What is a Direct Response Copywriter

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What is Copywriting

Copywriting is written content conveyed through online media and print materials. Copy is content primarily used for the purpose of advertising or marketing. This type of written material is often used to persuade a person or group as well as to raise brand awareness. The ultimate goal of copy is to get the reader to take a particular action. The goal for a copywriter is to create remarkable content that the reader finds valuable and makes them want to take the recommended action

Direct Response Copywriting

Thеrе iѕ a great deal оf direct response copywriting in thе world today. Direct response copywriting саn tаkе ѕеvеrаl diffеrеnt forms. It соuld encompass a direct-mail campaign аѕ wеll аѕ direct response ads. Within thiѕ article today оn direct response copywriting, wе will lооk аt whаt thiѕ entails аnd whеrе уоu саn find mоrе information аbоut direct response copywriting.

Tо learn mоrе аbоut direct response copywriting, уоu ѕhоuld lооk аt оnе оf thе masters: Dan Kennedy. Hе hаѕ written mаnу books whiсh уоu ѕhоuld lооk into. Dan hаѕ dоnе mаnу diffеrеnt areas оf copywriting but direct response copywriting iѕ оnе оf hiѕ specialties.

Whеn уоu talk аbоut direct response advertising, thеrе iѕ a great deal оf competition. Mаnу companies employ direct response copywriting ѕо уоu muѕt make ѕurе thаt уоu hаvе diffеrеnt wауѕ fоr уоur advertising tо stand up. Whеn уоu аrе dоing direct response copywriting, уоu ѕhоuld make ѕurе thаt уоu аrе writing tо уоur prospects аѕ уоu wоuld write tо a friend. Thiѕ will bе slightly formal but informal in thе sense thаt уоu аrе writing tо thе person in a conversational tone. Yоu dо nоt nееd tо stick tо a сеrtаin length оf space within уоur writing but rаthеr write until whаt уоu nееd tо ѕау hаѕ bееn said.

What is Direct Response Copywriter?

Direct Response Copywriters are the ones who will do the copywriting that will persuade people for buying your business services/product. Most copywriters are employed within organizations such as advertising agencies, public relations firms, company advertising departments, large stores, marketing firms, broadcasters and cable providers, newspapers, book publishers, magazines and creative agencies and some are freelancer that have their own website or freelancer at marketplace like Upwork, Freelancer and other freelancing websites. Copywriters can also be independent contractors who do freelance writing for a variety of clients, at the clients' offices or working from their own, or partners or employees in a specialized copywriting agency. Such agencies combine copywriting services with a range of editorial and associated services that may include positioning and messaging consulting, social media and SEO consulting, developmental editing, and copy editing, proofreading, fact checking, layout, and design. A copywriting agency most often serves large corporations.

A copywriter usually works as part of a creative team. Advertising agencies partner copywriters with art directors. The copywriter contributes in creating an advertisement's verbal or textual content, which often includes receiving the copy information from the client. The copywriter is responsible for producing compelling and persuasive content and the art director has ultimate responsibility for visual communication and, particularly in the case of print work, may oversee production. Although, in many instances, either person may come up with the overall idea for the advertisement or commercial (typically referred to as the concept) and the process of collaboration often improves the work.

Copywriters are similar to technical writers and the careers may overlap. Broadly speaking, however, technical writing is dedicated to informing readers rather than persuading them. For example, a copywriter writes an ad to sell a car, while a technical writer writes the operator's manual explaining how to use it.

Where to learn Copywriting? 

There are a lot of ways to learn Copywriting. You can be a successful in this career even if you are a college dropout. So where do you begin? You can learn digital marketing, seo, programming and even copywriting in these two websites that offers courses at very affordable price. Courses would take atleast 30min to 1hour per video.

• Udemy.com
• Lynda.com 

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Also, perhaps this Quora answers will give you a hint...

1. Answered by Qoura User: Damián Gil

"As other people have answered, there are many books to get started.

There’s also some good entry level courses available like John Carlton’s Simple Writing Method and the central pillar of the american copywriter, the AWAI.

If I was to start from scratch I’d do this:

1. Look for great copywriters in the past and present. Some I can suggest are Gary Halbert, John Carlton, Gary Bencivenga, Brian Kurtz, Joe Vitale, Joe Sugarman, Joe Polish and Dean Jackson (ilovemarketing.com) and Colin Theriot if you’re into online copywriting (like email). There are many others.
2. If some are still active, look for them in Facebook and see if they have or are in any groups.
3. Start leeching on the content people share in those groups and asking and commenting whenever you need.
4. Look for their advertisements in sites like swiped.co.
5. Really, really, really study them. Even writing them by hand word by word by word. You need to find the greatest direct response ads ever and know them by heart.

About books/newsletters I’d start with only a few:

1. Eugene Schwartz, The Brilliance Breakthrough. Eugene is considered one of the greatest copywriters of all time and he’s famous for breeding life to Boardroom. This book will help you communicate a lot better, but it’s hard to find.
2. Eugene Schwartz, Breakthrough Advertising. An absolute classic. The first three chapters are the crux of Direct Response. Also a little difficult to find.
3. Claude Hopkins, Scientific Advertising. Probably the godfather of Direct Response literature. The main two lessons of this book is to treat your advertisement like a salesman and to make it service the customer. This book is easy to find (even for free).
4. Joe Sugarman, Triggers. Joe is one of the bigger names in the field and his literature is spot on to understand the psychology behind copy. Even if you can’t find this book, get everything you can from him.
5. Gary Bencivenga, Marketing Bullets. It is a series of blog posts that this Ogilvy and Mather ad-man from the golden age wrote. I believe there’s 29 of them and each one is pure gold.
6. Gary Halbert, The Gary Halbert Letter. There’s a website with a selection of some of his newsletters. All of them are fabulous and enlighting. If you want them ALL you’ll need to buy them from his son Bond Halbert.
7. Joe Vitale, Hypnotic Copywriting. A very nice book that introduces you to hooks, connectors and other copy tricks to keep your reader engaged. Joe is one of those “holistic” people that can be seen a little weird and self-promotional, but he’s very good.
8. John Caples, Tested Advertisement Methods. A classic book with success formulas. A lot is argued if they are still relevant but that depends on how saturated and exposed is your niche to them and how burned is the idea behind each formula by now. Still, it is better to know this stuff.
9. Dan Kennedy, The Ultimate Sales Letter. This book is some sort of template to build great sales letters. Dan Kennedy is one of those people you learn to love regardless of his blunt facade. By the way, all books from his No B.S. series should be read. Dan Kennedy is a strategic thinker that goes beyond copy and into marketing and selling psychology to be able to influence better your audience.
10. Joe Karbo, The Lazy Man Way To Riches. Regardless of the title, this 1973 book presents you with the ways of direct response. All the great copywriters have been influenced by this book.
11. BONUS. David Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising. This book has been my personal mentor for quite a while. David linked together brand advertising with direct response because, on his own words, “direct response people actually know what they’re doing”.

If you can find more books on each of these authors, get them. Every great copywriter build his own library, and some of them are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars."

2. Answered by Qoura User: Jones Vanessa

"Learn how people work, specifically how their minds work. Read and learn as much as you can about psychology and selling and start with a few classics like:

• How to Win Friends and Influence People
• Think and Grow Rich
• Ca$hvertising by Drew Eric Whitman

Practise is a fundamental way to perfect the craft. Write as much as you can, as many ways as possible and test them out to see what works on various audiences.

The Influential Psychological Term Makes You Feel Safe"

3. Answered by Qoura User:  Carlo Guzzi

"The best way is to first of all read the following books and study them.

Tested Advertising Methods –John Caples

Scientific Advertising - Claude Hopkins

How to write a Good Advertisment - Vic Schwab

Confessions of an Advertising Man - David Ogilvy

Ogilvy on Advertising – David Ogilvy

How to write Sales letters that Sell - Drayton Bird

Commonsense Direct &Digital Marketing – Drayton Bird

The Adweek Copywriting Handbook– Joe Sugarman

Realty in Advertising- Rosser Reeves

The Copywriter’s Handbook- Bob Bly

Method Marketing –Denny Hatch

Breakthrough Advertising- Eugene Schwartz

Words that Sell – RichardBayan

The Ultimate Sales letter - Dan Kennedy

Boron Letters - Gary Halbert

My First 50Years in Advertising – Max Sackheim

The Robert CollierHandbook – Robert Collier

The 100Greatest Advertisements 1852-1958: Who Wrote Them and What They Did

By Julian Watkins

Writing that works - Ken Roman

After you have read them make plenty of notes and then start a blog.

Get in touch with a successful Direct Response Copywriter and get some training from them."

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