Have you visited your website on a tablet? Or have you assumed/hoped it’s the same as on a desktop, only smaller? Creating a website designed for touchscreens might not be top of the marketing ‘to do’ list at the moment. But at the rate tablets are flying from the shelves, it soon should be. Last […]
Video Copywriting Tips
If you’ve arrived here looking for a video copywriting service, please visit this page for more information. Have you created a video about your business yet? If not you might want to, because the video revolution is here. A recent Comscore Video Metric report found that last May 84.5 percent of the US internet audience […]
Why Facebook’s popularity is great news for copywriters, and bad news for article writing sweatshops
When one door closes, another door opens. Long time readers will know that I’m not a fan of the $10 (or less) per keyword article copywriting gigs you find on freelance bidding websites, like Elance and Guru. I pity the copywriters that feel forced into these jobs, where they’re paid sweat shop wages to hammer […]
A Copywriting Principle that’s Becoming Vital for SEO
For a while now, I’ve been using this blog as a pulpit for preaching to anyone who’ll listen on the benefits of great content. Building traffic to your website is one thing. But you still have to consider what you’re going to do when visitors arrive. Are you merely going to offer them the same […]
Should Your Website’s Copywriting be Informative or Persuasive?
“For six months I read all the car ads in search of information. All I found was fatuous slogans and flatulent generalities…If their engineering was as incompetent as their advertising, their cars would not run ten miles without a breakdown.†– David Ogilvy With magazines and TV struggling to cope with haemorrhaging ad revenue (and […]
Grow Your Subscribers with this Unblockable Pop-up WordPress Plugin
My persuasive writing eBook is currently in the operating room undergoing surgery. The different parts didn’t assemble as neatly as I’d hoped. I started off discussing business writing in general but by chapter seven I’d started focusing on sales letter and landing page copywriting. So I’m now in the process of cutting unwanted material with […]
Business Blogging/Content Marketing Campaign Tips
Last week I offered some advice on why businesses of all kinds (whether you’re a one man band or continent spanning corp) should consider starting a content marketing campaign. People are constantly searching the web for answers, so if you can provide useful information in a way that promotes your expertise then you can increase […]
Copywriter, PR Writer or Brand Journalist? You Decide
If you’ve arrived here looking for a PR writer please browse through my portfolio of press releases, case studies and brochures. You can also email me for a prompt response matt@copywriterscrucible.com Matthew Stibbe of bad language fame recently blogged about the difficulty of defining what he does at dinner parties. Should he say he’s a […]
WordPress Autoresponder Plugin Released
Do you wish you could do more with posts you spent hours researching and writing only to see them disappear into the dark depths of your archives? Well, now you can thanks to a new autoresponder plugin for WordPress. Whilst autoresponders are nothing new, the best thing about this plugin is that enables you to […]
Junta 42 releases eBook: ‘How to attract and retain customers with content NOW’
A great blog if you’re a believer in the benefits of valuable content for converting browsers into buyers (which I am), Junta 42 has released a new eBook on content marketing and why you should implement it as part of your marketing strategy. The eBook’s 11 pages long, and provides some inspiring case studies and […]