Solving the "I Get Tons of Traffic But No Sales" Mystery

Written by Karon Thackston


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2. Stop Selling and Start Solving

So many people are pushing to get that almighty dollar (or euro or pound) that they forget something. Customers don’t like to be sold to. What they really want is someone to solve their problems. Once you show that your product/service can, in fact, solverepparttar problems your customers face, sales will come on their own.

3. Appeal To Emotions

Most buying decisions are emotional so it makes sense that your copy should be, too. While your customer’s need may be logical,repparttar 108154 actual buying decision is anything but. Think about it. When you bought your last car, did you go forrepparttar 108155 “logical” choice? Did you pickrepparttar 108156 ugly, shapeless, “no personality” car that hadrepparttar 108157 best gas mileage andrepparttar 108158 highest safety rating? I doubt you did.

You most likely took a look at allrepparttar 108159 options and – taking some logic into account – boughtrepparttar 108160 car that suited you best within your price range. Emotion sells!

No, I’m not talking about getting mushy. What I AM talking about is touchingrepparttar 108161 emotional chord that draws customers to your product or service. Those problems you found out about when doing steps #1 and #2 above… use them to add emotion to your copy.

With these three vital elements in your forethoughts, you can sit down and write your copy – with your keyphrases in mind – for tremendous results. When you understandrepparttar 108162 entire process and takerepparttar 108163 time to learn to write emotional, sales-oriented, SEO copy, you will keep your traffic count high and your checkbook balance higher.



Copy not getting results? Let Karon write targeted, SEO copy for you. Visit her site at http://www.ktamarketing.com, or learn to write your own copy at http://www.copywritingcourse.com. Don’t forget to subscribe to Karon’s free ezine at http://www.ktamarketing.com/ezine.html.


How to Improve Your Writing Without Writing a Word

Written by Walter Burek


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Reference

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Bartelby.com. The perfect site to search for a Shakespeare quote, fact-check a line from a great classic, or look something up in Gray's Anatomy. Unrestricted access to reference, verse, fiction and nonfiction books. | www.bartleby.com |

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Library Spot. An easy-to-navigate uber-library that provides answers to question with links to innumerable reference sites, including many other libraries. | www.libraryspot.com |

Refdesk. An outstanding site filled with fact-finding links and connections to hundreds search engines and research sites. | www.refdesk.com |

Visual Thesaurus. A work of art that is also an excellent thesaurus. Synonyms and definitions unfold on your screen in a beautiful ballet. A slow-loading site, but well worthrepparttar 108155 wait. | www.visualthesaurus.com |

Creativity

CreativityforLife.com. Explorerepparttar 108156 creative process in your work and in your personal life. Plus links to many other creativity sites. | www.creativityforlife.com |

Creativity-Portal. An elegant site that promotes creativity in all areas of life but features a page specific to writing. | www.creativity-portal.com |

The Soul Food Cafe. A soothing site that promotes writing and creative pursuits as a daily practice. Full of tips, techniques, references and encouragement for writers of all kinds. | www.dailywriting.net |

Organization

Tinderbox. This software application stores notes, ideas and plans, mapping them in colors and shapes as they're created. It then scansrepparttar 108157 notes and links and organizes them by patterns and relationships. It will even gather and update relative info and breaking news fromrepparttar 108158 Internet. Mac only. Available from www.eastgate.com.

© Burek Group 2003

Walter is an professional advertising copywriter who writes, edits and publishes "WORDS@WORK", a FREE bimonthly newsletter of advice and about writing that works. To view his award-winning portfolio and to subscribe, visit http://www.walterburek.com You may also subscribe via mailto: WordsAtWork@comcast.net .

Thank you for your interest in this article.You may freely publish it in print or onrepparttar 108159 Web as long as you includerepparttar 108160 byline and credits. Also, please advise me of publication by mailto: walter@walterburek.com



Walter Burek is an award-winning copywriter who has been a writer and Creative Director on some of advertising’s most important accounts.

Walter also writes, edits and publishes Words@Work, a free newsletter for marketing communications professionals.


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