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Are You Accidentally Missing Out?
If you were to go to CopywritingCode.com and look at the lessons on the home page, they would probably look like any other blog posts: a few paragraphs with a link to read more if you want. But what you wouldn’t see is how long each lesson actually is… or the level of detail each […]
Continue readingDoes the World Really Need Another Copywriting Book?
If you’ve been a student of copywriting for any length of time, chances are you’ve encountered most of the classic books on the subject… Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins The Robert Collier Letter Book by Robert Collier Tested Advertising Methods by John Caples The Ultimate Sales Letter by Dan Kennedy Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz […]
Continue readingThe Hardest Part about Copywriting
The hardest part about copywriting is not the writing part. That’s actually fairly easy once you get started. What’s hard is getting your copy to convert prospects into customers. To say I’ve written a lot of copy during the last eight years is an understatement. And I’m continually surprised by how well some pieces do […]
Continue readingClaude Hopkins Great Mistake
Claude Hopkins was one of the greatest copywriters of the 20th Century. He documented his development as a copywriter and the advertising principles he discovered in two books: My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising. In Chapter 18 of My Life in Advertising, Hopkins reveals what he calls his “great mistake.” And what was that […]
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