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9 Tips for Better Copywriting
Avoid the wimpy verbs—is and be.
These “do-little” verbs only occupy space and state that something exists. So don’t write, “There is one simple omission that can transform a sentence from boring to brilliant.” Do write, “One simple omission...
How a Book is Born: One Author's Story
How a Book is Born: One Author's Story Judy Cullins © 2003 All Rights Reserved Not all books come out whole, all at once. In fact, most books ease out little by little. They have strange and wondrous beginnings. Some come from speeches, some come...
Need a Great Idea? Feed Your Brain
A lot of great ideas happen when two or more other ideas collide to form something completely new. Think of this like those old chemistry movies we used to watch in school. You had all of those atoms floating around and when two collided -- bam! A...
Pumping Up The Emotional Side Of Gizmos, Widgets And Powdered Eggs.
You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as the byline at the end of this article is included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated. Pumping Up The Emotional Side Of Gizmos,...
The truth about selling e-books on the internet
If you've surfed the internet for a while lately, you might have noticed the incredible amount of hype generated around e-books, information products, resale rights and similar stuff. Indeed, it is a popular subject since it promises a way to...
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Understand Your Buyer's Pathway
I really wonder how many marketers and other business people
really understand the entire chain of decisions potential buyers
make, leading up to the point of their final decision to do
business.
Every sale is different, but usually this chain begins with a
problem. Either the potential buyer knows about this problem or
needs to be educated about the problem and its consequences.
In all likelihood, few of your competitors have entered the
chain at this point, so if you are able to provide some
diagnostic tools, such as a simple checklist, or a list of
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), you could turn all of them
into also rans right from the start.
When a potential buyer becomes aware of a problem, he seeks out
information. He may ask his doctor, his lawyer, his cousin Ernie
or go to the web. If you have not only posted a lot (let me
repeat, a LOT) of free information on your site, but you have
also provided lots of free content on the subject to other
sites, with links back to your site, this buyer will find
you.
This person is not yet looking for a sales pitch. He needs
information. Information he can understand and use. Think of
this person at
Robots Encountering Socks
Suppose you're a robot. If you had a camera in your head, and you could watch a human doing a simple task, like bunching a pair of socks, could you, just by watching, learn to do it too?
Two Deaths: A Poet And A Beetle
Poet Wislawa Szymborska had an eye for the smallest, the gentlest, the hard-to-notice creatures on Earth and this week she bid them all adieu. Krulwich remembers Wislawa Szymborska.
this stage as an information sponge. At
the same time, think of yourself as a solution provider. Your
job at this point is not to sell, but to show the way to a
solution.
Behind the scenes, the buyer is also looking for credibility.
And by showing the way to a solution rather than
go-for-the-throat-selling, establishes credibility far beyond
anything else you can do.
Sit down today and map out your buyer's pathway, from problem to
you. Note every decision, every question, every want and every
doubt the buyer might have before he finds himself at your door.
You can remove a lot of the stumbling blocks along the buyer's
way when you know the path he will be taking.
COPYRIGHT © 2005, Charles Brown
About the author:
Do you need to turn the written word into profits? Charles Brown
is a freelance commercial writer located in Dallas-Fort Worth
area, who is available to help write professional web content,
organizational newsletters, direct marketing material and other
copywriting projects for business and non-profits. Put Mr. Brown
on your team today. Visit him at
www.bizwriterstudio.blogspot.com or you may contact him at
817.715.3852 or charbrow@gmail.com.
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