Learn Copywriting Skills That Boost Sales And Destroy Your Competition

Copywriting is like having your own Salesperson.
Regardless of what you are trying to sell it is important to have excellent copywriting skills yourself or hire a Pro Copywriter to do the work for you.
It doesn’t matter where you are trying to promote your services or products you need good copy. Today to even get your business emails opened, you need copywriting skills.
Hi, my name is Cynthia and I have spent the last 4 years writing copy for websites. I have found that by sticking with the basic principles of selling, my copy has been very successful. I would like to share with you some of the techniques that have consistently worked for me.
These basic principles can apply to emails, job applications, offline advertising and online advertising just to name a few applications.
• Headline. This must grab your reader and make him want to read on. If your headline does not do its job, anything else you have written (regardless of how good it is) will not be read. The most effective way of doing this, is offer benefits. Remember if you make an outrageous claim just to get attention and cannot back it up very quickly in the body of the letter, your reader is going to leave. Anything you write must be honest and if possible offer proof. Another very important tip about headlines is try and identify your perfect client. For example, if you are offering training that is specifically for Irish Terrier Dogs Use “Irish Terrier Owners……….” Not “Dog Owners…….”. You will get less traffic but more buyers.
• Benefits. Your benefits are going to help sell your product. They have to be clearly written so they will hold the reader’s attention. The best way to present them is in bullet form. Bullets are easy to read and with plenty of white space the readers’ eye will continue down the page.
• Trust. If you do not get your reader’s trust, you are not going to get a sale. It is that simple. The best way to do this is to make your sales page more personal. There is still a great deal of fear out there about buying products online. Start building trust by including a photo of yourself, tell them your story, make it easy for them to be able to relate to you and only then ask for a sale. This is a very important step in the selling process.
Just using these principles are going to give you greater copywriting skills. If you are serious and want to take copy writing to the next level you will be surprised how you can learn the skills much faster than you dreamed possible.
The website below is an excellent starting point.