Have you ever wondered how Ben Settle comes up with so many fascinating ideas for his emails and sales letters? Well, today you’re going to find out. You’re also going to find out what Ben thinks about long copy (is long copy dead?)… and… how long your emails should be. So, without further adieu, here’s […]
Continue readingToday marks the beginning of a 4-part series of copywriting questions and answers with Ben Settle. At first, I thought I would publish everything in a single post. But then I saw how much Ben wrote! 5,049 words, to be exact. A bit much for a single blog post. So after discussing it with Ben, […]
Continue readingIf you were to go to CopywritingCode.com and look at the lessons on the home page, they would probably look like any other blog posts: a few paragraphs with a link to read more if you want. But what you wouldn’t see is how long each lesson actually is… or the level of detail each […]
Continue readingAttention in the 21st Century is like light that has passed through a round cut diamond: It is fractured in a thousand directions. The copywriter’s job is to capture that fractured attention and refocus it on the sales message of the product he is selling. Eugene Schwartz writes on page 15 of Breakthrough Advertising: “It […]
Continue readingOne reason for Groupon’s meteoric success (and the success of similar mob coupon services) is because they’re selling money at a discount. If I offered to give you $20 if you gave me $10, you’d take that offer as many times as you possibly could. That is the basic premise for many of the offers […]
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