• Copywriting Dilemma – Who is Your Reader?

    Wouldn’t your life be much simpler if you knew exactly who you were writing for? You’d know their likes and dislikes and could tailor your sales message to be directly relevant to them. But life’s not meant to be that simple. Do you remember the Tom Hanks film Forest Gump? There was a great scene […]

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  • Using Twitter to Help Your Business

    Everyone’s using Twitter these days, aren’t they? Whether you love it or hate it, if you’re not already using it to help your business, you really should think about it. As a copywriter I have been using Twitter for a while now. It helps to promote my blogs and articles, I can talk about my […]

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  • Direct Marketing Recipe

    Indulge me for a moment and think of yourself running a busy kitchen. Business couldn’t be better; bookings are up, in fact you now have a waiting list for tables. You have to bring in a new chef to cope with the extra workload. On Wednesday evening he arrives ready and raring to go. But, […]

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  • The Extrovert Copywriter

    If you are a copywriter, you have to be an extrovert. That doesn’t mean to say you have to get off your trolley constantly – well you could, might it play havoc with your writing. Your gregarious nature means you have to be personable so you can build rapport with your clients. You also need […]

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  • Get a Blogging Boost

    If you want to rocket propel your business into cyberspace you need to blog. Before you roll your eyes at the screen, blogging departed from the geek platform a long time ago. Practically everyone has a blog these days – so don’t get left behind. You might think that just because you have a website, […]

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  • The Creative Copywriter

    Being a great freelance copywriter isn’t all about putting your fingers to a keyboard and creating magical copy that makes everyone go “ooooo” and “arrrhhh” when they read it. Actually that’s the last reaction you want. Your readers shouldn’t even notice your writing – it is the product or service you are writing about that […]

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  • Focusing Your Copywriting

    Ask any copywriter what one of the most important aspects of their job is and they’ll probably mention focusing on your reader. It is the reader you have to convince that the product you are writing about is the one they have been waiting for. Understanding them is vital if your writing is going to […]

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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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  • Website Copywriting – How To Get People To Order

    It doesn’t really matter how many people see or read your website, if it doesn’t inspire or compel them to buy it’s no good. I’m sure you’ve experienced landing on a sales page just to think “interesting…” and then moved on to something else. ‘Interesting’ doesn’t get you sales. Your website copy and your approach […]

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  • How To Make Your Adverts Persuasive

      You may have spent hours putting together a pretty advert which is very informative. Great – I’m sure you’re very pleased with it, which you should be assuming you weren’t hoping to make any money from it. But I have a feeling the main reason for going to all that trouble was to make […]

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