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Copywriting

How One Excuse Can Stifle Your Business Success

On a weekly basis, I have a conversation with a handful of companies who are looking for unique ways to reach their market and continue to nurture existing clients. Whether [...]

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5 Ways to Keep Your Prospects Entertained

When you read, you pick up the mood and tone of the author through his or her use of words, punctuation, and layout. Mood and tone influence the way your [...]

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3 Tips to Writing a Blog That People Want to Read and Share

2010 shows promising results for the blogosphere. According to a study performed by eMarketer, 31 million Internet users in the U.S. will write blogs and over 104 million will read [...]

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5 Ways to Create Scannable Web Copy

People are busy, and they have more messages competing for their attention than ever before. You want to make sure they spend some of their limited time and attention on [...]

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How to Write a Headline Your Prospect Can’t Resist

The success of marketing copy such as brochures, ads, and press releases depends on the headline—or in the case of an email, the subject line. It needs to grab the [...]

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Internet Purchasing Process: Are You Wasting Your Prospects Time?

When Internet users visit business websites for news updates, to find more information about a certain company or service, purchase products, or increase their knowledge, they’re looking for quick results.
As [...]

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How I Love Lucy Can Help You Write Better Marketing Copy

I watched an I Love Lucy rerun the other day . . . the one with Lucy shooting a commercial for Vitameatavegamin. You remember—the stuff that was 23% alcohol and [...]

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If Your Visitors Don’t Act, You Don’t Sell

It’s amazing how many websites fail to take the one crucial step that makes all the difference between success and failure . . .
Ask the visitor to take action!
People who [...]

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Effective Marketing: It’s Not About YOU

One of the most frustrating things about being professional copywriters is coming across websites, brochures, and other effective marketing materials where companies continuously want to talk about themselves, not their [...]

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Google Wonder Wheel: Enhance Web Copy and Online Marketing Materials

Ever wonder about the Google Wonder Wheel and its wondrous powers? In a nutshell, Google Wonder Wheel is an effective SEO keyword research tool that can be used to help [...]

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