Alameda Writers Group, Blues Music Awards, “Colour Me Bad: Third Coast Hip Hop,” Indie Impact Seminar, Hollywood Hero Award, Festival de Cannes, ASCAP & MySpace.com Showcase, Intellectual Property and Digital Media Summit, Academy of Country Music Awards,

The 2006 Black Film and Media Conference opens in Philadelphia on May 4-7. The BFMC will offer a series of film screenings, workshops, expert panels, along with exposition, education/career fair, and networking events for its attendees. Alameda Writers Group meets this month on May 6 in Glendale, presenting Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Vorus, [...]

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The 2006 Black Film and Media Conference opens in Philadelphia on May 4-7. The BFMC will offer a series of film screenings, workshops, expert panels, along with exposition, education/career fair, and networking events for its attendees. Alameda Writers Group meets this month on May 6 in Glendale, presenting Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Vorus, creators and executive producers of “Sleeper Cell” to discuss writing and producing for television. At the “Good In A Room Workshop” the focus will be for writers, producers and directors on how to communicate ideas quickly and effectively in high-pressure situations. The two-day session opening May 6 is in Culver City. The British Academy of Film and Television holds its TV Awards May 7 in Grosvenor Square, London, presenting BAFTA masks to its winners. The 27th Blues Music Awards (formerly the Handy Blues Awards) celebrate the best in blues recordings and performances from last year when it gathers for the May 11 celebration in the Memphis Cook Convention Center in Memphis. For Second Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert benefiting the fund, the Recording Academy honors co-founder of Metallica James Hetfield and concert promoter and manager Bill Silva, in Hollywood on May 12.

“Colour Me Bad: Third Coast Hip Hop” and “black girls face: r. kelly” are student documentary film presentations on May 12 under the auspices of the New School Media Studies program in New York. Q&A and refreshments follow the screenings. The Indie Impact Seminar on May 13 is a day-long series of panels and workshops focused on independent artists and labels, and with a music showcase featuring indie rock and urban artists in Downtown Memphis. The Village Voice newspaper holds its 51st Annual Village Voice Obie Awards in New York on May 15. A ceremony for the BMI Pop Awards happens May 16 in Beverly Hills. Actress, dancer, choreographer Zina Bethune will be honored as the first recipient of The USA TODAY Hollywood Hero Award on May 17 in Beverly Hills. Vincent Cassel will be the Master of Ceremonies of the forthcoming Festival de Cannes. He will launch the 59th edition on May 17 running till May 28, in Cannes.

ASCAP and MySpace.com have teamed up to present showcases across the country while providing local artists with an opportunity to perform at high-profile music showcases in their hometowns, and enabling them to share this music globally through profile pages. Another showcase takes place May 18 at 12th & Porter (name of the venue) in Nashville. At the 16th Annual Cologne, Germany Conference and Screenings, numerous receptions and evening events enhance a week of already interesting programs, and form the social highlight of the TV and film festival that runs from May 18-24. The Cable Center and University of Denver host conference on the key issues surrounding intellectual property rights in “Inaugural Intellectual Property and Digital Media Summit” running May 22-23 in Denver. The 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be hosted by Reba McEntire and will be broadcast live from Las Vegas over the CBS network on May 23. On May 25 in Las Vegas, VH1 debuts the first ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the sound of hard rock with the first annual “VH1 Rock Honors,” at which this year?s celebration will honor the music and influence of KISS, Queen, Def Leppard and Judas Priest.

The above events are only a sampling of what is listed. Many of the events above have a submission process for indie and/or performing artists to take part in. Complete details are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events” page at http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html. Experience the newly relaunched message board on The Actor’s Checklist which now permits user profiles and private messaging which you can find at http://actorschecklist.com/phpBB2/.

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The Easiest Way to Become an Internet Article Writer

Copyright 2006 Ed Bagley
All speakers and writers who become great speakers and writers have two needs.
To be a great speaker you need to have:
1) a real and valuable knowledge of the subject you are addressing, and
2) a burning desire to share what you have to offer with others.
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Copyright 2006 Ed Bagley

All speakers and writers who become great speakers and writers have two needs.

To be a great speaker you need to have:

1) a real and valuable knowledge of the subject you are addressing, and

2) a burning desire to share what you have to offer with others.

To be a great writer you need to have:

1) a real and valuable knowledge about the topic you are writing about, and

2) a burning desire to share what you have to offer with others.

In other words, be a good storyteller so people will listen to or read your stories.

We all must begin where we are at, whether we think we can become an internet article writer or not.

So what exactly is good writing? The best writing glides along the ice like a speed skater in a 1,500 meter race. You ride on his effortless stride, you marvel at his form, you feel his intensity and sense of controlled urgency, you appreciate his sense of competitiveness, you find yourself with him, stride for stride, measuring his distance from the leader of the pack, wondering if he can actually win, suddenly you lose control and jump into the race, you lean as he leans going around the curve, you wonder if he has what it takes to close the gap, your attention becomes riveted as he begins to narrow the margin, your heartbeat increases as he gains ground, you are glued to the moment, and then he puts on a final sprint, finally draws even, and wins by the blink of an eyelash! My God, you were there. When he mounts the awards stand and the flag of his nation rises, you rise with it. He was your choice, and he won!

Is it any wonder that athletes have such a strong following among spectators? Athletes become our heroes in any vicarious way possible. We wear a jersey when we watch the game. After the game, we play a pick-up game with our kids in the back yard. We love the feel of being in the thick of the competition, and winning.

Switching back to our main topic, what exactly is good writing?

Some people think a good sentence should be short and simple.

To the point.

Obvious.

In the first example above, the sentence goes on and on and on (168 words!), and yet you kept reading.

Writing can be either way and be effective, and there are Pulitzer Prize winners to prove it. For simple writing with short sentences, read Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea.” Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. For sentences that go on and on and on forever, read William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury,” it is filled with long, convoluted sentences. Nonetheless, Faulkner, like Hemingway, also won the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Both were legendary novelists with opposite writing styles, and therein lies the easiest way to become an articles writer.

What is important is developing a style of writing that you are comfortable with. Even more important is getting your thoughts, some thoughts, any thoughts, onto your monitor. Until you put the letters on your keyboard onto your monitor, you are not a writer. The moment you do you have the potential to be an articles writer.

Once you have a sentence, any sentence, in front of you, you can pick it apart and make it better, because you have taken the thought out of your head and into the workplace of improvement. Write something on your monitor and it becomes manageable; try to formulate the perfect sentence in your head before you put it on your monitor, and your article may never get written.

The frustration of trying to write the perfect sentence brings on writer’s block, the inability to put your thoughts into meaningful sentences. Forget about being an articles writer, just get started and you will become one.

Go ahead, start. Begin now. Write anything down, and then make it better.

You are now on your way to becoming an internet article writer.

About the Author

Ed Bagley started writing for money at 16 and in the next 45 years was an investigative reporter, sports editor and mangaging editor for daily newspapers, newspaper publishing company owner, niche book publishing company owner, personal marketing specialist, and now is a mentor, consultant, confidant and an internet marketer. Visit Ed Bagley at… http://www.Internet-Marketing-NorthWest.com

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The Habits of Highly Successful Writers

Have you ever envied those hugely productive writers? You know the ones I mean. The article writers whose names crop up with boring regularity in all the trade magazines, and who still find time to keep their web sites up to date with masses of credentials and edit a couple of house journals. [...]

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Have you ever envied those hugely productive writers? You know the ones I mean. The article writers whose names crop up with boring regularity in all the trade magazines, and who still find time to keep their web sites up to date with masses of credentials and edit a couple of house journals. The short story writers and poets whose names crop up in all the competition shortlists and magazines and theyve probably published an e-book and are teaching half a dozen classes too. And worst of all, the 25-year-old novelists whose books take up half a shelf in your local bookstore!

If youre anything like me, once youve done burning up with envy, they prompt you to resolve to change your attitude, to write more and send more out. Of course, if youre anything like I was until recently, your resolution lasted until you got up the next morning or if you were having a really good day, maybe until lunch.

The trouble is, you can resolve to change your behaviour all you like, but until you change the underlying attitudes that cause you to behave that way, its going to be an uphill struggle.

Most writers who arent writing and submitting as much as theyd like to give one of two reasons.

The first reason is I dont have time.

There are times in your life when that will probably be true. If youre nursing sick kids, making a major job change or moving house, give yourself a break. There are other things to life besides writing, and when things calm down and you can give your full attention to the page again, the odds are your writing will improve for having some new experiences.

If youre not going through a major life change, then time is not much of an excuse. You have twenty-four hours a day, the same as the rest of us. If youre finding time for other leisure activities TV, sport or socialising – then you have time to write. Successful writers find time to write. Rumour has it that best-selling author Carole Matthews produced her first book by tying herself to her desk when she got in from work and not undoing the knot until shed reached her word-count for the day!

On hearing stories like this, most writers move on to the second reason: I wish I could do that, but I just dont have that kind of motivation. In its extreme form, this can also show up as beating yourself up for being apathetic, lazy, or procrastinating. Dont do it! Firstly, because it makes you feel lousy. Secondly, for most people, it has no useful effect at all. And thirdly, because its not true. You wouldnt be here reading this if you werent motivated to write, and be the most successful writer you can be.

Your job is to figure out whats getting in the way of doing that.

If youre anything like me, behind the worries about time and motivation, a big part of the obstacle is some form of that old chestnut, fear of failure.

What if its not good enough? we worry, and tinker with the piece a bit longer instead of sending it out into the world to be judged. Im not enough of an expert to tell people how to do things, we say, and then fume when someone else with even less experience lands the prestigious Question and Answer column.

For most of us, the difference between us and those hugely successful and productive writers is not ability. Its confidence. Its having the guts to pitch for a tricky, but rewarding job, knowing that youve always delivered before, and youll find a way to do so this time. Its taking the plunge and sending your synopsis and sample chapters off to a handful of agents, and then, if those come back, to another dozen or so for good measure. Its being able to withstand any individual failure because you know its not the end of everything, just an inevitable setback on the road to ultimate success.

This sort of confidence doesnt appear overnight, but there are some easy tricks you can use to move yourself along.

Dont worry about starting small most successful writers do. Give yourself a goal thats just a little bit ahead of where you are now perhaps a number of submissions per week or month, a competition to enter or a new market to pitch to. Reward yourself when you get there, and keep a record of your successes to cheer yourself up when things are going less well. And each time you reach a goal, pick a new one thats just a bit further along.

Just like everything else you do regularly, writing success soon becomes a habit, and before long people will be looking at you and wondering how you do it!

If youre anything like me, once youve done burning up with envy, they prompt you to resolve to change your attitude, to write more and send more out. Of course, if youre anything like I was until recently, your resolution lasted until you got up the next morning or if you were having a really good day, maybe until lunch.

The trouble is, you can resolve to change your behaviour all you like, but until you change the underlying attitudes that cause you to behave that way, its going to be an uphill struggle.

Most writers who arent writing and submitting as much as theyd like to give one of two reasons.

The first reason is I dont have time.

There are times in your life when that will probably be true. If youre nursing sick kids, making a major job change or moving house, give yourself a break. There are other things to life besides writing, and when things calm down and you can give your full attention to the page again, the odds are your writing will improve for having some new experiences.

If youre not going through a major life change, then time is not much of an excuse. You have twenty-four hours a day, the same as the rest of us. If youre finding time for other leisure activities TV, sport or socialising – then you have time to write. Successful writers find time to write. Rumour has it that best-selling author Carole Matthews produced her first book by tying herself to her desk when she got in from work and not undoing the knot until shed reached her word-count for the day!

On hearing stories like this, most writers move on to the second reason: I wish I could do that, but I just dont have that kind of motivation. In its extreme form, this can also show up as beating yourself up for being apathetic, lazy, or procrastinating. Dont do it! Firstly, because it makes you feel lousy. Secondly, for most people, it has no useful effect at all. And thirdly, because its not true. You wouldnt be here reading this if you werent motivated to write, and be the most successful writer you can be.

Your job is to figure out whats getting in the way of doing that.

If youre anything like me, behind the worries about time and motivation, a big part of the obstacle is some form of that old chestnut, fear of failure.

What if its not good enough? we worry, and tinker with the piece a bit longer instead of sending it out into the world to be judged. Im not enough of an expert to tell people how to do things, we say, and then fume when someone else with even less experience lands the prestigious Question and Answer column.

For most of us, the difference between us and those hugely successful and productive writers is not ability. Its confidence. Its having the guts to pitch for a tricky, but rewarding job, knowing that youve always delivered before, and youll find a way to do so this time. Its taking the plunge and sending your synopsis and sample chapters off to a handful of agents, and then, if those come back, to another dozen or so for good measure. Its being able to withstand any individual failure because you know its not the end of everything, just an inevitable setback on the road to ultimate success.

This sort of confidence doesnt appear overnight, but there are some easy tricks you can use to move yourself along.

Dont worry about starting small most successful writers do. Give yourself a goal thats just a little bit ahead of where you are now perhaps a number of submissions per week or month, a competition to enter or a new market to pitch to. Reward yourself when you get there, and keep a record of your successes to cheer yourself up when things are going less well. And each time you reach a goal, pick a new one thats just a bit further along.

Just like everything else you do regularly, writing success soon becomes a habit, and before long people will be looking at you and wondering how you do it!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephanie Cage is a UK-based author of fiction and poetry, as well as several business reports. Read more of her work at www.stephaniecage.co.uk.

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Real-Life Copywriting Course for Non-Writers

Copyright 2006 Joseph Farinaccio
The following information represents what you might call a “real life copywriting course for non-writers.” If you’re not someone who loves to write, it’s a good way to create effective sales copy. Before starting though, you must know:
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Copyright 2006 Joseph Farinaccio

The following information represents what you might call a “real life copywriting course for non-writers.” If you’re not someone who loves to write, it’s a good way to create effective sales copy. Before starting though, you must know:

A) Copywriting is nothing more (or less) than salesmanship in print. It’s about selling, not being fancy or creative.

B) If you can’t sell something in person, you can’t sell it in print. This can be taken 2 ways. First, if you’re not selling something anyone would ever buy from a live salesperson then you’ll never sell it in print. And secondly, if you don’t know enough about a product or service to tell someone about it in person then you’ll never be able to create sales copy for it either.

Okay … ready? Let’s begin.

Picture a friend of yours coming into your living room one day. You’re sitting on the couch looking at TV, and this friend sits down next to you. He grabs the remote. Shuts off the TV. Tugs at your shirt. And makes you look at him.

Then he says, “I have a problem.” And he begins telling you about this problem.

As you’re listening, you realize you’ve got a perfect solution for this problem. So when he’s finished, you begin telling him about your remedy. You tell him its name. What it is. Why it will do exactly what he wants … etc. Can you imagine this?

Sure you can.

Now … audio record yourself … giving this exact pitch to this imaginary person. (Maybe even have someone role-play as a friend with the problem). Forget about the fact you’re being audio recorded. Concentrate on what you’re saying to the person you’re trying to help.

Give all the important details about your solution. Tell them all the wonderful things it will do for them (the benefits). Tell them how their life will be better, or easier, or more fulfilled because of it. Don’t say any more than you have to … or any less than you need to.

When you’re finished, have this recording transcribed. Have it typed and printed out. This is the raw material for your sales copy. It will probably be 8-12 pages in length … or more. Don’t worry about how long it is.

Now … cut it up into sections. Every individual thought. Every individual benefit. Every little short story. Every example you used.

Take a pair of scissors and cut. You’ll have a lot of pieces. But keep moving. Keep pushing forward.

Now set aside every scrap you consider “extremely important.” Like the biggest benefits. The most interesting and fascinating facts. Etc.

Any lesser details or non-important facts, or plain ole’ fluff … push to the other side.

Done? Alright … take all the pieces you’ve deemed very important, and organize them into piles of the following:

1) FEATURES (product details).

2) BENEFITS (every wonderful thing your product or service does to solve a problem, or help, or make life better for your friend).

3) PROOFS (all the things you said explaining why this product is truly the answer to his problem … i.e., stories, documented facts, case studies, testimonials, etc.).

The next step is ranking and sorting every scrap within each pile by order of importance. The most important scrap of info at the top … the next most important … and so on.

You’re now ready to arrange things according to a time-tested copywriting formula called A-I-D-A … which stands for … Get ATTENTION, Stir INTEREST, Create DESIRE, and Call for ACTION. AIDA has been used millions and millions of times to sell trillions and trillions of dollars in products and services.

Don’t worry … you can (and will) tweak your final version. But you’re about to begin writing your first draft. And you have virtually EVERYTHING you need right in front of you. You don’t have to be creative. You’re not writing a novel.

Go back to that problem your friend came to you with. What was that problem? Let’s pretend you own a company that sells industrial lifting equipment, and your friend said, “I really need to buy a new fork truck for my business, and I need to find a reliable one. Problem is, they all cost an arm and a leg. And I’m really short on extra cash right now. How can I ever get a reliable one at an affordable price?”

You are now going to write something that will get this person’s attention. Something called a headline. So you’re going to write down, “How to …” followed with a re-wording of the problem your friend has. For example:

“How to Get a Reliable Fork Truck for your Business … Affordably”

Don’t exactly love this one 100%? Relax. Revise it later if you want. But, believe it or not … it’s not half bad for someone who’s not a copywriter (like yourself). Is it? And this headline will immediately grab the attention of someone in the market for a fork truck (which is what your headline is supposed to do).

Next, give your friend a good reason to keep on reading. Re-state their problem, and tell them you have an answer for it.

“If you’re in need of a new fork truck that won’t break your budget then I can help. My name is __, and I’m the owner of Anderson Business Equipment. At Anderson, we’ve helped business owners like yourself find custom-sized forks trucks at affordable prices for over 30 years now.”

Done? Good.

Now take everything from your FEATURES, BENEFITS, and PROOFS piles and write them down in the following sequence.

– Tell your reader “why” they should believe what you’re saying is true.

– “Prove” to your reader why what you’re telling them is true. – List and describe all the “benefits” to your product. State a feature, and follow it up with corresponding benefits in order of importance. Keep basically the same phrases you used when you spoke out loud and had your sales pitch recorded. Keep the conversational tone in everything you’re writing down.

– Now tell the person you’re talking (er … writing) to “how to order” this product (or service). Tell them simply. Directly. Politely.

– Finally, tell them they should “order now,” and give them a really good and truthful reason why they should do it now and not later.

All finished?

Your first draft is now done. Set it aside. Go do something else for a day or two. Then come back and pick it up. Read it over. Cross out all unnecessary words. Get rid of any big words you may have used and replace them with simpler ones. Fill in any necessary details if something needs clarification.

After doing this, you’re now ready to read your copy out loud. (Don’t skip this … it’s important!) Your copy must read like a smooth, warm personal conversation. With you talking to your reader. Change or alter any words that “hang,” or disturb the smooth flow of this conversation.

The very last step is the easiest. Have someone else read your copy out loud (preferably someone from your target audience). Listen for any words they trip over. When they’re finished, ask them if they understand everything. Ask them if any questions came into their mind as they read – - questions you didn’t answer. If so, then write the answer down, and respond to their question at the right point in your copy.

Print and revise each draft after making any changes and go over the copy again and again. How many drafts will be necessary? As many as it takes. Maybe 7. Maybe 10. Maybe 30. Revise until no more changes are needed.

Now you must test your sales copy. The best way to cheaply do this is by sending out a mailing to 100 or so ideal prospects. Measure your response rate.

If you get a response rate that “cost-effectively” motivates your prospect into taking the next step in the buying process then it shows you’ve got an understanding of what it takes to write effective sales copy. A skill worth its weight in gold.

About the Author

Joe Farinaccio helps business owners and entrepreneurs make money using direct response advertising. To learn about writing profit-pulling sales copy, or find out how Joe can help sell your products or services … visit his website at … http://www.sales-letters-and-marketing.com

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Top 3 Ways Great Copywriters Exploit Their Swipefile

Top 3 Ways Great Copywriters Exploit Their Swipefile
Easily the most important and valuable asset in any copywriters box of tricks is the ’swipefile’. A hand- picked collection of successful sales letters that have dominated markets, and made fortunes selling products to all diversity of people.
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Top 3 Ways Great Copywriters Exploit Their Swipefile

Easily the most important and valuable asset in any copywriters box of tricks is the ’swipefile’. A hand- picked collection of successful sales letters that have dominated markets, and made fortunes selling products to all diversity of people.

No copywriter worth his salt will ever sit down to write an ad without it. (If you haven’t already started your own collection of …PROVEN… successful sales letters, keep reading and discover the ‘quick and easy’ way to begin).

Here’s how to get the most from your swipefile…

1) First Impressions – How Does It Look?

If you can get hold of a good quality image of the ad, you can discover what captivated the prospect and made them read, and ultimately purchase the product or service.

Priceless information such as:

How is the letter structured?

Do the paragraphs have formatting like first line indentation?

Is there a picture with caption?

Does the letter have a johnson box with tantilising FREE offer for the reader? What font type and size did they use for the pre, main and sub-headline?

Where are the bullet points placed?

You get the idea…

2) Scissors, Paper, Printer… and Some Glue

Bet you’ve not done this for a while :)

Once your collection of ads starts to grow, so does your swipefile of winning headlines, openings, bullets, guarantees and closings.

So whenever you sit down to write your next ad, you’ll instantly have at your disposal ready made templates to model and swipe.

This will provoke fresh new ideas and help you to come up with that killer headline or hook for the foundation of your ad.

The best way to take advantage of this goldmine is to print out each individual component, and glue them onto 6×4 rolodex cards.

Using visual cues like this to stimuluate your brain into copywriting mode, is second only to what I share with you next.

(If you have word-for-word transcripts of the ads, this will save you typing them all out).

3) You May Have Heard This Before. But Do You Do It?

You absolutely MUST handwrite …with pen and paper… the great ads we have been talking about. Why? Because you neurogically embed the writing style of the copywriter deep within. And then you get to channel that into your own sales letters.

Let me repeat! Your brain will adopt the secrets of each ad when you copy them out in your own handwriting.

It takes commitment, and a little push. Most folks don’t want to put in the effort. But if you master ALL 3 of these simple, but deadly effective strategies, you’ll considerably shortcut your education of Salemanship-In-Print.

Just make sure you model the right ads ;)

About the Author

Andy Murray is creator of “Handwrite The Great Ads” A unique copywriting system proven to help you write better sales letters. Getting started is quick and easy at: WriteYourOwnAds.com

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Website Audiences – The Copywriters Speed Date

Copywriting is a lot like going on a first date with someone you really like. At the very least, you need to make a good impression and attract your target audience. If it all goes really well, you might even charm them into something crazy – like taking up your offer. If that’s the case, [...]

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Copywriting is a lot like going on a first date with someone you really like. At the very least, you need to make a good impression and attract your target audience. If it all goes really well, you might even charm them into something crazy – like taking up your offer. If that’s the case, then copywriting to your target website audience is like trying to win over a very attractive speed date.

Firstly, you have to make the best of a less than romantic setting. Playing musical chairs with a room full of love vultures hardly sets an ambience in which to deliver your best line, or paragraph. Similarly, monitor resolution, colours, and glare, can all distract from your sweet-talking copy.

Similarly, neither audience has the time nor inclination to sit and listen to your long winded tales of heroism, gallantry, and product features. They’d much prefer to scan through your sub-headings, clicking on your hyperlinks, and jump between your pages, before slipping between your sheets.

Finally, your admiree has stopped by because they are in the market for something you provide. Now they want a few very good reasons why they should pick you over the other potential suitors. If you can’t impress them in the first thirty seconds, someone who can is just a click or a table away. And even if you do sound like a pretty good catch, chances are they are going check out all the options before taking your number.

So what’s the moral of the story? Whether you are copywriting for a business website or trying to impress the cutie across the table, make a big first impression and you’re more likely to leave them thinking “I bet we’d be good together”.

About the Author

Simon Hillier runs Get There Writing Services based in Sydney Australia, providing creative writing and internet marketing that will have your readers clicking an streaming for more. Services include copywriting for websites, newsletters, sales letters, blogs, advertising. Travel writing, feature articles, scripts and ebooks. For more information visit www.getthere.com.au

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