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The Question: How do I test my copy?
The Answer: It’s not that difficult - don’t over-complicate things.
How To Improve Your Sales With Better Copy:
1. Model successful copy of companies whose ads you know are working (don’t steal - model!).
2. Use multi-variate testing. Yep, sounds complicated. But when you use software, it’s pretty easy.
3. Use software [...]
Test Your Sales Copy: Quick, Easy and Free
I get a lot of questions from clients and students and people who read my blog asking, “How do I get started testing and tracking? I know I should be split-testing and tracking my sales copy, but I don’t know how!”
“And how about Taguchi testing - do I have to use that, too? What [...]
Do Product Launches Still Work?
You may be wondering if product launches “still work”. Marketers ask this question all the time. Everyone knows how to do it (or more accurately stated: they think they know how to do it), but is it still worth doing? Why?
Using product launches is a great strategy, one that works as well as ever. However, [...]
Fast & Easy List Building
I get a lot of questions asking how to build a list and do it quickly.
Actually, it’s a lot easier to build a list than you might think.
The fact is the techniques of list-building are really quite simple.
These three tactics will help you to build your list quickly:
Use a “squeeze page”. I find that, while [...]
Simple Trick Strengthens Your Copy
Want to make your copy stronger with one simple “trick”?
Eliminate all the adverbs.
What’s an adverb?
It’s a word - often ending in the letters “ly” - that modifies a verb (or even adjectives or adverbial phrases). Examples of adverbs: quickly, instantly, amazingly, powerfully.
If you find the above passage puzzling, don’t worry about it; just go through [...]
Chicken House Sangria & The Lead Pimps
The podcasts are on hiatus for a few days, as I’m getting ready for the live Immersion Workshop I’m doing at my office next week along with Kirt Christensen.
Meanwhile, I’ve gotten some great response to the email I sent out last night about “Chicken House Sangria” (even though that was a made-up phrase that means [...]
Copywriting Bullets That Hit The Target
The Story: Almost without fail, copy that doesn’t get good results suffers from a lack of powerful, persuasive, and pithy bullet points.
The Point: Internet readers don’t read; they skim, scan, and scroll.To suck them into your copy, use bullet points that are attention-arresting, super-scanable, scroll-stopping statements.
The Resource: My own Bullet Point Copy Explained
3 Simple [...]
Long Copy Sucks
The Story: There’s a raging debate about whether long copy still works on the web, but the answer is surprisingly no different than it was 100 years ago.
The Point: Long copy sucks (the money right off the table!). The reason long copy works is the same as ever. You must answer every possible objection in [...]
Dissolve Skepticism Like Magic
The Story: Let’s assume you’re writing your own copy (maybe you can’t afford to hire a professional, or you just love writing copy for your own products).
One of your first tasks as a copywriter is to break down the skepticism that your prospects (readers, site visitors, subscribers) are feeling, and get them to believe [...]
Wimpy Copywriter = Hungry Kids
The Story: It’s one of the most common mistakes in all forms of selling - not asking for the sale.
Hard to believe? Maybe. But it’s true anyway; people just don’t want to ask for the order.
The Point: There comes a point where you’ve presented all the benefits of your offer; you’ve demonstrated its value; you’ve [...]
