With the help of the Internet and email, copywriters today can branch out beyond the geographical boundaries of their hometown, making it their world headquarters. And clients seem to be coming along for the ride, apparently not caring if you’re a copywriter based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, like myself, or halfway around the world.
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Written on January 28th, 2012.
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The Blogfest 2005 Writing Contest has only been running for two weeks and already the results are overwhelming. And not because were getting far more entries than we expected. Its because along with entries, were also getting heartfelt messages from writers all over the world. Ive run a few contests before and received [...]
Written on January 27th, 2012.
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Quick note: Inside this article you will discover:
* 3 powerful involvelment tools to increase your sales by bringing your readers into your ad copy. * What you must put in your call for action, besides “click here”, that will increase your ad’s success. * How you can FULLY use the power [...]
Written on January 27th, 2012.
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As a writer, I am on a continual quest for ways to organize all the various tools that are important to my craft. Sometimes I read about a new idea. Other times, I have a flash of brilliance all my own. Let’s peer into one of my flashes.
When searching for markets for my work [...]
Written on January 27th, 2012.
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10 SEO Copywriting Tips
SEO Copywriting is a skill. For most people it’s really something you learn over time by doing it, paying close attention to what your competitors are doing and reading up on how to write copy for websites, blogs, press releases and articles.
There are some simple rules that will help the [...]
Written on January 26th, 2012.
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What a wonderful resource the Internet is!
Students find information to help them with their studies; business people keep in touch with important clients and stay up to date with important business developments; stay-at-home-parents can find ideas for children’s activities and feel less isolated by forging friendships with other online parents; and even small children have [...]
Written on January 26th, 2012.
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As you know, good sales copy is critical to your successonline. Although it’s not something that you can learnovernight, here are a few pointers to increase yourresponse rates …
__1. Focus on benefits, not on features.
For example, the specialty pet bed you’re selling might have a durable polar fleece lining. That’s a feature. The benefit is [...]
Written on January 25th, 2012.
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We all learn how to write in grammar school, work on those skills in middle school, torture ourselves and our teachers through high school, and finally embrace the Muse that has perched on our shoulder in college and won’t leave us alone. Many writers know at an early age their passion is the written word; [...]
Written on January 25th, 2012.
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How to Find and Hirer a Great Freelance Writer/Copywriter by Lynn Walford
Seek and Ye Shall Find? Sometimes finding a good writer can be harder than finding a soul mate because writing and copywriting are subjective arts and if you are not a writer, you can not see the difference between a good writer and [...]
Written on January 25th, 2012.
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Lilly Tomlin, the American comic, once said: “When I was growing up, I wanted to be a somebody. Now I realize I should have been more specific.”
In direct response advertising and direct mail selling, as in life, specifics sell. Generalities don’t.
Consider, for example, a direct response ad that I have in front of [...]
Written on January 24th, 2012.
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