Read some books. Want to learn more.

The Gary Halbert Letter

1) Learn every day. Be a voracious learner. Picking and choosing what to learn based on convenience of structure can be a detriment. Set your own lessons, or find a mentor/course that matches what you feel you need.

2) Apply every day. Write something. That's what writers do. Let it sit and analyze it a few days later, perhaps compare to a control piece or other strong sales collateral. What's different? What's similar? What can you change to do better next time?

There's more than one way to learn. And if you want to be truly successful, you won't dismiss things that are more difficult.

i would like to read new books also

3 Books for you.

But you must read them in order -

How To Write A Good Advertisement - Victor Schwab (all the basics - fully covered - and then some - including 100 of the greatest headlines ever written - under $20.00)

Tested Advertising Methods - John Caples (a legendary copywriter clearly explaining his unique and proven techniques with copies of his Ads - they always say get the 4th edition - don't fret too much if you can't - under $10.00 for the 5th edition)

Breakthrough Advertising - Eugene Schwartz (super advanced and utterly indispensable material - you'll know astonishing stuff that most others don't - but despite being written by a truly amazing copywriter - it is a tough read - when you've read it 3 times award yourself a "Masters Degree in Copywriting & Marketing" - costs around $100 but worth at least $50,000 plus)


Plough through these and you WILL discover if copywriting is your destiny.


Steve

Well, I once read a book on car mechanics.

Or I thought I did.

I opened up the hood looked at the engine and had no idea what I was supposed to do.

The answer?

I had to read the book again and again.


Steve

dont waste your time reading hundreds of books on how to do it. Remember they are also in business and will tell you anything. You understand yourself better. Just decide to do it, have confidence and deliver. You learn best while you are doing it practically. You might find out that whatever you just needed was confidence/ Thanks and all the best

Could this be the pain barrier problem?

Oh noooo, it's just so agonising opening a word document and trying to start typing.

And yes the first to tenth draft is f****** painful to look at.

Then you improve and edit it 28 times and suddenly you realise you may have written something...

…that might be worth reading.

Welcome to the wonderful world of copywriting.


Steve

Here's somethin' you can do right now.

Take gjb's 227 words from thread #17, an' reduce 'em down to 150.

He's got some punch in there, but with more time I betcha you could crisp it up some.

This will force you to make choices.

The raw material is here, an' you don't have to think about what to say right out.

All you gotta do is revise it.

When you're done, cut to 100.

Then 50.

What's the message here? What's the essence?

When you're down to one word (an' I figure it's write!), then record your thoughts about what you jus' did.

What words you chose to keep, what words you cut out, an' anythin' else struck you.

Cell phones take dictation, so jus' ramble on all you like.

Gonna be a frickin' mess, but if ur a writer, then you'll have sumthin' to say.

Play it back, write it down, word for word.

Gonna be gibberish spruced with the occasional lucid moment, all served up in a pot of chaos.

But if you edit down to 3/4, you'll find the essence, clarify your points.

Reduce again, an' you plumb the depths of your own wisdom.

That's when the fun starts.

Pick a mid-range edit an' throw in an emotion.

Prolly what you'll have is a kinda neutral account of what you did, so mebbe you could angry it up.

Or try bliss, sadness, euphoria.

Be as ham acto as you like, jus' to see what you gotta do to make the original words sing through this kinda feely filter.

Mebbe when you go back to your originals, you'll see a bias you never saw the first time.

Read some other stuff an' you'll get a feel for the undercurrents.

Chew on ad copy an' keep a check on your pulse.

Ask why so little of it is neutral.

Are there tricks in there you jus' figured for yourself by experiment?

You gotta be fearless in alla this.

Commit sumthin' to paper, whatever.

Good or bad, it's information, brain food, an' the more you have, the better choices you can make.

(This is 350 btw, an' it is so ultra rambly I am ashamed. But I am kinda dictatin' to fingers here.)

GJA, Steve, and Balestra have phenomenal points.

I tell you just to write because that's how you find out if writing is for you. Studying will never tell you how to be a better writer. Writing will.

You'll never know if you can swim if you don't get in the water. You can rattle off all the latest and greatest swim strokes/techniques, and all the relevant facts about buoyancy and body mass/composition. But CAN YOU SWIM? It's time to get in the water, man. You're not going to know until you try.

And rather than failing (which appears to be what is making you hesitant), you might surprise the hell out of yourself. Reading is not writing. Studying is not writing. Writing is writing - get on it, son.

posted something but seems it didn't get registered. But thanks for your answers, i will start writing.

will write on existing products. By hand write down some good sales letters and try to identify why and what technique is used. Also try to get some jobs on Fiverr to start writing.

There are some very good suggestions by these Warriors, Start reading, learning everything you can find about something you like. Begin writing about what you like, find out what people are asking, find answers and write. Write in detail, give your writing, substance, no fluff. You will find writing will become easier, because you will begin to understand the subject. Than just rinse and repeat, find another subject and product.

Thank you very much for your answers. I've been writing almost every day. Even if just some sentences, I try to write every day. But sometimes I feel like: How do I know I'm writing something good?

That's why I thought it was a good idea to listen to Gjabiz tips to start a blog and start selling.

I would most definitely try applying what you have learned from those books into a daily routine my find first over a period of time. The fast you temper that knowledge into the fires of experience the better

Check out the The Gary Halbert Letters and 10 top tips for being a successful copywriter. You can find links to these resources in my sig below..

Fact is most of us who are copywriters started out not knowing a lot about the HOW. But, through a lot of effort - and more failure than success, we BECAME better. Not by reading, but by doing. Was my first promo a huge success? Nope. But my second one was better than the first. Because after I actually WROTE SOMETHING, I learned things I hadn't from READING.
I learned about cadence. I learned about the proper use of repetition, I learned about voice. All those things a book couldn't really teach me came to me from the writing process.
We all want to have written something, but the process of writing requires real work. Thinking. Stringing words together. Scratching out some of those words and finding better ones. Thinking some more.

“There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.”
- Ernest Hemingway

Copywriting is not an inherent skill, it is slowly gained through sustained effort. In this case, the effort is to digest lots of books; not only books but everything that has any literary value...even a twitter comment.

ok. thanks everybody

Mosd's Assigment (Due 11:59pm CST Dec 29, 2015)

This is a self-directed course so you are free to complete each question at your own pace,
however the Dec 29 due date is a hard deadline and your assignment will not be credited if
you are even one minute late, so make life easier for yourself and get started early. Life
happens to all of us so unexpected delays will happen. It is your responsibility to prepare
for these and to complete your assignment before the deadline on the due date.

Mosd, The warriors you've read from so far are right on the money with their advice answering your question.

Obviously you can't depend on others to spoon feed you the ability to produce a high conversion rate without at least coming to the dinner table with your hands washed and ready to eat.

With that said, I'll help you get started.


Mosd's Daily Assignment

Today: Identify your target market.

Who will read your copy?

What do they want?

What is their biggest problem?

How can your product or service help them solve their problem and give them what they want?

How can you find out what they'd be willing to spend to solve this problem?

Where exactly is this information located and how can you find a way to access it?

Is there an existing market demand?

Are people spending money on products or services to solve this problem already?

How do you know?

Who else sells a solution to their problem?

How exactly will you solve their problem better?

Create your offer.

What exactly are you offering?

What exactly does your customer get?

What exactly do they have to pay to get it?

What else must they do to claim your offer?

How can you make what they get more valuable?

How can you make what they must do to claim it seem much less than the value they get?

Why should they buy from you instead of someone else?

Why should they buy from you right now instead of later?

Now that you have written the answers to these last two questions above,
how should you reword your offer to make the importance of buying from
you right now instead of anyone else (or later) clear?

When you have completed your first daily assignment by the deadline,
meaning each question is answered completely to the best of your ability,
make a post here in this thread and you will get instructions for your
next assignment.

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