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Of all the elements of a web page you can split test, the most important element in your copywriting is the offer. I know many copywriters who start writing copy not with the bullets, not the headlines, but the offer itself. After you have grabbed your prospect's attention and given them all the information they need, the thing that is going to get them to decide whether or not to buy is the offer.

I did not realize this until...

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When you write copy for sales letters, it improves your conversions and keeps prospects on your site longer if you can tell a story while you sell. In the past I have described my two favorite types of stories: the What-If approach (start with the word "imagine" and build up imagery), and the How-To approach, where you turn your ad into an advertorial and try to teach prospects something before you sell to them. My other two favorites...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_bJVnW5k8o

If you know anything about copywriting then you must know at least a tiny bit about storytelling. Personally, I think that cookie-cutter sales letters with headlines, openers, benefit points, a guarantee and call-to-action can sell just fine. But if you already have all the correct selling elements in the right place, you can increase that sales letter's conversion rate by leaps and bounds if you introduce a story to connect the elements...

YouTube - OTC Copywriting Guarantee Formula

Every good sales letter has a guarantee at the end. When you are trying to sell something, no matter how appealing you make it, prospects are always going to have some resistance when it comes time to buy. It does not matter if you sell a $5,000 product or a $7 product, or even if you give away a free product. People are always going to wonder, what happens if I order and I do not get anything in return, or they get a product but it does...

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Understand that the hardest part of copywriting, or any kind of writing, is the opening line. If you do not lead into your sales message with the correct story, it will not get read, no matter how catchy the attention headline or the rest of the page is. What makes the process even more daunting is that it is so hard to write on an empty page. That is why I always keep three phrases in mind when writing good openers: questions, connect the...