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Check out this helpful video by optimization guru Dr. Flint McGlaughlin. The power of story in landing pages. Copywriting on Tight Deadlines - YouTube
Check out this helpful video by optimization guru Dr. Flint McGlaughlin. The power of story in landing pages. Copywriting on Tight Deadlines - YouTube
Fellow Warriors To stand out in the copywriting crowd we should have a USP. I'm working on mine. Would love to read yours - please post it in this thread. ... [read more]
Ironic, isn't it? Copywriters market other people's products/services, but many of us find it tough to sell ourselves.
What do you find (from your results) to be the best "non-guru" way to hook new clients? (By "non-guru" I mean the copywriter who is starting out and is not ... [read more]
In my experience, no. Copywriting maestro Bob Bly agrees. He commented on an ebook a well-known copywriter (whom I highly respect) on this forum wrote about offering to "fix" prospects' ... [read more]
Recently got an email with this subject line in my email inbox: Ditch the Diet Drinks and Synthetic Sweeteners In my opinion it's weak. Do you agree? If not, why ... [read more]
The craft of persuasion ("rhetoric") has existed since ancient times. The Lost, Ancient Guide to Better Copywriting
A few years back the Warrior Forum was a hotbed of "copywriting guru" activity. But most seem to have left. Why do you think this is?
Yes, I know VSLs convert well (if you write them following best practice). But I HATE being FORCED to sit and listen to them... So much FASTER to skim through ... [read more]
Stories drip with emotion... And, as we all know, emotive writing sells. Do you have links to any great story copy (not the well-known stuff like Caples's piano ad or ... [read more]
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Ever tried to soft-boil an egg, so the yolk is not too runny or too hard? Tough to get just right... Boil it for too long and your egg will ... [read more]
Hi Warrior Forum Internet marketing experts Do you still use Market Samurai? If not, what do you recommend as the top three keyword research tools, in descending order of usefulness? ... [read more]
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"Free" in the sense that you pay me no money. It won't cost you a penny. All you give me are (1) the RESULTS you get from the email I ... [read more]
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I paid $20 a few hours ago to post the thread below in the "Warriors for Hire" section (the money has come out of my PayPal account). But the thread ... [read more]
In the January 5th 2007 issue of Clayton Makepeace's *Screaming Eagle* magazine, Tony Flores says: "One of the reasons Clayton tends to avoid big benefit headlines today is this: he ... [read more]
When you're working on a copywriting project, do you use a timer, as the legendary Eugene Schwartz did? He always set his to 33 min. and 33 sec. Do you ... [read more]
Paid the first installment ($997) of four to Amazing Selling Machine on March 17. But when I started doing the course, discovered there was further expense and more complexity involved ... [read more]
Do you use letterheaded paper with your logo and tagline when you send your direct mail letters to prospective clients? Or just a plain sheet with your address typed on ... [read more]
I find direct mail, followed up by an email and then a phone call, works best. How about you?
Google has just changed their terms and conditions of use for Adwords accounts: 7. Prohibited uses. Customer shall not, and shall not allow any third party to … (ii) use ... [read more]
Is copywriting 1/10th art and 9/10ths science? If so, practically anyone could be a copywriter -- just learn the rules and follow them. Or not... What do you think?
Have just found another excellent video – this time by Mark Widawer. About 10 min. long. Very useful tips for squeeze page copywriters.
Have you seen this 13 min. video from Drayton Bird? Well worth watching. Gives a fascinating behind the scenes look at some of the most powerful headlines ever created (by ... [read more]
Here's the link so you can fill out the fields and download your free book. (I'm not an affiliate.) Seems to have useful info. Retention Email Marketing for Dummies - ... [read more]
Mrdomains brought up an interesting point about mind control in another thread, and it got me thinking... Are copywriters a bit like African witchdoctors, with their bags of bones and ... [read more]
Just came across this fabulous YouTube video about storytelling: YouTube - Storytelling Theory and Practice Do you have any free storytelling how-to resources you can point us to? Truly, the ... [read more]
A few years ago, when I was working on a project for Drayton, this is what he said to me... "Now you know all the [copywriting] rules, just forget about ... [read more]
The Daily Express newspaper has brilliant teaser headlines at the top of most of its front pages (to try to get people to buy the newspaper). I've studied these for ... [read more]
Hi fellow copywriters WF copywriting section or the Copywriting Board? Where do you prefer to spend most of your (spare) time, and why? Best Eldo
Hi copywriting colleagues Any of you read Richard Armstrong’s free 118-page ebook? The reason I ask is because time’s a slippery fish – slips through your fingers before you know ... [read more]
Hi fellow Warriors I'm curious. Any of you make a full-time living writing only (or mainly) emails for clients? (And I don't just mean direct response emails.) Or do you ... [read more]
Xocoslim seems a pretty good product to promote. Anyone else on the forum become an affiliate for this?