Forum: Copywriting 
7th May 2013, 08:50 AM
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Views: 767  Vale Ken Strong
From his facebook page - One of the truly decent things that Mark Andrews did was to create a fund to help Ken (a Moderator here). Mark was going to row up a river near his home...
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Forum: Copywriting
29th June 2012, 07:39 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 5,906 |
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Forum: Copywriting
28th June 2012, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 5,906 |
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Forum: Copywriting
1st May 2012, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 730 Re: Question about scheduling
Hey Rick,
Some quick answers for your quick questions:
99% of the time anyone who wants to work with me has to go on a waiting list. But typically it's not too long, roughly two weeks or so as...
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Forum: Copywriting
26th April 2012, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 5,182 Re: Examples of loops in copy
I'll show you an example of opening up a loop in just a second...
First, let's talk about what loops are and what they mean in copy.
Loops are pretty easy to conceive/write. You open up a...
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Forum: Copywriting
19th April 2012, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,306 Re: Prospecting Email--Whadda' You Think?
You should test.
But I'll make a prediction: It'll fail.
It's the wrong strategy.
You're trying to close them on you and your services, when you should be trying to generate leads for you to...
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Forum: Copywriting
12th April 2012, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 2,722 |
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Forum: Copywriting
19th March 2012, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 961  Potential Client's red flags ...
You don't have to be offering copywriting services
for very long before you realize that the great
clients are few and far between. That's why when
you get a client who "gets it" you should treat...
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Forum: Copywriting
25th February 2012, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,483 Reverse Engineering A Sales Letter...TRY THIS
Here's how to come up with an idea...let's say an ebook...and you haven't written the book...I'm going to show you how to come up with the material by first writing the sales letter...
I got a...
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Forum: Copywriting
21st February 2012, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,544 Shut up...get going...
Everyone's looking for a shortcut...
I read a post yesterday where the OP had said he knocked on doors for 2 months or so and had 2 sales...this was after he read a post some marketer had wrote on...
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Forum: Copywriting
18th February 2012, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 2,949 |
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Forum: Copywriting
9th February 2012, 05:02 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,654 |
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Forum: Copywriting
26th January 2012, 02:25 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,671 Copywriting Research--The Rick Duris Method
Recently, three copywriters have asked me how I do research. Now that's a real coincidence.
Research is one of my favorite things and all three were blown away by what I'm going to share with...
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Forum: Copywriting
14th January 2012, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,488 Best Copywriters...
...from this forum:
Harlan Kilstein http://nlpcopywriting.com/
Scott Murdaugh Scott Murdaugh|Results Copywriting (http://www.resultscopywriting.com/)
Dean Dhuli Expert Copywriter |...
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Forum: Copywriting
13th January 2012, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,768 Re: Making $3,000 In 30 Days From Copywriting…
This may not be of much strategic or tactical help, but from a mindset perspective, it could make all the difference.
When confronted with financial obstacles, here's what I've done:
I...
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Forum: Copywriting
5th January 2012, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,152 Re: Okay, Rip It Up...
Its not doing anything for me. I've never awakened in the middle of the night, slapped my forehead and said, "My God! How can I defend myself against human parasites running my life."
It's not a...
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Forum: Copywriting
21st December 2011, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 2,208 |
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Forum: Copywriting
5th December 2011, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 813 Goodies From Jay Abraham
Someone just put this up on the main board and I thought ya'll might like it too. I know that a lot of you don't get out much. ;)
Abraham.com - Marketing Genius (http://www.abraham.com/gifts/)
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Forum: Copywriting
3rd December 2011, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,198 Momma told me there'd be days like this...
You're a copywriter...
At least that was the plan.
You've taken the latest course...they said you'd have clients crawling on their hands and knees wanting you to write a sales letter for them....
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Forum: Copywriting
18th November 2011, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,074 |
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Forum: Copywriting
9th November 2011, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,779 Re: Copywriters Favorite Tool
I have a huge collection of copywriting courses, swipes, and power words. I took the best of them all and categorized the sections -- headlines, subheads, bullets, emotional and psychological...
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Forum: Copywriting
6th October 2011, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,377 Re: Imagine If You Wrote Copy For Steve Jobs...
Apple competitor misjudgements (many times about Apple success) is one major reason Apple is successful.
Keep in mind every Apple product launch had been greeted as dead on arrival -- a...
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Forum: Copywriting
18th September 2011, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,166 |
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Forum: Copywriting
13th September 2011, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,880 |
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Forum: Copywriting
11th September 2011, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 945 |
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Forum: Copywriting
6th September 2011, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 1,861 Re: What's your biggest 'copy hate'?
Pete, I agree with you...
Just yesterday I was asked to write a sales letter for a course selling at a few thousand dollars...and the client gave me NO product to go through...just some notes of...
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Forum: Copywriting
4th September 2011, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 783 Plug Your Lugs...
...if you don't like bad language.
How to turn a customer complaint into a great piece of advertising sales copy...
Don't Talk - Angry Voicemail (Uncensored) - YouTube
What do you think is...
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Forum: Copywriting
10th August 2011, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 3,966 Re: Copywriting Is Dead Part One
Umm... I don't know about all that other stuff, but Bryan Zimmerman is REAL. Seriously. I've seen a picture of him. ;)
-John
P.S. And Elvis lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Where have you been?!...
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Forum: Copywriting
10th August 2011, 03:09 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 3,966 |
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Forum: Copywriting
9th August 2011, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 3,966 Re: Copywriting Is Dead Part One
In 2006, Michel Fortin published a document titled, "The Death of The Salesletter". And it got him a lot of attention.
Four years later Michel writing about the document said, "(it) became one...
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Forum: Copywriting
30th July 2011, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 964 |
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Forum: Copywriting
25th July 2011, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 959 |
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Forum: Copywriting
7th July 2011, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,206  Here's a cheat sheet for bullets...
Every business owner should know they need a USP (unique selling proposition) -
- just as everyone that writes a sales letter should also know that people buy based on one thing, their emotions.
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Forum: Copywriting
29th June 2011, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,748 The old man is going to say it once again...
I think your brochure sucks.
HOWEVER,
I have no idea WHO is going to be seeing it either...and I admit I don't know everything, so it is possible it is good enough as is going to the intended...
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Forum: Copywriting
24th June 2011, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,161 Re: anyone heard of this guy?
If he is so certain, here's what you tell him. It's very simple:1. If he is so certain he can improve your conversions, tell him to rent a domain and put up his page and send people to your...
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Forum: Copywriting
18th June 2011, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,947 |
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Forum: Copywriting
3rd June 2011, 03:55 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 3,286 Re: Should You Write Your Headline First?
I agree - there is no right or wrong answer. You'll figure out your own preference from experience.
I write copy with a "working" headline and then polish it last. Sometimes you reveal the best...
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Forum: Copywriting
21st May 2011, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,369 |
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Forum: Copywriting
18th May 2011, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 827 |
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Forum: Copywriting
24th April 2011, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,661 |
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Forum: Copywriting
15th April 2011, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,261 Re: Crossing The FTC? Priceless
If you actually read all of the provisions, you'll clearly see this is a good thing. The government is not "investigating" or "researching" whether or not you are using these practices. They are...
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Forum: Copywriting
18th March 2011, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 641 Were You Raised By Wolves?
That’s a question my ninth grade English teacher would occasionally blurt out suddenly for shock value and it almost always came up as a result of “courtesy issues” in class. You know, stuff like...
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Forum: Copywriting
1st February 2011, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,096 Re: How long is too long for sales copy?
Truly the blind are leading the blind, so far, in this thread. For people to comment as they are doing without knowing what's being sold is ... somewhat "intuitive", to put it very politely indeed....
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th January 2011, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,316 How I Closed $32,000 Deal In Just 10 Minutes
A miracle?
I’ll be honest that this deal was the fastest I ever had. But it’s something that I designed to make it happen.
You can do this too by simply applying the strategies I’m about to...
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Forum: Copywriting
24th January 2011, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 677 Re: Copywriter for offline business Website?
if your website isn't working, before you hire a copywriter, walk right into the main office, lobby or business suite and ask to speak to the boss or director
Not only will it teach you how to...
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Forum: Copywriting
2nd December 2010, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,092 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
11th November 2010, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,707 Re: Place Ad in Yellowpages
Here's the thing. More than 80% of people looking to buy something USE the internet. The remaining 20% or less use radio, tv, newspaper, or the yellow pages. Why would you spend so much money trying...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
8th November 2010, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 6,695 Re: Kern Goes "Offline"
You guys have given me some great ideas in this thread, thank you! Believe it or not, I never thought to release a course on offline marketing.
The boring truth is I've been working my way out of...
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Forum: Copywriting
15th October 2010, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,020 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th October 2010, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,465 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th October 2010, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,369 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
12th October 2010, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,075 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
5th October 2010, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,419 Re: Heavy offline competition moving in?
First thing I would do is play "mystery customer" and contact them and find out all what they offer.
Then I would weave a USP that plain outdoes what they do. I do this whatever market and...
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Forum: Copywriting
30th September 2010, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 981 Re: On laying it on thick
Telephone,
It's questions/polls like these that make me feel I'm being baited.
You offer no market, no niche and no product.
To the point: The answer you seek is CONTEXT SENSITIVE.
...
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Forum: Copywriting
25th August 2010, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,249 |
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Forum: Copywriting
18th August 2010, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 930 |