06 July 2012

Rockstar Copywriting - Tips And Tricks From Unlikely Pros

By Abigail Patton


You should know by now, even if you are new to business (Internet Marketing or otherwise) that the only way to sell your wares is to use copywriting. Whether you're using copywriting to communicate with the subscribers of your email list or you're creating a page on your website to sell something, your intent is the same. This is your mechanism for convincing your potential customers that you have something that they need. Your first assumption might be that all you need is a quality product and the ability to write using correct spelling and grammar. Yet it's not as simple to write great copy as you might think. That's why you have to learn as much as you can about copywriting if you want to become good at it. If you apply the following suggestions, you'll be able to make faster progress towards your goals.

You shouldn't be afraid to put yourself out there. Use your blog to publish the copywriting you do for your products. Submitting articles about them to the article directories is also a good idea and will help you with your website's SEO. You could also submit it to marketing and copywriting forums and ask for critiques. You'll be able to get plenty of incredibly valuable feedback that will help you sell your products and services in larger numbers. You'll also be helped by building a business presence for yourself online which can help you create your own highly valuable business network. Professionals aren't afraid to get out there, even if doing so means admitting that they are not perfect.

Don't think that you can afford to take a long time to deliver a powerful message in copywriting. It's essential to open as powerfully as possible. The headline or opening statement has to reel people in. If you're too low key with your opening, you won't get them to pay attention. This is a recipe for failure with copywriting. Copy really has to be powerful from start to finish. With copy, you must get people interested immediately. You have to reel them in with your headline or opener. Yes, this is difficult but with practice you will get there.

Accept the fact that you are going to create terrible copy the first time you write something. This is true--it doesn't matter what form that copy takes. No matter how many times you sit down to write something, it doesn't stop being true. A first draft is the worst draft of them all. This is just the rule of writing. It is the editing and the polishing that makes it good. So, when you're composing that first draft, simply put your ideas on the page. Don't even think about trying to make them good or eloquent yet.

You have lots of options when it comes to your copywriting skills and making them better. There is information on how to do this everywhere. These are simply a few of them so that you can get a good start. As you work and sell and gather feedback you'll come up with plenty of others. Just don't ever stop working at it. Before you can blink you'll be rolling in the dough.




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