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Three Tips For Magnetizing Your Copy

Posted on July 2, 2008 | Filed Under Copywriting

By Michel Fortin

The difference between good copy and great copy are in the results achieved. In direct response, the number of actions the copy generates is what makes copy great. The more actions the copy drives, the greater the copy is.

My friend John Reese, a master at simplifying what we often tend to unnecessarily complicate, says it best. He says the only metric you should ever really count on is this: Yes or No.

That’s it.

Sounds simplistic, I know. But here’s the key point: your copy may get great feedback. It may entertain. It may inform, educate or even inspire. But if it doesn’t sell, it doesn’t matter.

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Put Your Copy To The Test

Posted on June 26, 2008 | Filed Under Copywriting

By Michel Fortin

Split-testing is the simple process of splitting your audience into reading two or more versions of your copy (whether it’s your website, salesletter, email, etc), to determine which version pulls the best.

I’m a big fan of testing. And I teach it as much as I can, as I believe 99% of marketers out there do not test at all. It’s a shame, because they’re leaving so much money on the table.

I applaud those people who do test. But in some forums of late, a few people reveal their own test results while making claims they are universally applicable.
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Narrow Your Focus to Broaden Your Sales

Posted on June 23, 2008 | Filed Under Copywriting, Offline Marketing, Online Marketing

By Michel Fortin

In the competitive marketplace of the new millennium, the demand for specialized products or services will increase. If your site sells everything or to everyone, chances are that your audience will not perceive any greater value in shopping from you than anyone else.

The more generic you become, the greater your competition will be, since you’ve placed your offering in the same ring as the Wal-Marts, Targets and eBays of the world.

In other words, cast a wider net, and the likelihood that more competitors who are trying to go after the same “fish” will occupy the same marketspace.

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Publicity-Producing Posts Pull People

Posted on June 18, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Copywriting

By Michel Fortin

Search engines change all the time and many of them now charge for the privilege of including your website. So, people often ask me how to generate traffic, beyond the search engines and with little to no cost.

Let me be candid by saying that I am not a search engine expert, nor do I play one on TV. But there are two methods that I’ve used consistently to attract thousands of qualified hits to my website at virtually no cost and with very little effort.

Granted, everyone’s different. And these techniques may not be appropriate for all people. However, let me share what works for me and what I do.
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Apply The Law of Contrast to Build Desire

Posted on June 4, 2008 | Filed Under Copywriting

Apply The Law of Contrast to Build Desire
By Michel Fortin

In a recent critique for a coaching client, the issue of “gap analysis” arose. Gap Analysis is something I learned in sales, and it was heavily taught by sales trainers like Brian Tracy, such as in his course “The Psychology of Selling.”

Gap Analysis is an immensely powerful selling technique. It’s also an important feature of copywriting. In fact, most people will know a variation of it, which is often called “Problem-Agitate-Solve,” a term coined by top copywriter Dan Kennedy.

I prefer “Gap Analysis” because it drives home the relationship between those three elements. So what is Gap Analysis and how can you apply it to your sales copy?

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