San Francisco School of Copywriting's January 2014 Copywriting Crash Course. Direct response copywriting course reveals the 5 secrets of good direct response copywriting.
This Book are designed to present interesting, insightful
books for the general business reader and for professionals in the worlds of media, marketing, and advertising.
These are innovative, creative books that address the challenges and opportunities of these industries, written by leaders in the business
17 Copywriting Do's and Don'ts: How To Write Persuasive ContentHenneke Duistermaat
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You studied several copywriting books.
And read blog post after blog post about writing.
But writing your own web copy?
Itâs a struggle.
You know the grammar is fine.
But the copy sounds bland. Perhaps even a little too salesy.
You read, and re-read your copy. You canât quite put your finger on it. Whatâs wrong? How can you improve it? And persuade more people to buy?
Today Iâve assembled 17 examples of yucky copy. And I tell you exactly whatâs wrong, and how to improve it.
Enjoy
Gather relevant data about consumers and potential customers using content-ready Consumer Insights PowerPoint Presentation Slides. Go through the human behaviour trends and understand your clients better with the help of ready-made consumer insights PPT presentation templates. Get consumer insights from data, surveys, sales, focus groups, direct interviews, online data and more. Make informed decisions for your business using consumer insights PowerPoint presentation slideshow. This deck comprises of templates such as research methodology, consumer insight assumptions, key stats, data collection and processing, consumer insight capabilities, consumer insight components, tools for consumer insights, YouTube analytics, google trends, google analytics, and more. These templates are completely customizable. Edit colors, text, icon and font size as per your need. Add or remove content, if needed. Download consumer insights PPT templates to understand your customers better. Our Consumer Insights Powerpoint Presentation Slides team are a cooperative lot. They will respond to all your specifications.
San Francisco School of Copywriting's January 2014 Copywriting Crash Course. Direct response copywriting course reveals the 5 secrets of good direct response copywriting.
This Book are designed to present interesting, insightful
books for the general business reader and for professionals in the worlds of media, marketing, and advertising.
These are innovative, creative books that address the challenges and opportunities of these industries, written by leaders in the business
17 Copywriting Do's and Don'ts: How To Write Persuasive ContentHenneke Duistermaat
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You studied several copywriting books.
And read blog post after blog post about writing.
But writing your own web copy?
Itâs a struggle.
You know the grammar is fine.
But the copy sounds bland. Perhaps even a little too salesy.
You read, and re-read your copy. You canât quite put your finger on it. Whatâs wrong? How can you improve it? And persuade more people to buy?
Today Iâve assembled 17 examples of yucky copy. And I tell you exactly whatâs wrong, and how to improve it.
Enjoy
Gather relevant data about consumers and potential customers using content-ready Consumer Insights PowerPoint Presentation Slides. Go through the human behaviour trends and understand your clients better with the help of ready-made consumer insights PPT presentation templates. Get consumer insights from data, surveys, sales, focus groups, direct interviews, online data and more. Make informed decisions for your business using consumer insights PowerPoint presentation slideshow. This deck comprises of templates such as research methodology, consumer insight assumptions, key stats, data collection and processing, consumer insight capabilities, consumer insight components, tools for consumer insights, YouTube analytics, google trends, google analytics, and more. These templates are completely customizable. Edit colors, text, icon and font size as per your need. Add or remove content, if needed. Download consumer insights PPT templates to understand your customers better. Our Consumer Insights Powerpoint Presentation Slides team are a cooperative lot. They will respond to all your specifications.
This presentation comprises a total of thirtyseven slides. Each slide focuses on one of the aspects of Shopper Journey Analysis PowerPoint Presentation Slides with content extensively researched by our business research team. Our team of PPT designers used the best of professional PowerPoint templates, images, icons and layouts. Also included are impressive, editable data visualization tools like charts, graphs and tables. When you download this presentation by clicking the Download button, you get the presentation in both standard and widescreen format. All slides are fully customizable. Change the colors, font, size, add and remove things as per your need and present before your audience.
A step-by-step guide to creating cutting edge television commercials, exploring everything from how television communicates to how to sell concepts. Individual chapters address hot issues in advertising development, and global advertising leaders contribute their secrets to success
Publishing content has no real value unless it is seen and shared. It has to ignite! In this fun and colorful presentation, author and consultant Mark Schaefer reveals some of his secrets from his new book The Content Code.
This is an excerpt from my talk "Startup DNA" (http://www.slideshare.net/brikis98/startup-dna) that just focuses on the "Speed Wins" concept. For more info, check out my book "Hello, Startup: A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams" at http://www.hello-startup.net.
Karlyn Borysenko and I discuss the elements of putting together an impactful presentation and how to submit them to conferences.
Originally presented at Penn State Web - updated and reshared at HighEdWeb 2016 in Memphis Tennessee.
Boring to Bold: Presentation Design Ideas for Non-DesignersMichael Gowin
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A presentation given to a colleague's class on some principles effective presentation planning and design. If graphic design is "the creative use of plagiarism," then these are my sources: Garr Reynolds, Nancy Duarte, Jessie Desjardins, Emiland De Cubber, Jan Schultink, Steve Jobs, and many others.
5 tools for an awesome presentation-By Samid RazzakMd. Samid Razzak
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Forget what you learned in Business schools. Here are 5 tips for an outstanding presentation from a TEDx Speaker. Make sure you remember each points and use it in your next presentation!
Sources: Flickr, Google, Presentation Panda
(3 day) the 7 Steps to Becoming a Super Affiliate and Make $10k/monthShivam Jaiswal
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With this 2nd Guide you can setup and start running your new online business in 3 days!
Even if you are a NEWBIE and don't have any existing business of yours.
This is The "Leave Your Soul Sucking 9-5 Job" Blueprint
Step by Step Guide by Jonathan Montoya.
Here are a few tips on selling from David Ogilvy and other experts. Can you sell?
Enter the Search for the World's Greatest Salesperson. Deadline May 16, 2010 at youtube.com/ogilvy
Hi! We're the creative team behind Hypothesis's reports, presentations, and infographics, and we're sharing out our best tips. Please share with someone you think would enjoy this slideshow.
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If your organization believes Instagram will fit with your mission and will bring value to your supporters/clients/customers now is the time to create that account or bring that account into dynamic shape.
How you can make actual money with a background as a freelance writer or journalist. This is a talk I gave to the ASJA Content Conference in Chicago, November 2014.
This presentation comprises a total of thirtyseven slides. Each slide focuses on one of the aspects of Shopper Journey Analysis PowerPoint Presentation Slides with content extensively researched by our business research team. Our team of PPT designers used the best of professional PowerPoint templates, images, icons and layouts. Also included are impressive, editable data visualization tools like charts, graphs and tables. When you download this presentation by clicking the Download button, you get the presentation in both standard and widescreen format. All slides are fully customizable. Change the colors, font, size, add and remove things as per your need and present before your audience.
A step-by-step guide to creating cutting edge television commercials, exploring everything from how television communicates to how to sell concepts. Individual chapters address hot issues in advertising development, and global advertising leaders contribute their secrets to success
Publishing content has no real value unless it is seen and shared. It has to ignite! In this fun and colorful presentation, author and consultant Mark Schaefer reveals some of his secrets from his new book The Content Code.
This is an excerpt from my talk "Startup DNA" (http://www.slideshare.net/brikis98/startup-dna) that just focuses on the "Speed Wins" concept. For more info, check out my book "Hello, Startup: A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams" at http://www.hello-startup.net.
Karlyn Borysenko and I discuss the elements of putting together an impactful presentation and how to submit them to conferences.
Originally presented at Penn State Web - updated and reshared at HighEdWeb 2016 in Memphis Tennessee.
Boring to Bold: Presentation Design Ideas for Non-DesignersMichael Gowin
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A presentation given to a colleague's class on some principles effective presentation planning and design. If graphic design is "the creative use of plagiarism," then these are my sources: Garr Reynolds, Nancy Duarte, Jessie Desjardins, Emiland De Cubber, Jan Schultink, Steve Jobs, and many others.
5 tools for an awesome presentation-By Samid RazzakMd. Samid Razzak
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Forget what you learned in Business schools. Here are 5 tips for an outstanding presentation from a TEDx Speaker. Make sure you remember each points and use it in your next presentation!
Sources: Flickr, Google, Presentation Panda
(3 day) the 7 Steps to Becoming a Super Affiliate and Make $10k/monthShivam Jaiswal
Â
With this 2nd Guide you can setup and start running your new online business in 3 days!
Even if you are a NEWBIE and don't have any existing business of yours.
This is The "Leave Your Soul Sucking 9-5 Job" Blueprint
Step by Step Guide by Jonathan Montoya.
Here are a few tips on selling from David Ogilvy and other experts. Can you sell?
Enter the Search for the World's Greatest Salesperson. Deadline May 16, 2010 at youtube.com/ogilvy
Hi! We're the creative team behind Hypothesis's reports, presentations, and infographics, and we're sharing out our best tips. Please share with someone you think would enjoy this slideshow.
www.hypothesisgroup.com
www.linkedin.com/companies/hypothesis-group
www.instagram.com/hypothesisgroup
If your organization believes Instagram will fit with your mission and will bring value to your supporters/clients/customers now is the time to create that account or bring that account into dynamic shape.
How you can make actual money with a background as a freelance writer or journalist. This is a talk I gave to the ASJA Content Conference in Chicago, November 2014.
The Number One Job Hunting Book in the World!Jim Stroud
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JimStroud.com - Jobseekers! If the only thing you have done to find work is post your resume to a job board, you are missing out on countless opportunities. Stop doing what you have always done and implement a job search strategy that pays off now and for the entirety of your career. If you are unemployed, under-employed or unhappily-employed; the facts, ideas and methods in this book will help you find work quickly and keep you employed for years to come.
In this book, you will learn:
# Why now is a good time to be looking for work
# How to know which careers are worth your time
# How to look for work in other countries
# How to find jobs that will boost your entire career
# How to advance your career by writing your resume in advance
# How to position yourself to be found by recruiters looking to hire
# How to get fired from a job before you even start it
# How to find more qualified job leads with less effort
# How to start your own online business with no money down
# How to find a job on Twitter
# How to cold call a company and get a job
# Reasons why recruiters never call you back (and ways to convince them otherwise)
# How to deal with recruiters who pitch you jobs you do not want
# How to get job search help from family and friends
# How to use Facebook to get a job
And everything else that I forgot to mention in this description!
"The #1 Job Hunting Book In The World" is presented in a conversational style and humorous tone that engages the reader throughout. The information is contemporary, relevant and practical enough for immediate application. Read this book and be inspired to actions that will cause opportunities to seek you out.
...
If you have my permission to download this book, share it online, share it via email, share, share away. However, the right to bind it and sell it is exclusively mine. If you would like to purchase hard copies of my book, you can buy them (and my other books) on Amazon.com.
Jim Stroud
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jimstroud
Blog: www.JimStroud.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/jimstroud
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2q2mBhu
P.S. If you want me to lead you to who is hiring now at my beloved employer, I suggest you check out our website at: https://www.randstadsourceright.com/careers/
EVERY job Iead I could give will come from that website, so do us both a favor and just go there. Thanks!
;-)
Marketing for the Everyday Geek (ACT-W 4/16)Zoe Landon
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(This is a revision of my RefreshPDX talk, "A Skeptic's Guide to Branding".)
Even the most skeptical geek has to market themselves at some point in their career. All the jargon and tacky buzzwords can turn you away from the idea, but there are benefits to be had. And there's science to back up those benefits.
Why is good copywriting so effective in turning website visitors into buyers?
The reason is that there are techniques copywriters know and use to elicit an emotional response from their readers.
This is why businesses pay good copywriters so much for their services.
In this short 39 page guide, you are about to discover the secrets behind the world's greatest marketing copy and persuasive sales letters.
By the end of the guide, you'll be able to put these secrets to work for yourself - so that you, too, can craft and assemble better copy for your business - "copy that converts."
As the Prince Of Print himself, the great Gary Halbert once said, "The Written Word Is the Strongest Source of Power in The Entire Universe."
ClickBank copywriting secrets part one. Inside this
eBook, you will discover the topics about why the top is the most
important aspect, writing a powerful headline, understanding the
psychology of headlines, headlines examples and headline swipes you can use.
Everyone sells, even you. Learn a simple, easy way to sell by thinking like a buyer, not a seller. Every sales cycle has four phases, but learn why the second one â educating your buyer â can make or break the deal. Iâll teach you the 5 step CM!(tm) process, set you up with a toolbox full of ideas, and get you started on how to become a convincing expert.
For audio and slides, go to http://theideamechanic.com/convince-me-indieconf-2010-soundslides
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DIGITAL MARKETING ROAD MAP
A digital marketing roadmap is a strategic plan that outlines the steps and initiatives a business will take to achieve its marketing objectives through digital channels. It serves as a guide for navigating the complex landscape of online marketing and helps align efforts towards achieving specific goals.
Prompt engineering is a fundamental concept within the field of artificial intelligence, with particular relevance to natural language processing. It involves the strategic embedding of task descriptions within the input data of an AI system, often in the form of a question or query, as opposed to explicitly providing the task description separately. This approach optimizes the efficiency and effectiveness of AI models by encapsulating the desired outcome within the input context, thereby enabling more streamlined and context-aware responses.
Prompt engineering is a concept in artificial intelligence, particularly natural language processing. In prompt engineering, the description of the task that the AI is supposed to accomplish is embedded in the input, e.g. as a question, instead of it being explicitly given.
Prompt engineering is a concept in artificial intelligence, particularly natural language processing. In prompt engineering, the description of the task that the AI is supposed to accomplish is embedded in the input, e.g. as a question, instead of it being explicitly given.
Prompt engineering is a concept in artificial intelligence, particularly natural language processing. In prompt engineering, the description of the task that the AI is supposed to accomplish is embedded in the input, e.g. as a question, instead of it being explicitly given.
Prompt engineering is a concept in artificial intelligence, particularly natural language processing. In prompt engineering, the description of the task that the AI is supposed to accomplish is embedded in the input, e.g. as a question, instead of it being explicitly given.
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Emerging Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), augmented reality (AR), the Internet of Things (IoT) and quantum computing can help organizations scale on demand, improve resiliency, minimize infrastructure investments and deploy solutions rapidly and securely.
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Emerging Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), augmented reality (AR), the Internet of Things (IoT) and quantum computing can help organizations scale on demand, improve resiliency, minimize infrastructure investments and deploy solutions rapidly and securely.
The term mobile commerce was originally coined in 1997 by Kevin Duffey at the launch of the Global Mobile Commerce Forum, to mean "the delivery of electronic commerce capabilities directly into the consumerâs hand, anywhere, via wireless technology."
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as âdistorted thinkingâ.
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An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
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Bills have a main role in point of sale procedure. It will help to track sales, handling payments and giving receipts to customers. Bill splitting also has an important role in POS. For example, If some friends come together for dinner and if they want to divide the bill then it is possible by POS bill splitting. This slide will show how to split bills in odoo 17 POS.
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What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
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2. The quote âcontent is kingâ is originally from an essay
Microsoft founder Bill Gates wrote in 1996. In it, he
describes the future of the Internet as a marketplace
for content.
3. Copywriting (CALL TO ACTION)
Copywriting is the writing text for the purpose of advertising or other forms of
marketing. The product, called copy or sales copy, is written content that aims to
increase brand awareness and ultimately persuade a person or group to take a
particular action.
4. Free Copywriting Resources Link â
https://smartblogger.com/power-words/
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2 - 30k Words Copywriting Blog - https://www.quicksprout.com/complete-...
3 - Killer Web Copywriting Tips - https://writtent.com/blog/20-killer-w...
4 - Abc Copywriting Free Stuff - https://www.abccopywriting.com/blog
5 - 4 Uâs: Copywriting Tips for Great Headlines & Copy - https://writtent.com/blog/4-us-of-web...
6 - Real Life CTA ( CALL TO ACTION EXAMPLES ) - https://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6...
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8. Sales letters
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BOOKS.
ďˇ Hypnotic Writing By Joe Vitale
ďˇ Influence The Psychology Of Persuasion By Robert
Cialdini
ďˇ Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz
ďˇ Made to Stick by Dan and Chip Heath
ďˇ The Boron Letters by Gary Halbert
ďˇ Influence by Robert Cialdini
ďˇ Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy
ďˇ Finding the Right Message by Jennifer Havice
ďˇ Never Split the Difference by Tal Rahz and Chris Voss
ďˇ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
ďˇ Building Distinctive Brand Assets by Jen Romaniuk
ďˇ How to Write a Good Advertisement by Vic Schwab
32. 4. SALES LETTER (VSL)
A copywriter can create a sales letter that captures readers' attention, excites them
about your offer and motivates them to respond.
33.
34. The letter begins like this (the original copy is attached below):
Dear Reader:
On a beautiful late spring afternoon, twenty-five years ago, two young
men graduated from the same college. They were very much alike,
these two young men. Both had been better than average students,
both were personable and both â as young college graduates are â
were filled with ambitious dreams for the future.
Recently, these two men returned to college for their 25th reunion.
They were still very much alike. Both were happily married. Both had
three children. And both, it turned out, had gone to work for the same
Midwestern manufacturing company after graduation, and were still
there.
But there was a difference. One of the men was manager of a small
department of that company. The other was its president.
What Made The Difference
Have you ever wondered, as I have, what makes this kind of difference
in peopleâs lives? It isnât always a native intelligence or talent or
dedication. It isnât that one person wants success and the other
doesnât.
The difference lies in what each person knows and how he or she
makes use of that knowledge.
And that is why I am writing to you and to people like you about The
Wall Street Journal. For that is the whole purpose of The Journal: To
give its readers knowledge â knowledge that they can use in
businessâŚ
So what makes this simple introduction so powerful?
The Anatomy of the Best Sales Letter Ever
Written
The sales letter employs 7 highly effective copywriting techniques:
#1 Personalization.
35. Copywriting can never be impersonal. Talk to your readers like youâre
talking to a friend. Email auto-responder technology wasnât around
back then, so WSJâs copywriter couldnât automatically generate the
readerâs name, but he still gets as personal as he can, by starting with
âDear Reader.â
Heâs not simply preaching to the masses.
Instead of âPeople often wonder what makes that kind of difference,â
he says, âHave you ever wondered, as I have, what makes this kind of
difference in peopleâs lives?â In this way he addresses the reader
personally, and gets the reader to actively participate in the
conversation.
#2 Storytelling.
Facts tell, stories sell.
Every copywriter knows it and you should too.
Thatâs not to say that facts donât help. They do. But the facts are what
the customer uses to justify the purchase.
The actual decision is driven by emotion, and stories are the best way
to invoke the readerâs emotion, which in this case is triggered by using
the âunderdog strategyâ, which weâll go over soon.
#3 Targeting.
The copywriter who wrote this $2 billion sales letter clearly understood
his target consumer. His examples are men because the Wall Street
Journal was read almost exclusively by men at the time. The men were
both married. Both had three children. And both, worked at
a Midwestern manufacturing company.
How much do you want to bet that this targeting isnât a coincidence?
By targeting his consumer, he was able to coax the reader into their
shoes, and it just so happens that the shoes they fill walk into Wall
Street Journal territory.
#4 Clarity.
36. I want to stress this point before we get to imagery, because in
copywriting, clarity is infinitely more important.
If your reader has to wade through meadows of flowery imagery,
theyâll start to feel like theyâre drowning in a sea of pointless
information. So get to the point quickly and cut the fluff.
#5 Imagery.
With the concept of clarity taking first priority, itâs good to use
imagery, especially imagery that appeals to the senses (seeing,
smelling, hearing, tasting, feeling). The more you engage your readerâs
senses, the more real the story, and the more effective the sales letter.
Our WSJ copywriter doesnât say that it was a âbeautiful late spring
afternoonâ just because he liked how it sounded. Those words create
a picture and even an effective sales environment for the reader.
#6 The Underdog.
Everybody likes a good underdog story, and thereâs a deep,
primal instinct at the root of the reason why.
Every breathing person on Godâs green earth has felt like an underdog
at some point in their life.
And nearly every person alive feels like an underdog right now, in
some capacity. Especially where money and prestige is concerned,
and especially in the American market.
Thatâs why cold-reading psychics use the same technique in their
readings:
âIn a specific area of your life you feel like youâre alone, waging a war
against a vast army. The battle has been uphill. Youâre a David fighting
a Goliath,â they may say, âbut youâre poised for victory.â
If that applies to you, youâll quickly understand the underdog
technique. If not, my hatâs off to you, you glorious freak of nature.
#7 USP.
37. Your USP (unique selling proposition) is essentially something your
product offers that your competitorâs canât.
So while everyone else is selling normal black or red boxing gloves,
youâre selling gloves in 12 different colors.
Our copywriter begins to communicate the Wall Street Journal USP, by
saying that it gives âits readers knowledge â knowledge that they can
use in businessâŚâ
Now, the techniques our WSJ copywriter uses in his $2 billion sales
letter are great.
However, without structure the emotional triggers, storytelling and
other tools of the trade are pretty much useless.
14-Step Anatomy of the Best Sales Letter Ever
Written
The skeleton of the sales letter is as follows:
#1 Headline.
âIt is not uncommon for a change in headlines to multiply returns from
five to ten times over.â â Claude Hopkins
Would you ever go fishing without bait or lure?
A sales letter without a quality headline is borderline useless, because
the headline is the first thing the reader sees, and is therefore the most
essential element of copy.
It is the bait.
The $2 Billion Sales Letter uses the most relevant and trustworthy
headline possible for buyers of the magazine: âWall Street Journalâ.
#2 Personal Intro.
38. âI donât know the rules of grammar. If youâre trying to persuade people
to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use
their language.â â David Ogilvy
Thereâs many methods to employ, but here we see what I consider the
most effective of them all: being personal.
Sometimes authoritative copy works, but every great copywriter
knows how to speak to the common man â that is; you, me, and
everyone else who doesnât fall into the 1% category of âelitesâ
(daddyâs money inheritors).
Itâs also worth mentioning the use of questions in this sales letter.
Asking good questions (questions that are practically always
answered with a âyesâ) is a form of âyes copyâ. The more you get your
reader to say yes, the better your chances are of making the sale.
#3 Story.
âThe person who says âI would never read all that copyâ makes the
mistake of thinking they are the customer. And theyâre not.â â Dan
Kennedy
Remember, Facts tell, stories sell.
Enough said.
#4 The Problem.
âTo live is to war with trolls.â â Henrik Ibsen
Thereâs no such thing as a story without conflict, and similarly, thereâs
no such thing as a sales letter without a consumer problem to solve.
In this case, the problem can be communicated in a question â âWhat
did <insert name of person more successful than you here> do
differently?â
If youâre able to pinpoint your customerâs greatest problem, youâre
halfway through the $2 Billion formula.
#5 The Solution.
39. âAs soon as you open your mind to doing things differently, the doors
of opportunity practically fly off their hinges.â â Jay Abraham
And hereâs the second half.
The solution gives your target consumer the answer to his or her
dilemma.
WSJâs target consumer needed knowledge â knowledge that âthe
Journalâ was more than happy to give.
#6 USP.
âAdvertising says to people, âHereâs what weâve got. Hereâs what it will
do for you. Hereâs how to get it.â â Leo Burnett
The Unique Selling Proposition? âWall Street Journal is the
countryâs only national business daily.â
#7 Buying Benefits.
âStudy your reader first, your product second.â â Robert Collier
The buying benefits are similar to the USP, but are less unique.
Instead of USPâs, theyâre simply SPâs.
#8 More Buying Benefits and More USP
âA copywriter should have âan understanding of people, an insight into
them, a sympathy toward them.â â George Gribbin
Self explanatory.
#9 Call to Action
âThe consumer isnât a moron; she is your wife.â â David Ogilvy
âSimply fill out the enclosed order card and mail it toâŚâ A simple,
clear call to action, followed byâŚ
#10 Guarantee, the First
âA guarantee removes the risk of buying, making it easier to trust, and
then buy.â â Me.
40. âŚthe first guarantee, âShould the Journal not measure up to your
expectations, you may cancel this trail arrangementâŚâ
#11 Wrapping up the Story
âAll the elements in an advertisement are primarily designed to do one
thing and one thing only: get you to read the first sentence of the
copy.â â Joe Sugarman
A good magazine article or blog post completes the story circle by
connecting the intro with the conclusion.
The same can be applied effectively to the sales letter.
Here our copywriter completes the cycle of the story by repackaging
the main benefit; valuable, life-changing knowledge that can only be
found in one place â the Wall Street Journal.
#12 Guarantee, the Second
âUse a thesaurus. Go buy a REAL thesaurus. The top writers all have a
dog eared thesaurus.â â John Carlton
The bottom bun in this guarantee sandwich is that âyou will find the
Journal always interesting, always reliable, always useful.â
#13 Personal Closing
âI have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real
genius to keep his hands off a good one.â â Leo Burnett
âSincerely yours,â followed by the Vice Presidentâs signature.
But weâre not finished.
No sales letter ends without a good old fashioned PS note!
#14 âPS I Love Your Extra Incentive to Buyâ
âShow a bright side, the happy and attractive side, not the dark and
uninviting side of things. Show beauty, not homeliness⌠Donât show
the wrinkles⌠Your customers know all about wrinkles.â â Claude
Hopkins
41. Many people at this point are teetering on the edge of buying, and
need only a rice-grain of a benefit to tip their judgement scale.
The entire purpose of the PS section is to give your reader one last
extra nudge toward the finish line.
And there you have it.
43. Video Sales Letter.
A video sales letter (VSL) is a video designed to sell a product or
service to the viewer. A VSL uses the same principles that a written
sales letter does to persuade its audience, but in video form. You'll
find video sales letters on websites, landing pages, and digital ads.
44.
45. Hypnotic Words. âĄ
Power Words. âĄ
Copywriting Tips & Triggers to Be INSANELY
More Persuasive.
PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY TECHNIQUES TO USE
IN YOUR SALES COPY
There are no magical words that can hypnotize your audience to magically
take out their credit and give you money â but there are some proven and
practical psychology techniques based on the study of us weird humans that
can help make your copywriting exponentially more persuasive.
below, you will find 100 of the most powerful marketing words ââ each of
which has been placed into various categories. The words that have an â*â
next to them are what the late David Ogilvy considered to be the most
persuasive words in advertising.
Never heard of this Ogilvy character? He is widely considered to be the
greatest advertiser of all time. So, while I believe all these marketing words
are powerful, pay extra attention to Ogilvyâs.
46. Powerful marketing words that make a promise.
Promising something to your prospective customer sells. One way to get
your readers to turn into buyers is to make them a promise thatâs worth
buying. Below you will find a handful of powerful marketing words that can
help you make this promise.
1. Guarantee
2. Sale
3. Unconditional
4. Promise
5. Risk-free
6. Pledge
47. Powerful marketing words that create a sense of
urgency.
In marketing and advertising, time is your friend. Use it. If your customer
only has 3-weeks to accept your offer, remind them that time is running out.
7. Now *
8. Expires
9. Quick *
10. Instantaneously
11. Immediately
12. Soon
13. Hurry *
14. Instantly
15. Suddenly *
16. Going-fast
17. Minute
48. Powerful marketing words that help your
customers feel at ease.
If youâre jumping off the high-dive at the public pool, you like to know how
deep it is. 12 feet makes you feel more at ease than say 3 feet. Your
customer is trading her hard-earned money for your product or service, this
can be as scary as jumping off the high-dive ââ make sure she is at ease.
Here are a few powerful marketing words that can help.
20. Bargain *
21. Easy *
22. Best-seller
23. Satisfaction
24. Simple
25. Smooth
26. Painless
27. Light
28. no-fuss
29. Cinch
50. Powerful marketing words that give your product a
premium feel.
If youâre buying bottled water, you probably donât give a rip whether or not it
is premium ââ unless youâre a big fan of Fiji. Now⌠cars, houses, denim
jeans, designer kicks and sunglasses are different. If youâre selling a luxury
versus a commodity, make your customer aware of the luxury theyâre buying
by utilizing these powerful marketing words.
38. State-of-the-art
39. Invite-only
40. Fresh
41. Hand-crafted
42. Small-batches
43. Pristine
44. Spick-and-span
45. Brand-new
46. Premium
47. Luxurious
51. Powerful marketing words that create a feeling of
exclusivity.
Exclusivity is simple. If you and I were to walk into a gas station to buy a
candy bar and the clerk were to say ââ you can have any candy bar in this
place but this particular one isnât for sale ââ you and I would look twice at
the candy bar that wasnât for sale. People want what they canât have and
they want what other people canât have ââ this is called exclusivity. The
words we use can help high-quality products and services be more highly
sought-after than others.
49. Secret
50. Limited
51. Rare
52. Few
53. Edition
54. Unique
55. Exotic
56. Select
57. Authentic
52. Powerful marketing words that inspire or motivate.
The late Zig Ziglar was famous for saying, âPeople often say that motivation
doesnât last. Well, neither does bathing â thatâs why we recommend it
daily.â You, myself and our customers donât wake up motivated or inspired â
â the feeling comes and goes. Our job as marketers and advertisers is to
help our customers get inspired and motivated to buy whatever weâre
selling. This doesnât magically happen. Igniting the feeling requires well-
placed powerful marketing words that start a fire.
59. Revolutionary *
60. Extraordinary
61. Amazing *
62. Remarkable *
63. Startling *
64. Sensational *
65. Magic *
66. Miracle *
67. You
53. Powerful marketing words that tickle your
customerâs curiosity.
Today, selling is about getting your prospect to stop scrolling. When writing
copy, this needs to be in the back of your mind at all times ââ how can I get
Bob to stop scrolling at 100 mph? The powerful marketing words youâll find
below can help you freeze your customer's thumbs.
70. Announcing *
71. Start
72. Stop
73. Running
74. Deal
75. Introducing *
76. Offer *
77. Compare *
78. Challenge *
79. Wanted *
54. 80. Discover
81. Release
82. Soon
Powerful marketing words that are lesser-known
and perhaps a bit eccentric (a.k.a my personal
favorites).
I tend to get a little bit flashy when it comes to writing copy. This can be
either a strength or a weakness depending on the circumstance. While I
think all marketers and advertisers should write with the goal to sell simply
and powerfully⌠sometimes you just have to spice things up. Here are a
few of my personal favorites when it comes to powerful marketing
terminology.
83. Dazzling
84. Ravishing
85. Brilliant
86. Honeyed
87. Compelling
56. The Phases of Copy Creation.
Copywriting Research:
Research:
Research:
Research:
Organize/Collect
Construct
Deconstruct
Reconstruct/Rewrite
57.
58. CONTENTS
1 Itâs Time to Awaken 1
2 Stop! Do This First 6
3 What Is Impossible? 8
4 A Disclaimer 10
5 A Beginning 12
6 Agatha Christie Proves Hypnotic Writing Exists 15
7 My Secret to Hypnotic Writing 18
8 You Canât Even Bribe Me to Read a Lousy Letter! 22
9 What Is Hypnotic Writing? 26
10 Hypnotic Writing: A Case Study 31
59. 11 The Great Intimacy Secret 38
12 Whatâs More Important than Copy? 40
13 Hypnotic Writing Controlled Study 44
14 How I Learned the Secret of Hypnotic Writing 53
15 What Is Hypnosis? 58
16 Two Ways to Cause Action 60
17 What About Your Web Site? 70
18 How Long Is Too Long? 75
19 What Every Reader Wants to Know 77
20 The Hypnotic Power of Repetition 81
21 The Inner Game of Hypnotic Writing 84
22 Imitation Sugar Is Sweet, Too! 91
23 How to Jump-Start the Muse 96
24 How to Nail Your Readerâs Attention 99
25 How to Make Your Writing Walk, Talk, and Breathe
103
26 Give Me Some Meat! 109
27 A Writing Lesson from the Worldâs Greatest
Hypnotist 112
28 Electrifying Tips for Creating Breakthrough Writing
115
60. 29 A Case against Perfection 118
30 How to Persuade Readers to Your Side 121
31 Warp Speed Editing Secrets Worth Killing For 127
32 How to Make Your Writing Sexy 133
33 How People Think 137
34 How to Create Hypnotic Stories 139
35 How to Control the âCommand Centerâ in Your
Prospectâs Mind 144
36 The One Hypnotic Command That Always Works
148
37 What I Learned from The Sea Wolf 152
38 Your Turning Point Message 155
39 What Everyone Will Always Read 158
40 Your Connotation Is Showing 160
41 What Are My Secrets for Writing Hypnotic
Selling Stories? 164
42 Hypnotic Blogging 166
43 Reminders as Triggers 174
44 How to Change Average Writing into
Hypnotic Writing 176
61. 45 30 Ways to Write a Hypnotic Headline 178
46 Hypnotic Openings 189
47 Hypnotic Quiz 192
48 My Three Biggest Secrets 193
49 How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? 197
50 How to Change Perception 199
51 At Last! The Joe Vitale Hypnotic Writing Formula
205
52 A New Hypnotic Copy Checklist 215
53 The Five Secret Laws of Hypnotic Persuasion 217
54 The Seven Most Hypnotic Books of All Time 219
55 The Hypnotic Writing Formula 222
56 Your Challenge 224
Appendix: Hypnotic E-Mails 225
Bibliography 246
Index 253
About Dr. Joe Vitale 261
Bonus Offer 262
62. Contents
Introduction
1 Weapons of Influence 13
2 Reciprocation: The Old Give and TakeâŚand Take 43
3 Commitment and Consistency: Hobgoblins of the Mind 87
4 Social Proof: Truths Are Us 126
5 Liking: The Friendly Thief 157
6 Authority: Directed Deference 178
7 Scarcity: The Rule of the Few 205
Notes 211
Bibliography 225