December 21, 2005

Effective Copywriting 111 Brain Freeze

What To Do When You Just Cannot Write A Sales Letter?

 

You require to carve out a sales letter, but you just can't find the words. You think and think and think but to no avail. So what do you do now?

 

It's a really exasperating situation and can happen to us all anytime. But there’s a great way to make your creative juices flow out.

 

Ask questions

 

Are you really aware of your product?

 

Suppose you are selling a treadmill. You really need to know how it feels to use it. When can you use it? What are the limitations and side effects?

 

Knowing and caring about your product gives you the passion to tell the whole wide world about it. To praise it. To love it. To flaunt it.

 

So now the first block is overcome. Now that you know the product and fallen in love with it, you can blabber on to describe it.

 

Next, record the reasons why and how it'll help you, if at all. Will it make my life easier? Will it add value? Will it solve a problem? Also, is it too expensive? Is it too ugly, and so on.

 

List everything: the good, the bad, and even the ugly.

 

You need to find out the reason why people will buy from you at all.

 

What is so unique about your product or service? The best way to do this is to brainstorm.

 

Shortly, you'll have so many opinions hitting you that you will not be able to keep pace. Just continue the process till you have exhausted all ideas.

 

Once you are done, all you require to do is take a look at what you have penned down and make a list of all the spectacular ideas you have. List them in order of priority.

 

Now you have the rough draft for your letter.

 

Utilize the most significant basis on the list, the main motive why someone should buy your product, and turn this into a marvelous headline.

 

Permit the ideas on the list to pour into your sales letter using sub-headlines or highlights when you need to stress a point. Soon, your letter will have almost written itself.

 

In conclusion, when you write your letter, keep in mind to write it to only one individual at a time. Make it special!

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