Christina, a financial advisor in Texas, spent weeks planning her retirement workshop. She sent a single email to 200 prospects. Three people showed up—and one was her neighbor. This month, she tried a 5‑email sequence and got 42 registrations. The d...
"You never get a second-chance to make a first impression." We’ve all heard it before, and it’s never been more true than when it comes to your business website.Â
When a potential client lands on your website, they make an instant judgment about you...
(Especially if you’re already active on social media)
You’re consistent on LinkedIn (or your other fav social media platform).You share insights, build credibility, and maybe even have a few posts that gained unexpected traction.
But when’s the las...
Is it reasonable to expect over half of the people in any given group pick the same somewhat random movie?Â
Something doesn’t smell right.Â
Here’s the scenario:
There were about 750 copywriters back in spring of 2023, participating in a AI challen...
When our car’s windshield cracked, I immediately knew who to call.Â
But something inside my brain stopped me.Â
WHY did I think of that business?Â
We had never used them before. I hadn’t had any conversations with family or friends about cracks in ...
“Copywriters: You are a magician. You type words on a keyboard…and make money appear out of think air.”
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This may seem like a wild statement from A-list copywriter, Kim Krause Schwalm but it’s true!Â
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I was talking to a friend recently about he...
How do you create content to best connect with your dream clients? Your strategy really depends on where they fall on the levels of awareness.
Eugene Schwartz, in his classic and oft-quoted “Breakthrough Advertising,” outlined these 5 stages of cust...
A couple of copywriting tips tucked in #HaikuMondays. Over on LinkedIn several of us post a haiku every Monday. If you don't remember from your high school English class, a haiku is a poem with 5 syllables in the first and third line and 7 syllables ...
Growing up in the California desert, my brother and I loved reading stories about the wild, wild west. It was easy to imagine ourselves as early settlers in the area and needing to fight range wars or protect our horses from thieves.
That classic im...