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How to Write Sales Copy When the Standards Don't Apply | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

And the next time you have sales copy to write for a client where the standards – money and success – really do apply, ask yourself why customers want them for and for what purpose. Get us to write your sales copy. Reply Stacey Cornelius ( @thestudiosource ) March 31, 2010 at 10:39 am Taylor, welcome to my world.

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Should You Go Back to School? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Most freelancers have enough trouble scrapping together money for the rent without having to worry about paying another couple of tens of thousands. You’re a freelancer. If you keep seeing clients come to your sales page and run off without buying, you probably want to take a class in writing killer sales copy that converts.

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How to Avoid Wasting Your Blog Client's Money | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

By offering guest post services to your clients, they’ll enjoy benefits such as: Their name on the lips of their competition Content that will be syndicated across MANY blogs More page views direct to their sales copy, higher conversions and targeted visitors There’s more you can offer your clients instead of blogging services.

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7 Key Strategies That You Must Learn From Apple’s Marketing

Neil Patel

If you’ve ever looked at job boards for freelancers, you might see some strange things. You get what you pay for” has never been more true than when businesses and freelancers try to underbid each other. And, that post could simply be regurgitated from someone else’s site – or even outright copied, word for word.

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Why Web Copy is More than Just Words | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Your web copy can’t afford the same passive indifference. That copy is supposed to get you clients and sales. Your freelancing lifestyle depends on your copy being read. This isn’t about grabbing the first freelancer that catches your eye. Get your sales copy read. Meier´s last blog.

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The secrets of a top copywriting pro | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

James: Do you ever feel guilty writing sales copy? Writing sales copy is noble and necessary. I think this is the thing writers don’t get when they’re thinking about freelancing. Most freelancers just give up too soon. Telling the truth is always easier and more effective than spinning a lie.

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Emotional Benefits: Are You Using Them Enough? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Allow me to demonstrate in a fictitious piece of sales copy targeting my teen: “Dearest daughter of mine, Imagine it’s the end of summer and the last day of work. Well pack your web copy full of emotions that get them jumping out of bed and practically throwing their money at you. That rockstar feeling? Or attending.