“Grab a cushion and gather round. I have a story to tell.” Everyone has fond memories of story time as kids. And the love of a good tale, of heroes, villains and victory against the odds, never dies. For this reason, stories are marketing gold. They swoop under people’s anti-sales radar to deliver a payload of emotion, […]
6 Steps to Writing Winning Copywriting Proposals
How you respond to enquiries can be decisive in winning projects or eating baked beans for dinner. It can also turn a one off project into the start of a long-term relationship. So try to be tactical in how you make your offer. Apply the same rules as you would to any other piece of copy – find out what your prospect’s […]
Can You Sell Without Selling?
The game is up. Turns out copywriters aren’t needed anymore. The days of clever wordplay being effective at tricking people into buying stuff are over. People are just too savvy to fall for the same old mind tricks. There’s a new show in town called ‘attraction marketing’. You can forget about prodding at people’s pain, using exclusivity […]