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Eugene Schwartz: “It Is the Copywriter’s Job to…”
Attention 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 readingDoes the World Really Need Another Copywriting Book?
If you’ve been a student of copywriting for any length of time, chances are you’ve encountered most of the classic books on the subject… Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins The Robert Collier Letter Book by Robert Collier Tested Advertising Methods by John Caples The Ultimate Sales Letter by Dan Kennedy Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz […]
Continue readingThe Importance of Staying Power
Staying power is an underrated concept. I first began paying attention to it back in my Amway days. What I noticed was that the most successful distributors weren’t necessarily the best or brightest of the bunch. They were the ones who simply took consistent positive action longer than anybody else. The people who “tried out” […]
Continue readingHow to Use a Swipe File
A well-organized swipe file is as good as gold in the hands of a skilled copywriter. But while many copywriters and entrepreneurs know how to spot winning ads, very few know how to go about building, organizing, and using a swipe file to write stronger copy faster. This is the subject of a recent interview […]
Continue readingCopywriters: Guilty as Charged?
After reading my post about Internet Marketing on Life Support, a reader sent me a private email. He writes: As copywriters do we (as a profession) play a part in the current situation? People buy (are lured) into bad situations with these scammers based on what they read on the sales page… which nine times […]
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