Idea for those SERIOUS about getting good at writing copy

[Tony W]

I'm started to get into copywriting and keep hearing the same pieces of advice.. one of them is to study as much copy as possible and write as much as possible!

A lot of good copywriters (and writers) started out by writing 1000+ words every single day... regardless if they had something to write about.

I was thinking about creating a community website (critiquemycopy.com or somethings similar) where people can critique each others writing. I think this would be a good way to...

1. form the habit of writing daily and
2. get feedback from other people

I don't really care about monetizing it. I want to craft into a helpful community where aspiring copywriters (including myself) can practice and improve their skills.

Does anyone have any additional ideas/suggestions and would you consider actually joining a site like this? It would be a private invite-only website to maintain quality and reduce spam/trolls.

[Mark Andrews]

Your time is worth more to you than starting up a website such as this.

Unless you can drive a huge amount of highly targeted traffic to the site I'll tell you now what my feeling is...

It's doomed to failure. Sorry to be so blunt. But you may as well hear the truth and not waste your time thinking more about this project.

I'm telling you, it'll eat up a great deal of your time and you won't get any worthwhile benefit from it. And nor will anyone else if the copywriting critiques are coming from a bunch of newbies who haven't studied the craft in depth over a long period of time.

Sorry to disappoint you.

Journey well,


Pete Walker

[Alex Cohen]

Originally Posted by Tony W

I'm started to get into copywriting and keep hearing the same pieces of advice.. one of them is to study as much copy as possible and write as much as possible!

A lot of good copywriters (and writers) started out by writing 1000+ words every single day... regardless if they had something to write about.

I was thinking about creating a community website (critiquemycopy.com or somethings similar) where people can critique each others writing. I think this would be a good way to...

1. form the habit of writing daily and
2. get feedback from other people

I don't really care about monetizing it. I want to craft into a helpful community where aspiring copywriters (including myself) can practice and improve their skills.

Does anyone have any additional ideas/suggestions and would you consider actually joining a site like this? It would be a private invite-only website to maintain quality and reduce spam/trolls.

Put together a mastermind group with 4 or 5 members. That'll be a better use of your time, and you'll progress much faster.

Alex

[MikeHumphreys]

Originally Posted by Tony W

I was thinking about creating a community website (critiquemycopy.com or somethings similar) where people can critique each others writing. I think this would be a good way to...

1. form the habit of writing daily and
2. get feedback from other people

I don't really care about monetizing it. I want to craft into a helpful community where aspiring copywriters (including myself) can practice and improve their skills.

Does anyone have any additional ideas/suggestions and would you consider actually joining a site like this? It would be a private invite-only website to maintain quality and reduce spam/trolls.

Like Pete said, your idea is unfortunately doomed to fail.

For starters, if you aren't getting feedback from other copywriters who are as good or better than you skills-wise, then how will you know that you're getting good advice?

Second, the amount of time and energy you'd have to put into the site and get nothing to compensate you for your time and expense will cause you to eventually get tired of the site and stop promoting it. I've seen it happen countless times with forums so it's a pretty common occurance.

Joining a mastermind is a good idea. Personally, I have a group of fellow copywriters that I'm friendly with. I act as a pair of fresh eyes when they needed them and vice versa. None of us sugar-coat our opinions on a salesletter which is really, really important. When money is on the line (usually your client's marketing money), then your salesletter can't be just "okay" or just "nice". It's gotta be positioned to succeed as much as possible.

Hope that helps,

Mike

[Alex Ceskavich]

If you live around or near the NYC metro area, send me a sample of your copy. I'm looking to work with some new guys who have potential.

This goes for anyone, more or less. My contact info is on the left, there:

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- Alex

[Tony W]

Cool... thanks guys : )