11 Rules of a Copywriter

Mar 12
19:57

2006

Peter Finers

Peter Finers

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The work of a copywriter requires specific accuracy and precision.

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So how an appealing and memorable text should be written?! First of all,11 Rules of a Copywriter Articles one must adhere to several simple, yet at the same time frequently forgotten rules. Try to be precise. The reader should, understand right from the beginning the most important points of your advertisement. One must maintain logically coherent style. All words, sentences and paragraphs of your text must be logically organised and structured. In order to achieve this aim, you should bear the purpose of your advertisement in mind.  One must know right from the start how to begin and how to end your advertisement. Try to include juts one message in your text. You should be honest and precise. The message must not contain patronising words, sentences and phrases, this is important in seo copywriting process. The message must not contain too many technical details.

Certainly, it depends on the audience that will read your advert. If you think that a potential reader knows much about the topic of your advertisement, then it might be advisable to write your message in more technical style, otherwise you should avoid writing it in technical terms and rewrite your content in more general ones. Spelling and grammar do matter, but there is just one snag to it… Spelling and grammar mistakes do not impress the readers. But sometimes rules have to be broken as some texts require it. For instance in order to make a long and thoughtful pause a copywriter may use elliptical sentences. Be succinct- do not use too many words. Try to write a memorable and appealing advertisement (it must look like the memorable text-.like memorable news that you have read http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cas/pr/cas60303.1.pdf.

Memorable advertisement is a key to the success of your advertisement campaign. Write for the reader and communicate directly with him. Try to use such words as "you" and  "your" as many times as possible., do try to direct your message generally to whole people. Read your texts aloud. When you read to yourself, you see what you want to.  Reading aloud you will spot all the mistakes. For me the most difficult is to observe rule 8. What can be easier than to write a lot on a well known topic? To concentrate on the main idea and present it in a few words is much more challenging and takes so much time. I often recollect the phrase by wise Pascal “This letter turned out to be longer than usual as I had no time to cut it down”. But we are to find this time, anyhow.

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