Forum: Copywriting 
25th November 2015, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,637  Re: Is This Ethical?
This should not be considered legal advice. I'm not an attorney and do not have any aspirations of playing one either.
Having said that, here's my take on testimonials as a copywriter:
It's...
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Forum: Copywriting
20th November 2015, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,069 Re: Have you ever written for the XXX market?
Ray,
Do you truly go through SWOT analysis, offer analysis, customer personas, gathering pain points and objections, acquiring the voice of the customer, competitive analysis, analysis of market...
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Forum: Copywriting
9th November 2015, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,367 |
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Forum: Copywriting
9th November 2015, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,367 |
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Forum: Copywriting
7th November 2015, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 795 Re: Copywriting for a religious group?
What works best in this market is to tie your message with a big item
in the news that most people are concerned about. Use that as a
bridge into your message.
-Ray Edwards
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Forum: Copywriting
5th November 2015, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,367 |
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Forum: Copywriting
21st October 2015, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,986 Re: Sales Letter Critique Pls.
I'll tell you one thing: You gotta admire Jesse's belief in himself.
You may think it self-delusion, but I think it's exactly this type of delusion that's required to persevere in the face of...
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Forum: Copywriting
20th October 2015, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 507 |
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Forum: Copywriting
19th October 2015, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,575 Storytelling = Subliminal Selling
I thought this article was a pretty neat read... there's a sentence in here
that REALLY stood out to me.
"The commercials Neistat produces don’t feel like commercials at all -- and that’s the key...
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Forum: Copywriting
16th October 2015, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 944 Best Copywriting Quotes
I like these and collect them.
I think they may actually help me write:
On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. ~ David Ogilvy
"In truth...Only...
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Forum: Copywriting
9th October 2015, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,816 |
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Forum: Copywriting
8th October 2015, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,738 Re: 30k USD mentor program - worth the money?
With offers like this, you usually don't even need a sales letter, because Alan probably isn't trying to convert cold traffic into a $30k sale.
Most likely, this offer is meant for those who have...
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Forum: Copywriting
7th October 2015, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,738 Re: 30k USD mentor program - worth the money?
I'll give the guy this much -- he writes amusing bullets:
:o
"Our LIGHT SPEED technique for turning yourself into a world-class copywriter – so fast in fact that you’ll likely need to sit...
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Forum: Copywriting
27th September 2015, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 3,024 Re: Has COPY become a "COMMODITY"?
It certainly can become a commodity very fast.
Example: Joe Polish's postcards for carpet cleaning
weren't bringing a positive return for a client.
As soon as it's read, it mentions carpet...
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Forum: Copywriting
27th September 2015, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 3,024 Re: Has COPY become a "COMMODITY"?
Because it is, at the lowest level.
Anything is a commodity at the lowest level of delivery and especially (lack of) positioning.
We all know someone who ought to be charging a lot more for...
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Forum: Copywriting
27th September 2015, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 924 |
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Forum: Copywriting
24th September 2015, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,767 |
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Forum: Copywriting
20th September 2015, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 807 |
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Forum: Copywriting
20th September 2015, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 807 Any Sneakerhead Copwriters?
Are there any copywriters here that are big into the show game with in depth knowedge of Jordans, Retros, etc?
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Forum: Copywriting
17th September 2015, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,807 Re: Donald Trump Surge Thanks To Copywriting?
One thing I hadn't noticed before this campaign run is that Trump and Jordan Belfort sound almost identical in style. Watch Belfort's SLP seminars and you'll find some very non-specific...
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Forum: Copywriting
15th September 2015, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,807 Re: Donald Trump Surge Thanks To Copywriting?
Trump didn't get where he is today not knowing how to talk to people.
Has he employed a copywriter to advise him on campaign speeches and interviews? Possibly. But I think it's more likely that...
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Forum: Copywriting
12th September 2015, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,213 Re: What Are Your Best Headlines?
Best Headline Ever???
Gary Halbert was selling a weight loss product back in the 1980's and managed to get a lot of remnant newspaper space for his ad. The headline was...
Attention...
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Forum: Copywriting
5th September 2015, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,261 Re: Ethical Question w/ a Former Client
Your reason for contacting the company would be to "out" this person - the company didn't hire you and owes you nothing. You say this company had no idea you were doing some of the work.
This...
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Forum: Copywriting
3rd September 2015, 04:33 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,256 Re: Upping The Price of Guitar Lessons
The endorsement you get from the other person WILL BE KEY to the student's decision to pay more.
Let the other guitar teacher do the talking for you. Basically what he should say on your behalf is...
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Forum: Copywriting
1st September 2015, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,220 Re: Critique my copy please
I would rework that headline. As a potential buyer I don't care what some guy got on a plane. "You" is more powerful. So maybe try "Discover how you can..." or "Learn how to..." or something along...
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Forum: Copywriting
1st September 2015, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,131 Re: prospective copywriter - please help
I didn't take any creative writing classes but I took some business writing courses. It is counterproductive in my opinion if you want to get into copywriting.
You don't follow the same...
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Forum: Copywriting
1st September 2015, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 839 Re: Adding sales copy into content
Ezra,
Here is a site worth studying. It's nothing but classic and control advertorials you can open and view.
Advertorial Examples » Swipe File Archive | Marketing & Copywriting Examples...
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Forum: Copywriting
27th August 2015, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 491 Prove it
Prove it. Prooooooovvvvve it.
So many, many, many sales letters lack proof. It's an afterthought at best.
This should help.
https://www.marketingresults.com.au/proof-elements/
(via...
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Forum: Copywriting
11th August 2015, 02:08 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,028 Terrific Stuart Goldsmith Interview
I found an old newsletter with this fantastic interview with master copywriter Stuart Goldsmith (from 2000) - thought I'd share it here. Enjoy...
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Forum: Copywriting
12th July 2015, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,156 |
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Forum: Copywriting
30th June 2015, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,266 Re: Strongman Skirt Party - Brilliant campaign
This really is brilliant creative strategy, isn't it?
Unless you really appreciated Chinese culture, there's no way you could have predicted.
I love the integration of social media marketing. ...
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Forum: Copywriting
30th June 2015, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,266 |
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Forum: Copywriting
29th June 2015, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,940 |
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Forum: Copywriting
29th June 2015, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,940 |
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Forum: Copywriting
26th June 2015, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,911 Re: Another for the swipe file...
I try to check out everything Agora and Associates drops. All class-A stuff. That opening is awesome. Really piulls you in. No disconnect through the copy at all.
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Forum: Copywriting
24th June 2015, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,068 Re: How to negotiate a backend deal
Ben,
Most copywriters would not agree to a deal where they get a percentage of sales, because their work only led to the lead, and the company has ample opportunity to mess up between the lead and...
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Forum: Copywriting
24th June 2015, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,047 Re: Headlines That Just State The Product
Andy,
I don't understand your comment OR the example.
Is "Easy Reach" the name of a product? As a reader, this two-word headline is really puzzling to me, and the subhead doesn't clear it up,...
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Forum: Copywriting
19th June 2015, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,436 New Copywriter? Just get your sh*t out there....
Man, I'm almost embarrassed to put this up here.
Not because my site has shown off my man boobs to millions of people (hey, my man boobs are also responsible for selling millions of dollars of my...
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Forum: Copywriting
17th June 2015, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,952 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
13th June 2015, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,029 |
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Forum: Copywriting
9th June 2015, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,582 |
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Forum: Copywriting
9th June 2015, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,299 |
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Forum: Copywriting
1st June 2015, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,801 Re: What Are Your Biggest Copywriting Challenges?
In the past (for me), it was working with clients who obviously didn't know what they wanted from the beginning. They asked for revisions, changed their minds on those revisions, and just created an...
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Forum: Copywriting
31st May 2015, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 5,107 Re: Sales Letter pricing
I generally charge $8,000 for a sales letter or VSL. (And ask for backend to keep me in the game - so we can tweak the copy and approach - until it converts.)
It's all positioning.
Here's...
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Forum: Copywriting
27th May 2015, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,025 |
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Forum: Copywriting
20th May 2015, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,131 Re: prospective copywriter - please help
It’s perfect and you just don’t realize it yet.
I can imagine you someday writing for yourself, promoting a health supplement of some sort saying...
"Hi, I'm Mike, the Paramedic. No, I'm not...
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Forum: Copywriting
24th April 2015, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,226 |
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Forum: Copywriting
24th April 2015, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,226 Halbert's Seminar Secret
The Gary Halbert Letter (http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com/newsletters/azll_positive_difference.htm)
Studying his letters, I came across this. It's like that ONE bullet on a salespage that makes...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd January 2015, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,042 Top 10 Characteristics For Success in 2015
It seems everyone is looking for the latest METHOD for making lots of cashola in 2015 but we hardly talk about personal characteristics.
How is it for example that two people can start in the same...
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Forum: Copywriting
3rd August 2011, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,195 |
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Forum: Copywriting
4th February 2011, 03:39 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,478 Re: Herbalife adverts
Ewen has the big idea.
Ramon, *YOU* are the product. That's the beauty of network marketing. Write about yourself and results you've achieved using Herbalife products.
In other words, you are...
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Forum: Copywriting
14th May 2010, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,954 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th August 2008, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 76,132 YOU Are A Moderator!
The Warrior Forum is virtually 100% member moderated.
If a spammer comes on board it only takes few of you to make his posts vanish into thin air. Just use that Report Post button. Their posts...
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