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What makes for "persuasive" copy is....
"A PASSIONATE STORY"!
Most of the "stuff" I sell is based on my own personal experiences.....so....when I write copy about these programs I can "bring readers IN" by describing WHAT HAPPENED from a first party standpoint... how I got the "idea" for the program...how I put it together and what happened when I went out to the marketplace. People LIKE to read "stories". Rather than listing bunch of "facts" listed about a program I "get readers INVOLVED....EMOTIONALLY...by taking them thru the STEPS I took to find success. This approach gets readers to RELATE....where they start thinking, "Hey! This guy puts his pants on one leg at a time...just like me...so, this can't be all that dificult." So...if you can relate to readers from first-hand experience as to ....How the program got started...how it was put together...what happened when it was marketed...etc. Makes for a "more personal" approach AND...gets their EMOTIONS flowing. Works for me. Don Alm > Hi Don, > Your ideas are pretty addictive. And as you > say, your writings are also quite > persuasive.... :) > Once upon a time, they taught me (and a > whole bunch of other students) about how to > write "scientifically". I think > this kind of stuff starts in high school. > "Scientific" writing is > unemotional. Often, there's nobody there > ("The bunsen burner was lit." Did > nobody light it? Shouldn't it be, "I > lit the bunsen burner"? It didn't light > itself!) > Well, that's what I was taught.... I'm sure > lots of others who did some > "science" at school were taught > the same thing. > One thing - this kind of writing often makes > crappy persuasive copy. :) > I think the best persuasive writing is often > emotional (though there's a place for logic > too).... > As Joe Karbo says, it's like a love letter. > A love letter filled only with > "logical" reasons will probably > fall flat. People want to be > "romanced", to feel emotion.... > Logic helps too, of course, but emotion is > what really moves people's hearts. Joe > Sugarman says that people decide to buy on > emotion, then justify it with logic.... > Anyhow, what I'm getting at is that Don, > you're writing is emotional - it's almost > impossible to read it and not have an > emotional reaction! (Gordon has this gift > too.) I think that may be why it's so > good.... :) > - Dien Rice My Home-Based Businesses |
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