Your best copywriting techniques

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What are your best and most favorites copywriting techniques? Here is what I do to improve my writing:

-Look at copy in newspapers and magazines
-Listen to script writing (which is copywriting) in movies and on TV

Looking forward to your feedback.
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  • Profile picture of the author adamlantelme
    My favorite would be reading anything that comes in my inbox, or into my mailbox. I'm just a sucker for copy, it's fun to read, and it makes me wish I could buy a lot more than what I do.

    The best part about reading copy like this, is I am exposed to a lot of different authors and am able to feel out what effective copy is supposed to feel and sound like. I like being able to see what is pulling( or not) and take away ideas and look at particular points in the copy to see what's so unique about it.


    One of the most important things you can do is write everyday. Get used to your voice, talk about what's going on in your life, and your reactions to it. Odds are if you feel that way, so does someone else. When you write everyday it helps you find that voice, so you can talk to your audience.

    On top of that, if you practice writing copy everyday it will soon become second nature to you. Practice certainly helps mature your writing ability.

    One thing I find very beneficial is painting. I think opening your life to other creative outlets allows your mind to expand in ways that are often stunted otherwise

    Best of luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author GlobalMedia
    Newspaper and magazine is one of the best and most economical way by which we can improve our skill. We must make a note of some good points for future reference.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneyerr
    Writing is an art of managing the specific words in your vocabulary on paper properly. You can be a good writer if know this art. These words are available to everyone but everybody can't be a good writer. There are several techniques suggested by top writers available on internet. The technique to write on some topic which I use, is that I start thinking on every negative and positive angle related to the topic and note the points of a paper roughly. read books, magazines and search internet to collect helping material. Than manage the points properly to present the post.
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Originally Posted by dorian2786 View Post

    What are your best and most favorites copywriting techniques? Here is what I do to improve my writing:

    -Look at copy in newspapers and magazines
    -Listen to script writing (which is copywriting) in movies and on TV

    Looking forward to your feedback.
    This is news to me. Since when is movie dialog and script writing copywriting?
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    • Profile picture of the author dorothydot
      Is this a thread about becoming a better copywriter or our favorite copywriting techniques?

      If becoming a better copywriter... I think that the more your copy can mirror the way your readers talk, the more powerful your copy is.

      So in that respect, it may be somewhat beneficial to llsten to written dialogues, although these (by definition) are themselves just someone's interpretation of how people talk.

      I prefer to go to the source. Find a forum on the topic you're writing for. Then study how contributors phrase their thoughts, what their main concerns are, and so on.

      Okay, if instead this thread actually is about our favorite copywriting technique, then my vote goes to... Storytelling. Scenarios. Vivid word pictures. For an example of this, I start my own site off by comparing hiring a copywriter to an elephant racing in the Kentucky Derby.

      It's a great way to get people reading and earn their trust by proving you understand their problem, so when you present the product as the solution, they're ready to believe you implicitly.

      Hope this answers your question!

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      • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
        Originally Posted by dorothydot View Post

        Is this a thread about becoming a better copywriter or our favorite copywriting techniques?

        If becoming a better copywriter... I think that the more your copy can mirror the way your readers talk, the more powerful your copy is.

        So in that respect, it may be somewhat beneficial to llsten to written dialogues, although these (by definition) are themselves just someone's interpretation of how people talk.

        I prefer to go to the source. Find a forum on the topic you're writing for. Then study how contributors phrase their thoughts, what their main concerns are, and so on.

        Okay, if instead this thread actually is about our favorite copywriting technique, then my vote goes to... Storytelling. Scenarios. Vivid word pictures. For an example of this, I start my own site off by comparing hiring a copywriter to an elephant racing in the Kentucky Derby.

        It's a great way to get people reading and earn their trust by proving you understand their problem, so when you present the product as the solution, they're ready to believe you implicitly.

        Hope this answers your question!

        Dot
        Thanks Dot. I'm well aware of the storytelling aspect of writing good copy and you've described the connection well. I was kinda interested in seeing if the OP would have answered so eloquently. He simply stated:

        Listen to script writing (which is copywriting) in movies and on TV

        Without elaborating, this is a stretch at best.
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