Writing

If part of your marketing campaign includes a newsletter, it’s important to remember the importance of demonstrating social proof. According to the Canadian software company Unbounce, social proof can increase newsletter signups by 20%. However, not all social proof is equal. There is such a thing as bad social proof. Three ways social proof can…

Anyone who writes copy online will be familiar with the call to action, those few words that inspire, compel, urge or otherwise convince prospects that they need to talk to you. According to Hubspot, there are three main types of calls to action, or CTAs: basic, multivariate and personal. With the basic CTA, all visitors…

We’ve all been told how important a headline is. Now comes this from Copyblogger: Eight out of 10 people will only read the headline. Kind of puts the headline’s importance in perspective, doesn’t it? But what makes a good headline? What makes people claim that “Butt Seized by Terror Police” is a bad headline (and…

It’s in the writing. According to the marketing firm IMPACT’s blog, 60.8% of marketers agree visual content is absolutely necessary. You can present this information in more than one way. You could say: A small majority — less than two-thirds — believes in the absolute need for visual content. That means they’re in favor of including photos,…

It’s all in the writing and editing. According to the British magazine RealBusiness, 74% of web readers pay attention to the quality of spelling and grammer. This is important because your credibility is at steak with each and every peace you put out there. Granted, there are pimples who won’t care that there’s a mistake…

It’s all in the writing. According to the blog Boomerang, communication written at a third-grade level receives 36% more responses. Which paragraph speaks to you? Me and dad hunt for bears and deers. When my dad gets a deer he cuts them. He always hunts. I go with him too and I see him get…