New Age Copy

I was talking to a wise copywriter earlier today who told me an invaluable piece of advice about creating powerful subject lines for email marketing, and I have to admit it has stuck with me:

“Don’t sell your product in your subject line.” (continue reading…)

You might remember a while back I wrote post about how to write effective sales copy and gave you some pointers on where to get started.

This week I wanted to elaborate on this further but show you how to deal with bullets, headers, sub-headers etc. (continue reading…)

I got asked a few weeks ago if there is a basic sales copy template that you can use to write powerful sales copy, and I have to admit that there is no set template that you must use.

Writing effective sales copy is heavily dependent on the type of audience you are writing for, so whilst a personalised sales letter make work on someone who is looking to lose weight, clear their acne and become healthily, this might not always work on someone in the property investment market.

The trick I am afraid is trial and error. Split testing your sales letters and seeing which produces the best conversions.

Of the sales letters I have written to date though, there is one formula I would recommend to copywriters just starting out. A great copywriter recommended this to me and it hasn’t failed me yet: (continue reading…)

You don’t have to be a design genius to be able to utilise photoshop and use it to create your own headers. Admittedly it takes a lot of getting used to and definitely requires practice, but if you have got the time you can easily begin structuring your own designs which when saved as a jpeg can be inserted into dreamweaver. (continue reading…)

One of the hardest aspects to breaking into Sales copy is writing powerful headlines that stop consumers in their tracks. Because of this every good copywriter creates a swipe file of the best works, copy and headines to grab their attention and I thoroughly recommend you do this if you are serious about becoming a strong copywriter.

Of course you should NEVER copy another writers work, but this swipe file can prove very inspiring if you are struggling to formulate a headline.

Today I thought I would share with you my swipe file of the best headline templates I have ever encountered. Each of these headlines have been proven to generate increased sales and leads and are incredibly adaptable to every niche. (continue reading…)

There is a clear distinction between general website copy and sales copy. The average copywriter will specialise in day to day copy: reviews, articles, press releases, reports… but there is a growing demand amongst copywriters for strong, effective sales copy that gets consumers to buy. (continue reading…)

Our team love hearing your responses to our posts. It gives us a great satisfaction to know that our advice is helping.

Today we thought we could mix it up abit, by offering you the opportunity to ask you what you would like us to write about. Copywriting, PPC, SEO, development, email marketing, web design… if you have got a question about any of these areas that you are just dying to find out more about, then please feel free to leave us a comment here and we’ll look into it. (continue reading…)

During my time as a copywriter I have been asked many times ‘what does it take to write eye-catching headlines’. It is not an easy task and will take practice, but if you incorporate any one of the ten tips listed below, you can grab your surfers attention. (continue reading…)