6 Copywriting Tips For Beginners

Hi there,

Today, I was thinking about the method I use to write my articles while I was on the bus. I came down to 6 useful tips for beginners :

1) Write your articles with Microsoft Word. It is easier to use and it can be used to write while you are offline.

2) Think about you subject and what you are going to say about it before writing your article.

3) Always write a few lines or a paragraph at a time, then review what you did and look for any errors. If it doesn't make sense, change a word or a line in order to improve the general quality of the article.

4) Work with a spell & grammar check program in Microsoft Word. Personally, I think it's best to use it after each paragraph and then proof read it for anything the program didn't see.

5) Write about different sections and add some sub titles/headings, this will look much neater and make it so much better for the reader.

6) Think of a good title, try using the products name in it and make it funny or to the point. Having a great title may catch the reader and draw then into reading it.

So, this is it. What do you think about those tips ??

 

not bad thinking about beginners like me

 

Thank you for sharing this tips. Great title and quality content

 

nice sharing but also explain the best way, how to summarize an article? and explain about author's signature.........

 

Here's what I think about summarizing :

1- Read and review the article repeatedly, breaking down the material into sections.
2- Think about the piece’s structure, and decide what the piece’s main point is, which statements are supporting points, and which are details.
3- When you prepare to write the summary, get the original out of your sight.
4- After you have finished drafting, check your summary against the original for accuracy. On a separate review, check each sentence for hints of subjectivity or judgment, and remove them where you find them.

The summary is a mainstay of informative and persuasive writing. Conquer it, and you’ll be well on your way to effective writing.

 

thanks for ...........

 

You can also try OpenOffice, a free editor. It supports Word documents and most other popular word processors and is a lot more stable. Plus, you don't have to throw your money away (or break the law) to use it.

 

i also use office editor, its better than word

 

Also need to add another point,

Always write in the perspective of the services being offered to the user who is going to make the purchase.

 

That's a surefire way to write disjointed copy. You should follow trains of thought to the end, and then re-read the article. Otherwise you'll spend hours making it hang together properly.

 

That's really good post. Liked it .

 

Lots of freeware online. Word has a lot of code to get rid of when converting to html.

Research one or two subjects so you have an ongoing update, e.g., my blog on sports. i always knwo what is goign on for skating and gymnastics, more than the announcers.

a blog like Help wanted BBC sport announcer, comes with one or two youtubes watched because they were just horrible. http://gamingwizz.com/

I use NVU freeware for spell check.

sub headings make more work for clients.

my titles are snarky fun, like Lindsay Jacobellis nerves of silver, because she lost the gold medal doing a freestyle method grab instead of just schooling her nerves for the finish line.

 

something more dear

 

I'm a professional copywriter. Content writing and copywriting are different styles of writing. You should change this subject header to: 6 Tips for Beginning Content Writers

Copywriting is a sales-focused style of writing. Professional copywriters are not content writers and vice-versa. I write both content and copy, and they are not the same.

 

You beat me to it Yogagirl.

You can't advertise your work as copy, when you're actually writing content.

People have to learn the difference!!!

 

i have simple way to make uniqe contant without software.

 

Kat Fuschillo you are right, i agree with you

 

Well thank you. But when it come to reading and checking for errors of what i have wriiten immediately i lose. The prooblem is that the sentence which i just write stays in my mind for sometime and even if it is wrongs my mind just let it go as right.
So what i do is read the whole thing after 15 minutes of writing it.

 

not sure whether its really helpful...

 

Thanks for sharing these tips