Friday, February 1, 2008

Tips For Effective Copywriting


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by Kaitlyn Miller

In addition to your flyer printing design, your copy is the next factor that decides whether your target readers would keep you or throw you out in the trash. If you want to have killer copy for your club flyers, here are a few tricks you can use for an effective copywriting:

1 – Drive your audience to the first line of your flyer printing copy.

This is probably one of the most difficult tasks of writing a copy – get your readers so interested that they actually read your first sentence.

It would just be a waste of your time, money and effort if your target readers would just skim over your copy from top to bottom without fully understanding what you’re trying to say. In fact, it significantly reduces your chances of making your readers act positively on your offer.

When you get them to your first sentence of your copy, the rest of the steps will follow. In fact, your fist sentence’ main job is to get your audience to read the next line; the next line’s job is to get your readers to read the next line; and so forth and so on.

It is very important therefore to have your first few lines short and simple, without being aggressive that your target readers would feel wary about your copy. In fact, it should be so clear and simple that your potential clients would be more than willing to read through the next lines and then the next and then the next…

Then there’s the easy transition from your copy to your call to action. Your copy should be able to anticipate the questions that your target readers would most likely ask as they read along your copy lines.

2 – A cliché should be left in other people’s vocabulary, and not in your headline.

When you want to attract attention, the best headlines are those that cause your audience to think and engage them in your sales copy. A cliché just doesn’t get you to think that profoundly.

And you don’t just make them think, but you make them look at themselves and your business, and the connection between the two. You should have a headline and sub-headline that would compel them to see your business in terms of the miracle drug that would make life better for them.

Lastly, your headline should be able to make them want to know more and read the next lines of your copy.

3 – Use breakers such as sub-headlines to keep your copy interesting.

Straight lines make it hard for people to stay interested. So be sure to have a copy that gives your readers the chance to breathe and have a break in every section. This makes your copy easier to read and digested. It would make your club flyers look short and preppy, rather than long and winding into nothing.

So the next time you’re writing your ad copy for your flyer printing materials, be sure to include these tips to help you create effective copywriting to your collateral.

For more information, you can visit this page on flyer printing and club flyers

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