Source: http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/copywriting-lessons-joanna-wiebe
Below are 9 copywriting tips that will help attract and keep more readers, and boost your conversions.
1. Go for case studies that let you give as much information as you can. Make sure to offer extremely useful information such as formulas, lessons and experiments that your readers can apply or appropriate to their situation.
2. Focus on creating attention-grabbing headlines. In fact, 90% of your time writing time should be spent on crafting a strong title. Don’t overuse keywords and learn from tested and proven formulas.
3. Try this really great headline formula: Data-Driven Outcome + “Even If” or “Without.”
4. Don’t make a positioning statement. Rather, write a value proposition. This means presenting what the product can do, plus the end benefit of using it.
5. Be aware of the different types of awareness of people during the sales process:
- Pain Aware
- Solution Aware
- Problem Aware
- Brand/Product Aware
- Completely Unaware
6. Master the value proposition tagline. This is when your tagline is also your value props, only it’s more specified and targeted.
7. Fuel your inspiration with swipe files.
8. Leverage content with surprise or shock value (they also generate ore sales).
9. Use odd numbers for your titles.