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Sales Letters That Sell
Sales letters have been around for a long time. The way they are constructed has changed very little and, being an off line form of marketing will remain that way. That said there are a lot of really bad sales letters out there. Many are inward facing – by that I mean they focus on […]
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How to Create a Successful Direct Mail Letter
Although there are many different uses for the direct mail letter, they all have common characteristics that make them successful. Of course, your list and your offer will also have a big impact on your success rate but the characteristics I will be talking about are those that make the letter powerful, engaging – a […]
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How To Direct Mail
Direct mail has always been a very effective marketing tool – but only if you get it right. It won’t have a place in every business, especially with the advances in online marketing. But it is still very much alive and well. If you dabble in direct mail and want your campaigns to […]
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Sales Letters – Getting Your Reader to Focus
OK you men out there – we know what’s on your mind. Don’t try to deny it, I read somewhere that you think about sex every six seconds so it must be true. The problem with that is, as a copywriter, it causes a bit of a problem. No matter what I write, there’s […]
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Your Sales Letter – Where Do You Start?
As a copywriter I am frequently asked by my clients to write direct mail sales letters. These are quite an art form in themselves and can be quite complex to write. But the work begins long before you actually put pen to paper or finger to keyboard. In fact this is true for just about […]
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Planning Your Sales Letter
Being a copywriter my work has to inspire, entertain and inform my readers. It has to help them make the right buying decision, which, of course, means coming to the conclusion that that product or service I happen to be writing aboutis the one they want. But there is a saying coined by yours truly […]
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