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Post 13: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook , a.k.a., My “Learning How To Copy Write” Journey

Share As I mentioned previously, the rest of “The Copywriter’s Handbook”, covers various types of copywriting assignments such as print advertisements, direct mail, brochures, catalogs, and commercials. Bly also provides some technical details on each. I’m not going to cover … Continue reading

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Post 12: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook , a.k.a., My “Learning How To Copy Write” Journey

Share Welcome back to my copywriting journey. The next chapter is getting ready to write. However, I want to bring up another point about long vs short copy. In the last post, I wrote about Joe Vitale’s formula for determining … Continue reading

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Post 11: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook , a.k.a., My “Learning How To Copy Write” Journey

Share Today is the last post covering some other principles and techniques for writing to sell. Long Copy vs Short Copy The debate over long or short copy is about how much information to include in your copy, not how … Continue reading

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Post 10: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook , a.k.a., My “Learning How To Copy Write” Journey

Share Today we’ll be talking about the secondary promise, knowing your customer, and a checklist of motivators. Secondary Promise Generally speaking you want to make a big promise in your advertising because small promises don’t work. But what if your … Continue reading

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Post 9: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook , a.k.a., My “Learning How To Copy Write” Journey

Share Hi. Welcome back. Today we’re covering some other principles and techniques for writing to sell. But before we go there, I wanted to share another formula with you. I’ve also been reading the book Hypnotic Writing by Joe Vitale … Continue reading

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Post 8: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook, a.k.a., My “Learning How To Copy Write” Journey

Share Now that we know how to write clearly and concisely, we can start learning about writing to sell. Writing to sell is about convincing the reader to buy or do something. This is different than writing to inform, educate, … Continue reading

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Post 6: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook , a.k.a., My “Learning How To Copy Write” Journey

Share This post is long. It’s about the next chapter Robert Bly covers, which is writing to communicate. I took a technical writing course about 18 years ago and I finally got what writing is about –communicating your idea to … Continue reading

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Post 3: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook, a.k.a., My “Learning How To Copy Write” Journey

Share Headlines, Part 2, Types of Headlines. Robert Bly covers 8 time-tested headline categories. These are good to study and copy. 1. Direct Headlines. Basically say it like it is. No fluff. 2. Indirect Headlines. Make you point in a … Continue reading

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Post 2: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook, a.k.a., My “Learning How To Copy Write” Journey

Share Headlines. If you want someone to notice and read your copy, you have to catch them with bait, and that bait is your headline. Headlines are critical because headlines are your first impression. You can have the world’s best … Continue reading

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Post 1: Notes from The Copywriter’s Handbook, a.k.a., My “Learn How To Copy Write” Journey

Share I’ve started reading the book, The Copywriter’s Handbook, by Robert W. Bly, to learn how to copy write. The book I’m reading is the 3rd edition. Copywriting is suppose to be one of the most important skills you can … Continue reading

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