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Why Good Copywriting
(and Editing) Matters
Your writing can make or break your website
Whether it is a web page or a brochure or a mailer
or a newsletter, your written words decide the direction and
dimension of your enterprise. The written copy of your message can
make or break your business. It can make your reader eat out of your
hand, it can incite a Jihad against you, and it can be simply dry.
The Internet is a great leveler. Although the current spate of
pay-per-click search engines has made the battle ground a bit
uneven, it is still favorable to small, but innovative businesses.
It took a severe economic jolt to make these businesses realize
the power of the written word - the copy of your pages that you put
on the Net. For long its significance has been put on the
backburner, and lots of breast-beating has gone into the cause of
the "latest development technology." Well, technology has its place,
but what makes a customer do business with you is, the written
message.
It all depends on the words you use, the way you use them, the
combinations you use them with, and the way you decide when not to
use them - it’s all about words.
Sadly, the small-sized businesspersons do not take copywriting
seriously until its too late. 95% of businesses fail because they
fail to convey their message. Their copy is not convincing enough.
Whenever you convey a printed message, you have an end objective.
The sort of response it invokes hefts the success of the copy of the
printed message.
The message that tells your customer about you and your product
in a voice and tone that reaches deep.
The message that lays the bricks of the foundation on which the
wall of trust is built.
At the core of your business success is the copy content of your
message.
So what sort of copy is that?
* The one that touches the right nerve of your customer or
client.
* The one that tells your customer that you and your product can
be trusted.
* The one that makes the customer eager to do business with you.
* The one that talks to your customers as if you are talking to
them directly.
* The one that tells your customers exactly what they should know
to arrive at an educated decision.
* The one that elevates your customers to the level of clouds so
that they see your world with the colors of a rainbow.
Ok, the last one sounds a bit unrealistic but you get what I
mean.
Are there hard and fast rules for professional copywriting? Not
at all. I often say that I can read between the lines - the words,
the commas, the full-stops and the phrases - and make out what sort
of person the writer is. We all have this quality, and we all go
through such an awareness, but all happens in the subconscious. Your
business needs a copywriter who can tap into that subconscious.
Copyright © 2000 Amrit Hallan, All Rights Reserved.
Author Information:
Amrit Hallan
Amrit Hallan is a freelance copywriter, copy editor and a writer. He
also optimizes web page content for higher Search Engine ranking.
For Copywriting and Copy Editing Services, visit: http://www.amrithallan.com/ |