Did you ever try to get sales copy done for your new product only to find out that the person you approached to do it is backed up for about three months? There's a reason for that.
Good copywriters are hard to come by.
And the reason they're hard to come by is because copywriting is more than just writing copy.
There are several factors involved with being a good copywriter.
In this article, we're going to briefly cover the keys to writing successful copy.
In future articles, we'll go into more depth.
Hopefully, after reading this, you'll have a pretty decent idea of what it takes to write good sales copy.
The most obvious thing that is required to write good sales copy is that you need to be a good writer.
Okay, that may be easier said than done, but it's not impossible to learn the skill.
There are some excellent books out there.
But even more helpful than books is the fact that there are a number of copywriters out there who will actually take somebody under their wing if they feel they show promise as a copywriter.
Take advantage of this.
It will be the education of a lifetime.
You'll have to work hard and at times the work will seem thankless, but when you're making $2,000 per copy, you'll be glad you went through it.
But there are things beyond the obvious that are necessary to be a successful copywriter.
One of those things is the ability to do research.
Why? You're going to get jobs writing copy for people with products that you have no knowledge of.
Not only that, you will have little or no knowledge of the market itself.
You're going to have to research what this market is about, what their hot buttons are, why they buy things, what solutions they're looking for, and so on.
The research aspect of writing is probably the most time consuming of the whole process.
Another key to successful copy is to know what's working in today's market.
Copywriting is not a stagnant process.
What worked years ago may not work today.
So you have to keep an eye out for copywriting trends.
This is pretty easy to do simply by checking out the biggest selling products in the marketplace.
You'll have to check out quite a few niches as each one is going to have its own style.
For example, you're not going to write the same kind of copy for a "make money at home" product as you would for a product in the health niche.
In future articles, we'll go into more detail in these areas.
For now, be aware of these few simple things.
If you concentrate on them, you'll improve your writing greatly.
To YOUR Success, Steven Wagenheim