Learning Copywriting
The Past Couple of Months I have been learning all about Copywriting? Copywriting is the ability to write a sales message or advertisement.
One of my goals after graduating college was to take some time off and start my own business. What most people dont realize is now with the internet you dont need thousands of dollars to start your own company. I went through 22 different course all on how to make money on the internet. I learned all about web design, Google Adwords, SEO, how to do market research on the internet. I even started my own affiliate marketing business and made some sales. One of the things that I was very interested in in this whole process was who everyone learned from because most of the internet marketers that were making 7 figure incomes did not have a college degree or even an MBA. I began to see some patterns and could see that they all learned from a couple of guys, Gary Halbert, Dan Kennedy, Jay Abraham, and John Carlton. What did those Guru’s of the Guru’s all have in common, they had the ability to write great advertisement. So the past two months I have spent learning this skill. The problem is that you cant go to college to learn this skill. Luckily Gary Halbert wrote a news letter for someone in my situation.
The First Step by Gary Halbert
So far I have Read
Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins
The Robert Collier Letter Book by Robert Collier
Tested Advertising by John Caples (5th Edition)
How to Write Good Advertisement by Vic Schwab
I am Currently Reading
The Lazy Man’s Way to Riches by Joe Karbo
Some of you might be turned off by how old these books are. These books are all about salesmanship in print. Basic Salesmanship has been around since the beginning of the human race.
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