Compelling copy combined with good storytelling is an unfair advantage.

An unfair advantage that the Wall Street Journal used to drive $2 Billion in revenue over 28 years using the same sales letter.

Here are 7 copywriting tips to help you write sticky stories 🧵
1. Use Familiar Words

Every audience has words familiar to their interests.

Injecting these words into your stories connects the familiarity gap.

And unfamiliar words create seclusion.

Gary Provost with a great example:
2. Inject Real Stories

Your story is your social proof.

The more a consumer can see that you were once in their shoes, the more that consumer will see you as the guide they’ve been looking for.

Customers want to know you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.
3. Your Brand Isn’t The Hero

The customer is always the hero.

And their goal is the destination.

Your brand provides the map.

The visualization from start to destination is how you sell them.
4. Use Emotional Tones

Emotions are your best friend.

They’re what get people to take action.

And the best writers use emotional tones to transfer information through characters, plots, and conclusions.
5. Narrative Urgency

Compelling writing is like a river flowing.

Its flow continues with no wasted movement.

Your story is no different.

Cut everything that doesn’t move the story forward.

And aim to propel the readers from sentence to sentence.
6. Pace

A story with no pace is dead on a page.

And your punctuation is where it lies.

Speed things up with short sentences.

Use long-winded sentences to propel the reader into a 400M dash with hurdles they’re prepared to overcome.

Gary Provost with the breakdown:
7. Curiosity Traps

There’s something that always traps a reader’s attention.

Some say it kills cats.

Copywriters know it as a curiosity trap.

Curiosity traps induce readers and then create a gap.

This gap is your opportunity.
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This means the one metric that all business units focus on.

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It's one metric, but it’s two-fold:

- The value you provide to a customer
- The direction of the company’s long term growth

If your NSM grows, your company grows.
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At 38, David Ogilvy was unemployed and hadn't written a word of copy.

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Let research shape your copy

Let your voice fuel it.
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“Big ideas come from the unconscious...But your unconscious has to be well informed, or your idea will be irrelevant.”

Learn every detail about the product/industry/audience before you write.

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Keep your sentences, Kevin Hart short.

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I’d say to keep them under 15 words.

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