You always want your reader to think you’re just like them. Someone who worries about the same things… Faces the same daily struggles… And heck, even watches the same TV shows and shares the same worldview. Because the more you can mirror your reader… The more relatable your emails and sales pages will be. So […]
A powerful yet underused emotional trigger
Want to know one of the most powerful emotions to trigger in your copy? An emotion that makes us do crazy things… Makes us wildly jealous… And forces us to feel like we’re in constant competition with our friends, work colleagues, and the Jones’ next door? ENVY! Envy is a super powerful emotion. It’s envy […]
Behavioural Economics – Mind Tricks You Can Use in Your Copywriting
Why do people buy things? Sounds a simple question. In the copywriting world, you’re taught to use a combination of aspiration, emotion and logic to secure a purchase. But there can also be subconscious irrational reasons at play. Over the last decade ‘behavioural economics’ has grown in popularity as a way of identifying the irrational […]