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Words of Copywriting Wisdom …
Thinking Like Your Prospects

I recently interviewed Nick Usborne for Copywriting Insider, and asked him how writing for the web is different than writing for print …

Nick Usborne: “Most people who go online are goal-oriented. For example, let’s say Sam wants to find out the cost of flights to Mexico City. As soon as that thought enters his mind, he’s in control of the situation. He’s going to go to Google or Yahoo or MSN and type ‘flights to Mexico City’ or ‘cheap flights to Mexico City’ in the search field.

“So, as a copywriter, if I’m writing for a website, I have to be very aware of this – that I’m not the boss … that I cannot hope to control how my prospect finds me. What I can do is hope to answer the question on my prospect’s mind the best I can. In Sam’s case, that means making it easy for him to find my site … and, once he’s there, the cheap flights to Mexico City he’s looking for.”

You can read more from Nick on helping your website visitors find the solutions they’re looking for.

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Published: March 31, 2008

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