Copywriters Forum

A few short parables for business (and life?)… Be Persistent: Two sales professionals were talking about their day. The first sales rep looked up and said… “I had a lousy day. I called 50 people and didn’t make a single sale.” The second sales rep said… “I had a great day. I called 50 people and did...

If you hang around enough copywriting circles, sooner or later someone will bring up the topic of using stories to sell your products or services. Selling with stories is all the buzz these days, and for good reason. Story telling is the original method of transferring ideas from one person to anoth...

Hi kids! It’s time once again for everyone’s favorite copywriting game show… NAME… THAT… TAGLINE ! YAY! (applause, applause) For those of you joining us for the first time, “name that tagline” is the game show where we pick a fictitious product or service, and we see who can come up with the best ta...

$60 for one content is good price up to 3000 words. many writers only get 1 or 2 cents per word. I guess if someone just wants basic content on their site, to fill some pages, then being paid a few cents per word is OK (although I still believe that 1 or 2 cents is a bit low for quality content) Bu...

Hello to all the bright people who were smart enough to become members of this forum (Yes, that means you… and me, too) My screen name is SARubin. But you can call me Steve if you want. How did I come up with this screen name…? Well, it’s my first initial “S” and my wife’s first initial “R” (for Roa...

Look Daddy, that man just pulled a rabbit out of his hat! How did he do that? I don’t know honey… it must be MAGIC ! rabbit-in-hat.png Oh the enchantment of youth. When parlor tricks and slight of hand equated to genuine magic. Sadly, as we grow up and find ourselves needing to be more “realistic” i...

I posted this first piece on another forum I sometimes visit, and it received some replies from other members. So I figured you guys might like to see it also? Note: Google might see this as duplicate content because I already posted it elsewhere? But screw google. It’s my original post and you guys...

I emphatically agree with you, Franklin. Although, I suppose it depends on the intent of the website owner. If their idea is to simply prove they can rank high in the SERPs (so maybe they can sell their SEO services to other, unsuspecting website owners?) then I guess ranking “is” the mission. But f...