Learn The Secrets Of The World’s Best Copywriters
Techies can't write; writers can't tech. O.K. O.K. I know it's a gross generalization. But the thing is, generalizations like this exist because – for the most part – they’re true.
Maybe it's a right (write) brain/left brain thing. I am a right brainer that means I do all the writing, mock-up designs and layouts, emails, landing pages, etc. for Write Like A Madman. My partner Ed is a really left brained guy. TV Meteorologist (with an actual degree). He takes care of our automated marketing, website back room, and every once in a while he writes some simple copy...which I have to re-write 90% of the time. Techies can't write.
The trouble is, they think they can...and they try to convince you that they can...but overwhelmingly, Techies can't write.
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I have been writing marketing conversion copy (ads, radical website systems, blogs, brochures, white papers, catalogs and what-not) for a bit over thirty years. And in that time I have run into techies who can write. Twice. And I’m betting all my techie friends are reading this and thinking they have yet to find a writer who’s competent at technology.
Here’s where the rubber meets the road. In this age of websites, social media and digital marketing, almost every Tom, Dick and Harriett who design websites hold themselves out to be writers too. (“No worries, I can provide all the content along with all the design, artwork, functionality and SEO.”) Let’s have a show of hands out there from everyone who believes the entirety of that statement. Techies can't write.
I didn’t think so.
The Big Question: One Generalist or Two Specialists
Are you willing to trust your most important marketing tool to an over-confident, jack-of-all (website) trades? Let me let you in on a little secret or three:
- I wrote or edited every word of my website, MoneyWordsMarketing.com.
- I paid Brian Flatgard to design and develop the site for me. To this day, when I want to change any functionality or design element…I call Brian.
- When I get a commission to write a website, the first question I ask is, "Who's your web designer?". Then we can work together and do the complete job.
Just a cautionary hint…before you hire those web developers who claim to be conversion copywriters as well as all those other things…read two or three websites they developed, including their own. Maybe they’ll have be written wonderfully, defying all the odds…
…If not, call me.
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