• A Quick Guide to Powerful Copywriting

      Creating copy for your marketing that is interesting, relevant and that sells isn’t always as easy as it sounds. You must think about your audience, why you’re writing, what you want to achieve from it and that’s before you start looking at it from your customers perspective. The easiest way to explain how to […]

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  • These Are The 4 Things Your Website Visitors Want

      What were your first thoughts when you were designing your website? Colours? Fonts? Gadgets and gizmos? Graphics and images? How cool should it look? Did your customers enter your thoughts at all during those initial stages? No? Ah, you could have a problem. Yes, yes, yes, I know your website should reflect your business, […]

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  • How To Spot a Copywriting Charlatan

      You’ve heard of cowboy builders that give the rest of the industry a bad name, well all sectors them. The problem you have, as a consumer, is spotting them before you get burned. Looking at the world of marketing, and in particular copywriting, how can you be sure the person you’re hiring knows what […]

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  • Copywriters Do More Than Write

      If you thought that a copywriter only created content, you wouldn’t be alone. After all, that’s what the name of the profession suggests. Content, in all its forms (written, verbal, etc.) is vital for every business, which is why every company should use one. But their skills go beyond writing. Let me explain. Making […]

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  • A Cautionary Tale: Be Open-minded When Working With a Copywriter

    Help! I need a copywriter. You decided it’s time to call in the experts. It can be a tough decision to make sometimes, especially because of the impact it will have on your costs. However, it’s important to focus on the long-term benefits. Let’s take content outsourcing as an example. By that, I don’t mean […]

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  • Your Copywriting Project Has Gone Wrong – What Do You Do?

      This post is for all the copywriters out there. Regardless of your experience, perfectionist nature and expertise, at some point a copywriting project is going to go wrong. Why does it happen? No one knows, it just does. Even though you’ve been writing stonkingly great copy for clients for over a decade or more, […]

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  • Therapeutic Copywriting

      It hurts, doesn’t it? You’ve hit a metaphorical brick wall and are at a loss as to what to do. You’ve tried all sorts of things, asked for advice and scoured the internet for inspiration. Finally, you’ve landed on my website, and I have the answer you’ve been looking for. Yes, the copy on […]

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  • Your Content is Alienating Your Customers

      I’ve been in the copywriting game for quite a while now, and if there’s one thing I hate, it’s ‘in your face’ marketing content. You know the stuff I mean; all those websites and landing pages that are full of highlighted hype and insincere multi-coloured drivel that’s supposed to make you pull out your […]

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  • Website Content: Why You Need Three Levels of Content – Part 3

      So far in this series of articles we’ve looked at why your website content must be written to engage, convince and convert. Then we took a peek at the level two content (case studies), which are designed to showcase your expertise to convince the reader you are an expert in your field. But happens […]

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  • Website Content: Why You Need Three Levels of Content – Part 2

      This is part two of the article looking at the different levels of content needed for a successful website. Level Style Purpose 1: Main web pages Conversational, customer focused, Plain English, concentrating on the benefits SEO – engage – convince – convert   2: Case studies and testimonials Conversational, Plain English, focus on service, […]

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