it’s a brochure, you’re ready to go to print but there’s no copy. If it’s an email campaign, you want to send it tomorrow but there’s no […]
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The Differences Between In-house Writers and Professional Copywriters
You have a constant need for content, so what do you do? Muddle along by using in-house writers, who aren’t actually professional writers, but can string a sentence together? Or, do you higher a professional copywriter to work alongside your team to produce the content as and when you need it? Perhaps this will […]
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Why You Shouldn’t Aim to Write Award Winning Content
That would be a dream come true, wouldn’t it? Content that you create wins an award. Wow. But that thought should never enter your mind when writing. Why? Because when it does, you end up writing crap. Back to basics: why are you writing the content? That sounds like a stupid question, but it’s […]
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