March 28, 2006

Effective Copywriting Finishing Check List

Checklist for a sales letter.

 

  • It is better to use the prospect’s name and title.

  • Try to make the sales letter user-friendly and special.

  • Use anecdotes and slogans and catchy headlines

  • Try to write like you generally talk. Read your first draft aloud to see if it has a lucid and free flow of words.

  • Keep your paragraphs concise and use uncomplicated language. Speak in their lingo.

  • Once you have completed the letter, forget about it for sometime. This will help you to be more practical when you edit your letter.

  • Ask for criticisms and comments from friends and relatives about your sales letters.

  • While keeping to a standard format, opt for something eye-catching like brightly colored paper.

  • Use a user-friendly font.

  • Always use P.S. or P.P.S. to attract attention.

  • Use testimonials whenever available to enhance your credibility.

  • Give a genuine and irresistible offer.

  • Send out a few reminder letters. 
  • Give an “act now” option in terms of deadlines, free offers, limited stocks, and so on.

  • Tell them what to do next. Don’t presume your prospects know it for sure.

  • Make your sales letter forceful, thrilling, and appealing.

  • Use provocative and catchy slogans, something that attracts.

  • Whenever possible, try to give a money-back or satisfaction guarantee.

  • Include a reply card, phone number, and /or URL.

  • Keep it short and sweet, precise and succinct.

  • When you make your letter uneven, it is more probable to be opened, as it would have added to the curiosity factor. You can use rubber bands, cotton balls and other spongy things to make mail bumpy from the inside

  • You can enhance readership when you hand-address each envelope. But see if your budget permits that. If not, do not overstretch.

  • Don’t distinguish your envelope with a business logo because it diminishes the ratio of openings.

Businesses are forever looking for ways to improve their marketing results, and this necessitates a more customized targeted method. A well-written and targeted sales letter will go a very long way toward enhance your sales value. If you can make the prospect feel that you really empathize with him and genuinely want to solve his problem, then almost the whole battle is won. You just require to follow a few tips and templates to craft out a spectacular sales letter that will solve your purpose.

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