Some quotes for a new mag...

[Y.L. Prinzel]

I am currently working on an article about copywriting forums (like this one) for a new web-based magazine for freelance writers.

I'd like to get some input from you guys about what you think people can get out of them and how you think they should be used in order to provide the most benefit.

If you'd like to submit your answers, you can do so here in the thread or via PM. It would be great if you could include just a small bio too in case I use your quote. If there is no bio, I'll just use your user name.

Thanks in advance

[SamKane]

Copywriting forums, like this, can turn the ordinary person into a marketing
or copywriting wizard in a much shorter amount of time than would have been
possible without them.

Where else can a person post his first sales letter and have it critiqued
by some of the greatest copywriters alive -- at NO charge.

Where else can a person have access to market-tested ideas on copywriting
and internet marketing -- absolutely free.

Before forums like this, the ordinary person would spend years and thousands
of dollars trying to figure out what works and who to believe... Now you can
find out the best products, books and people to learn from within a few minutes.

These forums are truly a "Universal Brain" that we are very fortunate to able to tap in to.

Of course in order to take advantage of this "Brain", we must take ACTION on what we learn. Don't let the abundance of ideas stop you from taking ACTION.

Even taking consistent small-steps with ideas you learn in these forums will eventually get you closer to where you want to be.

Sam Kane

[CDarklock]

What he said.

And be humble. Copywriting is hard. It doesn't matter how great a writer you are, copywriting is a different animal - and for your first couple times out, you don't know what the hell you're doing. Accept this, and let the people who have "been there, done that" tell you what you're doing wrong. Leave the ego at the door.

And trust me, nobody has more trouble doing that than I do.

[RentItNow]

I think the most important thing I learned about copyrighting is, test different things. You may think you hit it out of the park with your copy but your audience can care less...or worse, you are not even writing to the correct market.

I think the best book I have read on writing copy is "The Must-Have Customer" (hint, its not about copy writing but knowing your customer using surveys, not employees guessing what the customer wants). The reason I love this book so much is, I need to know WHO I am writing to, before writing one word.