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How to Write an Ad that Sells More Cocktails (and Almost Anything Else)

7th September 2016 by Paul Leave a Comment

copywriting sales

Imagine you’re the barkeep.

The solid oak bar is your contact point. It’s your website – your social media hub. Your handshake.

The chalkboard above the bar – your ads.

Every adult in town – a prospect.

You’re here to sell cocktails until you run out of ice.

The secret ingredient? It’s coming up …  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Copywriter, Empathy, Research, sales

4 Underused Research Techniques that Can Set Your Writing Apart

21st July 2016 by Rob 2 Comments

copywriting research techniquesImagine you’re choosing between holiday parks for your summer break.

Is a flat surface important to you?

Turns out, it’s important to parents who want to keep their buggie wheels from rattling loose, and give their calves a rest, for once.

I never empathised with that until having kids. Actually stepping into the shoes of the customer for my client (nationwide holiday operator).

Still, I could have absorbed insight like that (without committing to parenthood), just by waking up to these simple research techniques: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Empathy, Research Tagged With: copywriting, empathy, research

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