If you’re a small business or providing a service, then in reality Wal-Mart is the antithesis of what you should be doing. Think about it. Wal-Mart doesn’t stay in business by providing quality services or even by keeping the customer happy.
If you're a small biz owner struggling to make a profit, you know that competing with the big dogs is usually a no-win situation. Wal-Mart has an obvious advantage over your local ma and pop shops. The huge chain gets drastic discounts from vendors, can afford to sell for little to zero markup and makes their money based purely on volume. This applies to online businesses as well. If you are...
As a freelancer you are the ‘Big Cheese’ when it comes to your business. You are ‘Head Honcho’ and your brand is YOU. So it’s important to keep that in mind when going into business for yourself. * You are responsible for the world’s perception of you and your services. * You are responsible for marketing yourself and creating a name for yourself. * You are responsible for following-up on leads...
If you are running a small business, YOU are the business. Even if you’re actually selling a product, what you’re really selling is yourself and your service. So how do you sell yourself? Legally that is? :) First of all, be accessible. Set up your business so that your clients can contact you, personally. Doesn't have to be a phone number, but email access is great. Have a website, check (and...
Sometimes life is hard. Whether you're an entrepreneur or work a J.O.B. life gets crazy. It's hard and days are long and people can just suck. Business might be slow, money might be tight, friends might be distant. The thing to remember is that this is true for EVERYONE. Not just you alone. You aren't alone and your life isn't the only hard life on the planet. You're not the only one who has a...
Congratulations – you’ve made it to the final article in this series of copywriting rules. Here is Part 3 in case you missed it. By the time you’re done here, you should have an excellent idea of how to craft the best possible sales letter, using the most triggers possible. Here’s a quick refresher of what we’ve gone through so far: * Set out writing to one person. * Use your prospect’s language...
If you’ve been following along, you will see that we’re now on Part 3 in this “Copywriting Rules” series of articles. Throughout these articles, we’ve gone through several important copywriting rules. To reiterate, these rules were: * Set out writing to one person. * Use your prospect’s language. * Use emotion. * Time’s ticking, make sure you keep their attention. * Make the copy visually...
In Part 1 of this series, we went over some important copywriting “rules” to follow in order to have the best possible copywriting material. To refresh your memory, these rules were: * Set out writing to one person. * Use your prospect’s language. * Use emotion. In this article, I'm going to go through and give you even more tips you can use to make the most compelling sales material possible...
Learning how to write a sales letter can be extremely difficult. It seems as if everyone has an opinion on how to write copy, and many of those opinions contradict each other – even amongst top copywriters. That being said, there are some universal copywriting “laws” that will be the same for everyone. We’re going to go over a few of those fundamentals, as well as how you can use them to your...
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