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6 Golden Rules To Remember When Writing Any Marketing Piece

By: Wong Chendong Home | Writing-and-Speaking | Copywriting


In this article, I'm going to share with you couple of important stuff that are "golden rules" of writing any marketing piece. Make sure you bookmark this, so whenever you want to write a marketing piece, follow the golden rules and I guarantee whoever read your piece, will be coming back for more...



Rule Number 1 : Use "YOU," Not "WE"



Do you know what tick me off whenever I read a sales copy, mail message or article content and post? Here's an example of how it sound:



"We have the best service, best price and widest selection. We feel our customers are very important to us and we treat them like a family..."



We, we, we, you see, this is totally a big mistake, you can't write like this if you want your prospects to read your piece. To be honest with you, your prospect doesn't care about you and your family or what you feel... writing "we" is just as bad as writing "fuck" in your marketing piece.



The correct and actual way to write is from the reader's view point. You see, if you have been reading my blog's articles, you will notice that every single article I wrote, were "me" talking to "you" personally. To be honest with you, I always illustrate "you" in front of me when ever I start writing my article post.



So, you'd better say "you" a lot and for every 5 to 6 times, it's alright to say "I." Want example? What you are reading right now is a great example.



Rule Number 2: Write In The First Person



I'm sure by now this is pretty easy to understand. Write in conversational talk as if you were really talking to your friend. You can also imagine if it was a script you were going to read out load. You see it is extremely important to write in the first person, just like the way this blog is written. I'm sure if you have been reading my blog, you will feel I'm a friend of yours giving you advice. Don't you?



Rule Number 3: Urgency



This rule mostly apply to marketing piece thats trying to selling something. You see, if you're going to get them to order tight now, when you are about to close your piece, you'll need to insert urgency into it. To be honest with you, if you ever allow them to put the piece down and let them think about it later or even order later, there's a chance they'll forget to ever order.

You see, your main motive is to compel them to order on the spot... as if they are lucky to received your piece to read it. In order to close this deal here are some ways you can write to tell them:


  • You have limited quantity

  • Your price is going to go up

  • Special bonus only for 250 people




Always remember to give reason why it's a limited quantity or why price is going up, etc... because it's important to insure what you are telling them it's believable.



Rule Number 4: The "If...Then..." First Sentence



This is one of the best and proven way to open any marketing piece. I have been writing about this in my previous article about copywriting, if you want a refresher, here's how it sound:



"If you are looking for a way to make money online within the next 30 days... then this will be the most important letter you'll read all the week!"



You see, I have try different kinds of opening sentence but this version is truly one hell of an open thats truly proven to work.



I'm sure at this point of time, you would want to play it on the safe, proven, reliable side, right? Here's an insider tips for you: This opening sentence are still not so popular yet, I personally feel now is the right time to use it more on your marketing piece. But make sure you deliver something that your target audience is looking for, or else it will hurt you.



Rule Number 5: The "P.S."



Again in my previous article, I have stated that the P.S. is the second most read sentence in a sales letter. P.S. are usually for scanners like me, I'm not sure about you, but seriously when ever I read the headline and opening and it tick me off or bored me, I'll always shoot straight down to see the offer and the price.



So, it would be wise to restate the entire offer in a nutshell for the P.S. of any sales letter. Just pretend the P.S. is being read all by itself - without the sales letter... you want to get the entire offer across to your reader.



Rule Number 6: The Length Of The Marketing Piece



You see, the amount of length to write can be compared to a women's dress. Short is sexy enough to keep your eye wide open and gets your heart interested to know more, long enough to cover the essentials.



For example, if you are selling a product everyone knows such as Microsoft Office Software, a simple postcard with short sales copy advertising the benefit of the latest version, will eventually pull out a long sales copy talking all about how Microsoft created the software.



So that's all for the 6 "golden rules" in writing any marketing piece. Make sure you don't just read, use them on your marketing piece, and remember them by heart.




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