Getting Good Fast!

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First question - How do you get good at copywriting ASAP, which would be the best most efficient avenue (s)

Second, looking back on your journey what would you reccomend someone do to get better or what would you change.go back and fix about your early days?
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  • Get a sales job and apply what you learn selling to writing
    to sell.

    Other than that, read a lot - there's a lot to being an
    effective writer. For copy the salesmanship part is
    fundamental, but the craft of writing well (communicating)
    comes from practice alone.
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    • As a writer, practice writing all the time. When you want to communicate something write it down. When you have ideas write them down. This helps to be able to write down exactly what you're thinking without having to think about it.

      You'll capture your raw emotion, communication and ideas to help motivate your reader to act.

      Copywriting is just salesmanship in print. So get out there and become a better marketer and salesman.

      Like Loren Woirhaye mentioned, get a sales job to discover what it takes.

      I recommend you pick up some powerful resources from some of the best in the business and immediately implement their strategies to your writing. Reading helps a lot.

      Hope you reach your success

      - Sam
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  • Hi king_david23,

    My first answer is to cut open a vein and bleed. At least a little every day.

    Pushing bamboo shoots under your fingernails and then writing about it is my second best answer.

    I am not trying to scare you off, but you should know with copywriting, THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS. There's NOTHING efficient about it.

    You're scaling Everest. Plan on it, if you want to be competent.

    Sure you can copy, swipe and plagiarize all you want. Go ahead and knock you socks off. See how far that will get you.

    To the point: You have to go through the gauntlet.

    There's a list of books and resources at the top of this forum. It's one of those stickies. Start there.

    Then apply. And apply. And apply some more.

    Best of copywriting success (and I mean that sincerely,)

    - Rick Duris
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    • I agree. Wanna improve?

      Don't just read.

      Learn and apply all the time.

      Write and actually drive traffic to your sales
      copy to know how well you are converting.

      Then keep optimizing. The numbers will tell
      you a lot on how your sales copy is doing.

      Jag
    • I agree with Rick and Jag. If you want to become real good , then you are going to have to work at it.

      Even Halbert's method of learning how to write a sales letter is a version of running the gauntlet.

      http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com/...experience.htm

      I spent time every day reading, writing, or studying sales copy and have done so for years. So if you want to become a professional copywriter then you need to develop a strong commitment to constantly honing your chops.

      If you want to become a professional copywriter, then another route is to hire a copywriting mentor. While they can flatten your learning curve and help you get good faster, you still going to have to work hard to get there.

      Best of luck,

      Mike
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    • Spend 2 weeks reading 3 books on copywriting
      Then spend the rest of your life writing and improving
      Problem solved

      Tim
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  • It will take experience to get good
  • The best way to get good is:
    1. (I agree with Rick) Get a hard-drive of swipe files. Lawrence Bernstein has a pretty good collection of these - just do a google search for him. Then rewrite each of them by hand. This is the best way to burn the temp and rhythm of great salesletters into your brain.
    2. Start getting paying clients. It doesn't matter what they pay you just start writing for cash. Something clicks when you have a real client that is expecting your copy. Go ahead and pimp yourself out on elance until you've written 50 jobs and then start stepping up your game.

    Stan
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    Getting Good Fast!

    First question - How do you get good at copywriting ASAP, which would be the best most efficient avenue (s) Second, looking back on your journey what would you reccomend someone do to get better or what would you change.go back and fix about your early days?