Your Customer: The Hero

Your Customer: The Hero

When your customer buys, who is the hero? Is it you? Because you solved their problem. Because you introduced them to a new opportunity. Or is it…  Them? Because they finally figured it out.  Because they got the result they wanted. Because they are fulfilling their...
Get Copywriting Experience [my best recommendation]

Get Copywriting Experience [my best recommendation]

Today’s video is about getting copywriting experience… Today, I’m known for writing long-form sales letters — as long as 10,000 words each — designed to convert on cold traffic. But that’s not where I got my start. And I wouldn’t necessarily suggest you get your start...
Facebook Lead Generation [4 Fundamentals]

Facebook Lead Generation [4 Fundamentals]

There are 4 big fundamentals to Facebook lead generation… And these are pretty much universal. Across markets.  Across product or service types.  Across industries. If you apply the right principles and strategies at the level of these 4 fundamentals, you have a high...
Easy offers get response [marketing & advertising]

Easy offers get response [marketing & advertising]

How much thought and effort do you put into creating “easy” offers? That is, offers that are as simple as possible for the prospect to say “yes” to… And I’m not just talking about the offers to make that final sale of your product or service. I’m talking about...
#1 Perfectionism Cure [Marketing]

#1 Perfectionism Cure [Marketing]

Got this question from a subscriber… It’s about perfectionism as a marketer… — As simple as it sounds, I am still trying to figure out the right delivery of the first email message I will send about my new product. I know I have to tie the whole thing to a good story...
Writing Copy: You Are Not The Star

Writing Copy: You Are Not The Star

Here are the opening lines of today’s video… “When we write copy… “When we put together marketing and advertising pieces… “It’s very easy for us to let our ego — and our arrogance — and our need for acceptance and approval — to get the best of us… “And there’s a...
Client Business: Should I be a specialist or a generalist?

Client Business: Should I be a specialist or a generalist?

Should you focus your service business? Or should you take any project from any client that will have you? I have a bit of a different answer to this.  That’s the topic of today’s video. First though, the question that prompted today’s video… — Roy, Should I focus on...
Happy Hamilton Day… [+story-selling]

Happy Hamilton Day… [+story-selling]

It should come as no surprise… As a long-time Hamilton fan, I have plans tonight to watch the musical on Disney+, with the family. …  Which made me remember this article I wrote a few right around the time Hamilton was on the ascendancy as arguably one of the greatest...
Direct Response vs. Conversion Copywriting: Which is better?

Direct Response vs. Conversion Copywriting: Which is better?

Is there a difference between “direct response copywriting” and “conversion copywriting”? And if so, why the heck would that be important to you? Here’s a hint: there is a difference, and there isn’t. Being a conversion copywriter implies that you’re a copywriter...
This is how you beat the control (copywriting)

This is how you beat the control (copywriting)

A lot of talk is made of “beating the control” in copywriting… Today, a tip for beating the control as a copywriter. That is, creating an ad or marketing piece that generates more response than what’s being used now. There can be all kinds of reasons for this....
Hooks, Headlines, & Leads: Copywriting How-To

Hooks, Headlines, & Leads: Copywriting How-To

It’s one of the most fundamental skills in direct response copywriting… To capture a hook in the form of a headline and lead…  That gets your prospect’s attention…  And pulls them into your selling message. In fact, when you’re getting started as a copywriter, it’s...
Why Facts Don’t Sell (And What Does)

Why Facts Don’t Sell (And What Does)

If facts don’t sell, feelings do, right? Not so fast. Because feelings are important. In fact, you’ve probably heard the expression repeated so many times it’s trite… “People buy on emotion and justify with logic.” But that’s not even it. At least, not with the most...