Comments on: Some Advice When Hiring A Copywriter http://randolfsmith.com/some-advice-when-hiring-a-copywriter/ Randys No Hype Internet Marketing Rambles Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Randy Smith http://randolfsmith.com/some-advice-when-hiring-a-copywriter/#comment-865 Randy Smith Tue, 04 May 2010 10:40:10 +0000 http://www.randolfsmith.com/?p=31#comment-865 Thanks for the comments Sally :) You make a good point about selling products with no sales letter included, as many wont bother - so you'd have more chance that not many will have seen the offer :) Randy Thanks for the comments Sally :)

You make a good point about selling products with no sales letter included, as many wont bother – so you’d have more chance that not many will have seen the offer :)

Randy

]]> By: Sally http://randolfsmith.com/some-advice-when-hiring-a-copywriter/#comment-864 Sally Tue, 04 May 2010 06:51:12 +0000 http://www.randolfsmith.com/?p=31#comment-864 Hey Randy, Great tips, thanks. There are lots of poor sales letters out there, it's a shame because the product is probably not inferior but it gets let down by it's sales page. Your tip no4 is great for those people who can't spend $10,000 to hire a top copywriter. Beachcomber commented on not selling products that don't have a sales page, I am the opposite, I LOVE to get my teeth into products without a sales page. I always believe if you get the right message to the right market at the right time you will make sales effortlessly, a converting sales page is a must have. Sally :) Hey Randy,

Great tips, thanks.

There are lots of poor sales letters out there, it’s a shame because the product is probably not inferior but it gets let down by it’s sales page.

Your tip no4 is great for those people who can’t spend $10,000 to hire a top copywriter.

Beachcomber commented on not selling products that don’t have a sales page, I am the opposite, I LOVE to get my teeth into products without a sales page.

I always believe if you get the right message to the right market at the right time you will make sales effortlessly, a converting sales page is a must have.

Sally :)

]]> By: Randy Smith http://randolfsmith.com/some-advice-when-hiring-a-copywriter/#comment-863 Randy Smith Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:53:14 +0000 http://www.randolfsmith.com/?p=31#comment-863 Thanks Suzanne, Some excellent additions there :) I appreciate your input (and I'm glad I don't charge $1000 a page....lol) Randy Thanks Suzanne,

Some excellent additions there :)

I appreciate your input (and I’m glad I don’t charge $1000 a page….lol)

Randy

]]> By: Suzanne http://randolfsmith.com/some-advice-when-hiring-a-copywriter/#comment-862 Suzanne Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:35:15 +0000 http://www.randolfsmith.com/?p=31#comment-862 Randy--you raise some good points. As a copywriter, I'd like to add a couple more. Are you prepared to test the copy by using different versions of it on small segments of your list? Copywriting is as much science as it is art. There are no miracles or magic. And sometimes copy fails...even the seasoned copywriters flunk big time. Not testing puts you at risk of losing money. Second, if you hire a copywriter for dirt cheap ( i.e., $1000 for a sales letter)--you generally get what you pay for. There is a reason the copywriter is charging that low. Usually because they don't have the experience. Randy–you raise some good points.

As a copywriter, I’d like to add a couple more.

Are you prepared to test the copy by using different versions of it on small segments of your list?

Copywriting is as much science as it is art. There are no miracles or magic. And sometimes copy fails…even the seasoned copywriters flunk big time.

Not testing puts you at risk of losing money.

Second, if you hire a copywriter for dirt cheap ( i.e., $1000 for a sales letter)–you generally get what you pay for. There is a reason the copywriter is charging that low. Usually because they don’t have the experience.

]]> By: beachcomber http://randolfsmith.com/some-advice-when-hiring-a-copywriter/#comment-861 beachcomber Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:37:25 +0000 http://www.randolfsmith.com/?p=31#comment-861 Not much to say about copy writing because if a product doesn't come with a sales page - I don't sell it. My own products - weeeeeel, nobody is going to buy them, anyway, so the sales page doesn't really matter. This amuses me..... I followed your 'gravatar' link. Can you translate this into English? How do I get gravatars on my blog? Setting up gravatars on your blog is easy, you don't even need an account! Plugins are available for leading blog software, and our tutorials will have you running gravatars in no time. To request a gravatar from our servers, you simply add an image to your comments area with an "src" attribute that points to our gravatar image generator and includes an MD5 hash of the commenter's email address. Since all gravatars are rated with an MPAA style rating, you can restrict your site to show only gravatars whose content you are comfortable with. In other words....."No, you can't have a gravatar". LOL Beachcomber Not much to say about copy writing because if a product doesn’t come with a sales page – I don’t sell it.

My own products – weeeeeel, nobody is going to buy them, anyway, so the sales page doesn’t really matter.

This amuses me…..
I followed your ‘gravatar’ link.

Can you translate this into English?

How do I get gravatars on my blog?

Setting up gravatars on your blog is easy, you don’t even need an account! Plugins are available for leading blog software, and our tutorials will have you running gravatars in no time. To request a gravatar from our servers, you simply add an image to your comments area with an “src” attribute that points to our gravatar image generator and includes an MD5 hash of the commenter’s email address. Since all gravatars are rated with an MPAA style rating, you can restrict your site to show only gravatars whose content you are comfortable with.

In other words…..”No, you can’t have a gravatar”. LOL

Beachcomber

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