Quote: (11-25-2012 09:35 AM)Neo Wrote:
BB,
Thanks for the response. Writing pieces for a fake company was the angle I was going to go for. I definitely picked up some ideas, my question was mainly how to test whether the copy I write as a beginner is effective in the real world?
One way would be a personal product launch, and I may be able to go that route. I'll look into doing pro bono work for a nonprofit, and the other options.
When I started freelance writing online last summer, I just picked a few topics I liked and wrote articles around them. When I send them out as samples, I get messages back saying that they are very good. With copy it's all about the $$$ conversion.
Anyway thanks to everyone so far who has commented and laid out tips and advice in this thread. I'm going to keep hacking away at this, and hopefully in the next year or two be able to write a success story thread on the forum(in a foreign country full of thin women)
For sales copy?
- The Warrior Forum is a good place to pick up a couple cheap jobs where you can test yourself out. For one, start a WSO and write a sales page for your writing service. Offer a few pages for cheap, letting people know you are inexperienced.
- Write a fake sales page for a product you like.
- Write a sales page for a niche you want to market in - for IM - and start building a list. If you can build a big list, your copy is working.
- Write a sales page for an affiliate product. This obviously works best for products where you can skip their sales page, otherwise it just makes for a funky sales funnel.
- If you have some confidence in your sales copy writing skills, contact people who have a shitty page and offer to rewrite their sales page or headlines. Tell them they only have to pay if it ups their conversions. IMPORTANT: Make sure they're actually getting some traffic and make a few sales before you do this or it's just a waste of your time. That said, you can put the example in your clips either way, so it's up to you.
Beyond All Seas
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling