Is your advertising delivering?

Posted August 30th, 2007 by Dr James Pratt

In my last blog I revealed number 1 - 7 of the 14 tips that make sure your advertising works. Now
let's go through the last seven, numbers 8 - 14.

8) Keep your copy lean not necessarily short. Watch out for wordiness that distracts from the sales message. If a word or phrase does not advance the sales process why is it there? Most copywriters like to edit their rough drafts after a day or two cooling off period. You may want to use this same approach.

9) Keep your sentences and paragraphs short. Complex sentence structure or long paragraphs are intimidating and confusing to many people. Don't make the common mistake of overestimating the intelligence and sophistication of your readers.

10) You must create a sense of urgency. This can be done with discounts or bonus offers that expire within a certain time period or with extra incentives for fast response.

11) It's okay to compare apples to oranges e.g. this tape programme costs only $79.00. You might easily pay $300.00, $400.00 or even $500.00 to obtain this same information by attending a seminar and $79.00 is such a small sum you might spend that much or more on a nice dinner for
you and your wife in a fancy restaurant.

12) Internal repetition is an important and beneficial technique. In a given direct mail piece it's wise
to make the same several main points, several different times, several different ways.

13) Use the power of the P.S. Most direct mail copy writing pros agree that many people skip down
to the P.S. on a letter and read that first. You can use this to your advantage two ways. One, be sure that your letter has a P.S. and two; make a powerful, interesting, persuasive statement in the P.S. For example, this is a good place to present the bonus offer.

14) Become a student of advertising copy. Study all the direct mail advertising that you receive carefully and collect those pieces that you find particularly persuasive. Over a period of time you'll begin identifying common ingredients in those pieces that you can copy in your own work.

Now that we've identified the fourteen tips that go into writing effective advertising, in your next Successful Marketing Strategy blog I want to switch gears and identify the single most important device that gets your customer or prospect to buy!


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