Tag Archives: salescopy

Are You Making These Seven Fatal Mistakes with Your Website Copy?

People don’t come to a website looking for interesting pictures or cool design elements – they come looking for information. … That’s why you need to make sure to give them …

2nd July 2010 92 Comments

New FTC Rules on Testimonials and Endorsements

Pay attention if you use testimonials in your salescopy, or if you endorse other people’s products on your blog or website in return for any type of compensation. The FTC …

14th October 2009 118 Comments

High-risk words to stay away from.

If a word is hard to pronounce, people will assume that whatever it represents is risky. This comes from the results of a recent study published in Psychological Science. The …

16th February 2009 125 Comments

Use Benefits To Increase Sales

When it comes to your website, the MOST important elements are the WORDS you use to sell your product. People don’t come to a website looking for pretty pictures or …

15th July 2008 83 Comments

First Things First

You’ve got your site up. NOW what? "Derek, there’s so many things I need to do to my website… I don’t know where to start! What should I focus on?" …

22nd May 2008 114 Comments

Free Pants

A Quick Lesson in Salescopy for Online Marketing So the other day a shopping bag appears in our hallway, and on the side somebody’s scrawled in felt pen, FREE PANTS. …

21st March 2008 77 Comments

Can the comma… enter the ellipsis

Want to get people to read all your salescopy? Forget about it. Want to get them to read MORE of your salescopy? Then make it eyeball friendly… by breaking up …

16th March 2008 142 Comments

Your 10 step rescue plan

Imagine: After weeks of hard work, your website is finally live. You’ve officially been open for business an entire week. And yet you haven’t made a single sale. Not. One. …

19th February 2008 94 Comments