14 copywriting tips from copywriting legends
1/ Copy is a direct conversation with the consumer.
– Shirley Polykoff
1/ Copy is a direct conversation with the consumer.
– Shirley Polykoff
The way to deduce what people want to buy is to simply observe what they DO buy!
– Gary Halbert
– Gary Halbert
3/ Consumers do not buy products. They buy product benefits.
– David Ogilvy
– David Ogilvy
4/ Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.”
– Leo Burnett
– Leo Burnett
5/ The best copywriters are the most tenacious researchers. Like miners, they dig, drill, dynamite, and chip until they have carloads of valuable ore. - John Caples
6/ I understand social proof is one of the most powerful levers to convince somebody to enter your funnel or start talking to you online. - @AaronOrendorff
7/ Be more specific. - @davegerhardt
8/ The more you read, the easier it is to write. - @VikkiRossWrites
9/ Metaphors are a great language tool, because they explain the unknown in terms of the known. – @ANNELAMOTT
10/ Brevity doesn’t mean bare bones or stripped down. Take as long as you need to tell the story.” – @MarketingProfs
11/ You sell on emotion, but you justify a purchase with logic. – Joseph Sugarman
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. – Leonardo Da Vinci
13/ The most powerful element in advertising is the truth. – William Bernbach
In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope. -
Peter Nivio Zarlenga
Peter Nivio Zarlenga
BONUS:A writing framework
1. Use draft 1 to find your novel ideas, which are:
• Counter-intuitive
• Counter-narrative
• Shock and awe
2. Draft 2 is for making those novel ideas stick—via:
• Stories
• Analogies
• Examples
Writing quality = Novelty x Resonance @julian
1. Use draft 1 to find your novel ideas, which are:
• Counter-intuitive
• Counter-narrative
• Shock and awe
2. Draft 2 is for making those novel ideas stick—via:
• Stories
• Analogies
• Examples
Writing quality = Novelty x Resonance @julian