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Copywriting Tutorials + GuidesHere are some advertising and copywriting courses and guides:
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By Milan D. Meeske
Wadsworth Publishing
Paperback (336 pages)
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COPYWRITING FOR THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA, A PRACTICAL GUIDE, Sixth Edition, prepares you to write effective copy for all types of electronic media, with an emphasis on commercial writing and a valuable real-world orientation to this exciting field. A brief grammar review illustrates grammar principles as they apply to broadcast writing, helping you refresh these essential skills. Numerous scripts, storyboards, PSAs, and promotional spots present key examples as you learn to write short, persuasive messages for radio, television, and new media. A new chapter on "Getting the First Job" reveals what you should expect in entry-level copywriting positions. |
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By Joseph Sugarman
Wiley
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Great copy is the heart and soul of the advertising business. In this practical guide, legendary copywriter Joe Sugarman provides proven guidelines and expert advice on what it takes to write copy that will entice, motivate, and move customers to buy. For anyone who wants to break into the business, this is the ultimate companion resource for unlimited success. |
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By Mark Shaw
Laurence King Publishers
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Creating effective copywriting is of vital importance in today's design and communication industries. Well-targeted copy and a strong brand voice are essential if you want to stand out from the competition.
Copywriting shows how to write for all formats and contexts from catalogs and products to advertising and websites. It explores the challenges of commercial writing providing the tools to become a confident and versatile copywriter.
Leading industry talents from both the US and UK are interviewed major campaigns covering all areas of the industry are illustrated in color and examined in depth and exercises and tips aid in developing writing editing and presentation skills.
Revealing the secrets of this rapidly expanding profession Copywriting provides the skills and techniques that will help you to thrive in the world of creative commercial writing. |
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By Steve Slaunwhite
Self-Counsel Press
Released: 2005-06-30
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* Learn the secrets of freelance copywriting * Earn top income working from home * Put your creativity to use Corporations and agencies outsource most of their copywriting and need copywriters more than ever today—including for Internet marketing. Most copywriters cannot keep up with the demand for their services, and many make between $50,000 and $150,000. Start & Run a Copywriting Business is your essential guide to getting started and prospering in an industry that offers substantial income, flexible hours, and stimulating work. This book will provide new copywriters and old pros alike with proven, step-by-step strategies on how to find and keep clients, complete common copywriting tasks, set up an effective office, and overcome the unique challenges inherent in this business. Topics covered include: * Deciding if copywriting is for you * Mastering basic copywriting techniques * Getting started in the business * Setting rates and quoting on assignments * Tapping into top markets * Effectively marketing your services * Managing your work, time, and money * Troubleshooting and getting help Turn your talent into dollars by learning to write ads, brochures, direct mail, websites, and business-to-business and e-mail marketing materials. Start & Run a Copywriting Business will show you how to write copy your clients will love. The worksheets and checklists on the CD-Rom are included in MS Word and PDF formats for use on your Windows-based PC. |
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By Bryan Eisenberg & Lisa T. Davis
Wizard Academy Press
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Writing for the web. Web word wizardry. Web writing that works. What does that mean? Your online copy must persuade - it’s integral to getting your visitors or readers to register, subscribe, qualify as leads, and yes, even buy from you. It’s writing that must earn its keep. And to effectively manage the quality of your online writing, you need to understand what works, why it works and how to make it work better for you. Whether you are the marketer responsible for the bottom line or the writer creating the copy, Persuasive Online Copywriting provides the tools you need to get results. |
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By Peter B. Orlik
Allyn & Bacon
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Broadcast/Cable Copywriting is the most widely used book for learning how to write all types of copy for the electronic media. This book addresses the basic rules and techniques common to broadcast writing with a depth of coverage unmatched by its competitors, but without assuming any prior media writing, production, or advertising experience on the part of the reader. |
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By J. Jonathan Gabay
McGraw-Hill
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Copywriters need the ability to get their message across in a host of different mediums. Fully revised for today's practical copywriting requirements, Teach Yourself Copywriting reveals some of advertising's greatest creative secrets. From planning to implementation, it guides readers step-by-step through copywriting skills for a range of disciplines, including the most up-to-date information on the Internet, radio and TV, business-to-business, public relations, recruitment, and charities. Featured are practical exercises, summaries, and quick tips that allow readers to practice their skills, along with a list of useful addresses. |
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By Drew Eric Whitman
Career Press
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FACT: Your brain is being controlled-and you don't even know it. Because if you think the ads you're seeing today are just pretty pictures with nice, creative copy, you're mistaken. Truth is, you are being powerfully influenced by dozens of proven scientific principles of advertising psychology... little-known techniques of consumer persuasion that go completely unnoticed by the buying public. And they're causing you-and millions like you-to spend enormous amounts of money every day on countless products and services. But what are these principles? How do they work? And how can you use them in your own advertising?
Prepare yourself for a unique learning experience as author Drew Eric Whitman takes you on a wild, roller-coaster ride through the streets of New York's famed Madison Avenue and teaches you the specific psychological techniques that today's top copywriters and designers use to influence the masses... and how you can use them to rapidly increase your sales, no matter what you sell.
In 207 fast-moving pages, Whitman teaches you dozens of well-guarded secrets that he learned during his 25+ years in the ad business, including:
*60% of people read only your headline and what to do about it
*Captions under photos get 200% greater readership than non-headline copy
*Ads with sale prices draw 20% more attention
* To double your ad's attention-getting value, you must enlarge it 400%
*Four-color ads are up to 45% more effective than black and white
*Prices ending in "95" are less effective than those ending in "99"
*The psychology of size... page positioning... typefaces... pricing...social proof... and color
*How to make people believe what you say
*How to persuade people to respond
*Effective tricks for writing psychologically potent headlines
*What mistakes to avoid at all costs
*What you should always/never do in your ads
*Expert formulas, guidance, tips and strategies
*And much more. |
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By Gary Blake
Longman
Paperback (192 pages)
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In the tradition of The Elements of Style, here is a concise handbook of the principles and practice of writing effective ads, brochures, and every other type of copy intended to persuade. It covers writing headlines and body copy as well as increasing readership and response, and goes on to provide copy guidelines for print ads, direct mail, brochures, catalogs, press releases, electronic messages, and more. |
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By Edd Applegate
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Hardcover (256 pages)
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Strategic Copywriting is a detailed how-to guide on techniques for writing and designing ads in newspapers, magazines, and other print media, as well as those broadcast on radio and television. Edd Applegate walks the reader through the proven principles of writing advertisements, analyzing real ads to illustrate why certain words, phrases, and techniques are used and how they are_or aren't_effective in attracting consumers. |
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