Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Discover Why Online Copywriting Is Important

By Reed Slidell


Have you ever tried online copywriting before? Today, this is one industry has been a growing field for most of the professional copywriters for the past few years. Most of them got a lot of profit due to the increasing demand of internet marketers asking for high quality copywriting services. That development set a standard on how their copywriting service work should be.

If you come to think of it, in reality, there's not much difference when you talk about the traditional print and online copywriting. It is just the medium that sets the difference. There are already set and established best practices that aim to make traditional and online writing easier and more effective. This goes back to the aim of copywriters to convert, which is mainly to encourage readers to purchase the product or take advantage of the service being offered.

Often, in order for any type of online copywriting to be successful, it has to be optimized for at least one keyword. And that keyword is usually the product or service that is being offered by that website. Of course it can differ depending on the goals of the Internet marketer or the copywriter himself. However, what remains is that keywords play a vital part in helping people find out about that website and read that sales copy on that site.

You should be familiar about the need for a site to be seen through the search engines, that is if you are an online copywriter. And why is that necessary? That is because using organic search is free and getting to the first page of the search results just comes out naturally. But if you are a traditional one, how are you going to make use of those keywords? It is through placing these keywords properly within the sales copy. Just take note that it is best to put it in the title tag, in the H1 tags and at least a couple of times within your sales text. In fact three or more keyword placements is still okay, especially if you have a long copy.

Speaking of a long copy, there is a common practice among copywriters. That is it's often a better idea to write long sales copy if the product you are selling is a bit expensive, like if it costs a thousand or more in dollars. Why? Simply because people would need a little bit more convincing before they would part with their money. But if you are just selling a product that costs a hundred dollars or less, a short copy is usually more than enough.

Another good approach when you are writing to sell on the web is to take the first person angle. Your writing should sound like it is talking directly to the reader and trying to convince the reader why the product it is selling is the best in the market and why it is worth every cent of its price tag. If you read some good examples of web copywriting, you would notice that those copywriters are applying this technique.

So there you go. Now you know why online copywriting is important especially to every Internet marketer out there. If you think you have the skills to write really good sales copy and then offer your services on the web, now is the time to do it. As they often say, strike while the iron is hot.




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