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Posted: 28 Feb 2014 06:33 AM PST

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This week’s Free Shirt Friday comes to us from 48 Hours Logo. They are a logo design contest site, they also host contests for stationary, web design, and icon design. 48hourslogo started in 2010 with a small team of freelance logo designers. Launching the website with a unique style of crowdsourcing the design works, they began to attract other designers from all over the world. More than 15 thousand small business owners and entrepreneurs have taken the advantage of their amazing logo design service which has helped them quickly grow to be one of top logo design websites on the Internet.

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Announcing Writing Clinic: Get Your Posts Edited (Completely Free) - DailyBlogTips

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Announcing Writing Clinic: Get Your Posts Edited (Completely Free)

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 06:52 AM PST

Could your writing use a little extra work?

Here on DailyBlogTips, I’ll be editing one post every Friday, so we can all learn from each other … both what’s working well, and what needs a little extra attention.

If you’d like a chance of having your post edited, just send it to me (ali@dailyblogtips.com) with the words “Writing Clinic” somewhere in the subject line. Include the URL of your blog (if it’s online) too. It’s best if your post isn’t already published, as you’ll (hopefully!) make changes as a result of my edits, but published posts are eligible too.

Each Friday, I’ll put the text of one post on the blog, along with comments on aspects like:

  • The chosen topic and title.
  • The overall structure of the post.
  • The writing style.
  • Grammar mistakes and typos.

If your post is chosen, you need to be happy with:

  • The text of your post being published on DailyBlogTips (if you want me to only publish and edit part of your post, that’s fine, just let me know).
  • Editorial feedback, including suggestions for improvement, being published alongside your post.
  • A link back to your site (optional but we’re pretty sure you’ll want it!) :-)

Important: I can only edit one post per week, and will be choosing from the submitted posts at random … so please don’t be upset if yours doesn’t get picked. I’ll be doing a fresh random draw each week, so if your post isn’t picked and you want me to consider it the following week, you’ll need to resubmit.

If you’ve got any questions, just leave a comment below. Remember, to take part, you need to send your post to me, ali@dailyblogtips.com, with “Writing Clinic” in the subject line.

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ProBlogger: How to Blog Effectively When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed

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How to Blog Effectively When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST

Outtake - Nooo! [Overwhelmed]
This post is from ProBlogger Managing Editor Stacey Roberts.

Blogging is a voracious beast, and there is literally always something you could be doing to improve your traffic, find new readers, interact with other bloggers, and make some cash. The more you put in, the more you get out – but how do you cut through the (almost) infinite internet and create a manageable blog environment? Well, like anything, it takes trial and error. FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) is alive and well, but soon we all get to a point where it can all get too much to keep up with, and something's gotta give.

These tips could work with anything that you find overwhelming, not just blogging. Just started a new job? Want to start your own business? Want to write the Great American Novel? Well, don't panic – let's get some perspective.

Break it down

Once you realise the magnitude of what you're about to do, hyperventilation is only a moment away. Get back on top by sitting down for a minute and taking the task apart. Once you see it in sequence, it can be much easier to achieve. Yes you might need to blog, then tweet, then share on Facebook, then read six articles on blogging, then respond to comments, then find something to write for the next day, but it doesn't all need to be done at once. Break it down and spread it out.

Don't let your head run away with you

Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. Our brains conjure up worst-case scenarios, which in turn scares us and makes us think it's not possible to succeed. Recognise when you're about to board the Paranoia Train, and get some facts straight. You can survive (and thrive!) with just doing a little every day. Don't just assume it's too much and you won't ever make it so you shouldn't even try. Get out there and do what you can, for something is always better than nothing. Even one tweet can be useful.

Get some perspective

Often when you write down your tasks and responsibilities, you can see that they're not so overwhelming. A list of things you need to do is a tangible thing to help you get your head around the job at hand. It's common to then realise it's not as crazy as you thought, and in fact is actually quite do-able. Identify the parts that aren't important, or not viable at this time, and focus on the things you can actually do. An overview is incredibly useful when you're liable to get carried away.

Find five things you can do right now

This helps make everything seem even more manageable, and gives you that perspective you need. Once you've got five easy things done, you feel much more productive, which inspires and motivates you to do more. Maybe it’s just one extra tweet, editing some photos, or even writing a couple of post intros. Each journey begins with a single step, as they say, and you've just taken five.

Set mini deadlines

Want to write brilliant posts, but don't know where to start? Time is of the essence, and you've got none? Set yourself a deadline and get stuck in. It might be a post a day, it might be two posts in the next hour, but give yourself a time to have achieved at least one thing on your list. If there's an even bigger deadline (guests post submission cut-off date or something), then set mini deadlines before then so you're not frantically scribbling something at the last minute. Have your post ideas sorted by Monday, a rough draft by Wednesday, and a well-thought-out, well-written post and image by Friday. It might only take five minutes a day, and that's infinitely more do-able.

Ask for help

You might need someone to watch the kids while you write. You might need someone to show you how to create good video content. You might even need to ask a blogging veteran to share a tip or two – don't be afraid and think that your questions are silly, or that you should know this stuff by now. Or that blogging isn't important. If you need help, reach out – you might even make a new friend in the process.

Spend some time getting acquainted

The first thing I do when asked to write for a publication is spend some time hanging out in the archives to see what's been covered, where's a knowledge gap I can plug, and what the vibe is. That can work for anything – if you've been asked to guest post, or if you want to see what is the trend in your blogging niche. What are people looking for? What can you provide that's missing at the moment? What are other people Tweeting? What's getting engagement on Facebook? Getting a feel for what you will be doing is essential for toning down panic and turning up productivity.

Just do it

Stop talking yourself out of it. Stop reading this! Go and kick some blogging goals.

But come back to ProBlogger when your'e done! What's one thing you can do today to cross off your overwhelming to-do list?

Stacey Roberts is the Managing Editor at ProBlogger.net, and the blogger behind Veggie Mama. Can be found making play-dough, reading The Cat in the Hat for the eleventh time, and avoiding the laundry. See evidence on Instagram here, on Facebook here, and twitter @veggie_mama.

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Don’t Write Google a Blank Check: Advanced Negative Keyword Strategies For Savvy PPC Marketers

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 06:51 AM PST

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You know what really perplexes me? The willingness of people to just give away their money for no reason. Especially, when those people are fiscally responsible, like paid search marketers focused on driving ROI.

There is a terrible misconception about what success looks like for ppc managers and Google is cashing in on our blissful ignorance. Where did we go wrong? We accepted and assumed that turning a profit is good enough, and as long as we improve month after month, everything is fine.

You and I both know that we're not going to convert every single click. In fact, we probably won't convert most visitors. Here's the rub. How many of those clicks could we have avoided in the first place? Especially if that word has been searched before. Especially if it's a word that never converted.

The problem is we have a defeatist mentality that we'll never achieve 100% conversion rates, so as long as we turn a profit, that's good enough. Good enough to keep us feeling accomplished, and good enough to keep our clients happy and off our back.

Unfortunately…Good is The Enemy of Great!

I don't know about you, but I am not interested in just being good enough. I want to be Great. I want to be the best. I want to give Google as little of my clients hard earned money as possible.

I know there is a point of diminishing returns. A point where the net effect of your efforts is actually more costly than the savings. (We all know there is enough to do with PPC management to keep us busy day and night. We don't  need more work.)

Still, if you get complaints from your clients about competitors clicking their ads, why aren't you looking at server logs and blocking bad IP addresses? If you're running any keywords that aren't exact match, how often do you invest in negative keyword development? Don't get complacent with a set and forget strategy, did you know that if your negative keyword is the 11th word in a query, your ad will still show up? This is why it is so important to negate every single bad keyword as quickly as possible. Who knows, maybe your negative keyword will be word 11, and if only you invested in a more comprehensive list, you would have avoided a bad click.

We all know and fear the "death by 1,000 clicks" demon. Nothing is a bigger waste than watching you burn through your budget on terrible keywords. Here is how I silence this particular demon and my favorite negative keyword tools.

1. I build out the most complete negative keyword list I can by hand prior to advertising. For this I use Wordstreams negative keyword tool. I also make sure to add common negative keywords, like the Super Duper list PPCHero compiled. I also run a few searches in google for my clients industry or  head keywords plus negative keyword (i.e. negative keywords for plumbers) to see if anyone wrote a blog post on my industry and shared their negative keyword list. If there are any data sets with historical search query data, I make sure to mine that list as well.

Many people use their all keywords tab within adwords, or their search query reports in analytics to mine for negative keywords, but analytics is an incomplete data set, and adwords only lets you add a full query, not individual words.

While I do look at my search query report, there is a better and more accurate way.

2. I only know of one other PPC manager that does real time monitoring of search queries to quickly get rid of any bad keywords. This requires an in-house tool I use which works some pretty awesome magic. It captures the full query in real time, and every time a query doesn't convert, it parses the query into individual words and checks it against all queries that did convert to see if each word in the query ever appeared in a query that converted. If a word never appeared in a query that converted, it recommends it to me as a negative keyword. The tool will even show me the relative cost per acquisition of each word so I can see if it's hurting me too much.

This leads me to a very important question. What do you do with a word that seems like a good keyword and logically should produce conversions, but never converted. I guess it depends on your clients wishes and budgets, but I would get rid of it. Even if it seemed like a great keyword. focus your spend on what works.

When I first launch a campaign, I use this tool about once an hour for the first 4 hours. It only takes a minute or two. Obviously there is less conversion data to run it against, so I only remove clearly bad keywords until I have more data. Still, this real time monitoring keeps me from dying via 1,000 clicks.

I continue using this tool every day for the first week my campaigns run, and after a while it only surfaces one or two words a day at which point I can look at it once a week. At the end of the month, I will upload the full list of queries and see which words are wasting my money.

This strategy works best for negative broad match keywords, because I never want that word to be shown again.

3. As I fine tune my broad modifier match keywords and discover what queries works well, I break those out into their own adgroup and/or into a new campaign, and make sure they are negated out from all my other campaigns.

Probably the biggest waste of spend is when you compete with yourself, and not only pay a higher click price, but often show the wrong ad and landing page for that keyword.

If there is one thing I can emphasis more than anything it's to be proactive with your negative keyword research, and unless you are converting 100% of your visitors, don't get complacent. Be great, not…barely good enough!

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One Very Simple Email Marketing Trick that Even Big Brands Aren’t Using - DailyBlogTips


One Very Simple Email Marketing Trick that Even Big Brands Aren’t Using

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 06:42 AM PST

Last week, I was in Vegas for MarketingSherpa's Email Summit – a high-profile conference aimed at businesses looking to improve their email marketing.

While some of the advice was definitely aimed at big brands with big audiences, there were plenty of tips that apply to anyone with an email list.

I wrote about what I learned in a post for Zen Optimise (Twelve Brilliantly Simple Email Marketing Tips from MarketingSherpa's Email Summit 2014), but I wanted to share just one very simple yet really vital tip here:

Make your "snippet" text compelling.

What's snippet text?

It's the first few words of your email, which appear alongside the subject line in many email clients, like Gmail. I've indicated the snippets in red below:

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Here are the snippets themselves:

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South by Southwest's email snippet reads "Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. Faceboo…"

genConnect's email snipped reads "If you're having trouble viewing this email…"

This is such a wasted opportunity. Why not use the snippet to encourage people to open your email? The myWaitrose email does the best job of this, with:

"Waitrose £5 wines plus how to make Delia's pancakes…"

(And I don't know about you, but the words "having trouble reading this email?" or similar aren't exactly encouraging ones…)

There are plenty of ways to create better snippet text. Maybe your template has a box to include a sentence or two on the top left hand side. Maybe you want to change the way you begin your emails.

It's up to you. Just be aware of what readers are seeing … and how you can use it to your advantage.

 

Have you got a great example of a compelling snippet from an email in your inbox? Share it with us in the comments!

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How Often Do Your Check Your Stats?

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 08:14 PM PST

One of the phases that virtually any new webmaster goes through is the stats-fever. It’s that period when you first discover Webalizer of (hopefully) Google Analytics, and you are so excited with your website and with your new visitors that you feel the urge to check the stats every day. Sometimes multiple times a day. Sometimes multiple times an hour.

After a while, however, you realize that checking the stats so frequently is not a really good use of your time. After all daily fluctuations are bound to happen, you can’t conclude much about them. More importantly, instead of checking the stats you could be doing something that has a chance of actually bringing new visitors, like writing a new post or promoting the website on social networks.

That’s when you start checking the numbers less frequently. What would the ideal frequency be, however?

In my opinion there’s no ideal, as each website will have its own characteristics. That being said, I think checking the numbers on a monthly basis is the bare minimum.

Sure, you can take a quick look on a weekly basis to make sure everything is running smoothly, but the deeper analysis to understand whether or not your strategies are working should be done on a month by month basis in my opinion.

Some websites will need an even larger time frame. Some friends of mine run a website about an event that takes place once a year, so during some months their traffic will sky rocket. As a result they tend to use yearly numbers when analyzing their performance.

What about you? How often do your check your stats and what time frames do you use to do your reviews and analysis?

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Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 06:48 AM PST

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Question

Assuming these companies are still small & privately held, which of the 3 would you invest In?

  1. WhatsApp
  2. King (CandyCrush)
  3. UpWorthy

They all make tons of money, but to me, i’d choose WhatApp over UpWorthy and King any day.

Do I feel like communication tool is of higher valude than entertainment?

Not necessarily – i (still) love going to arcades.

But it’s something about how some companies like King and UpWorthy operate that bugs me.

UpWorthy?

There is NO value add to people’s lives with their thin pages that have aggregated content from video sites.

King?

If you’re not aware, King (maker of CandyCrush) first of all  is a straight up RIP from a previous game (hello Zynga #2).

Here’s the letter from the original letter to King.

Dear King,

Congratulations! You win! I created my game CandySwipe in memory of my late mother who passed away at an early age of 62 of leukaemia. I released CandySwipe in 2010 five months after she passed and I made it because she always liked these sorts of games.

In fact, if you beat the full version of the Android game, you will still get the message saying '…the game was made in memory of my mother, Layla…' I created this game for warm-hearted people like her and to help support my family, wife and two boys 10 and four.

 

Two years after I released CandySwipe, you released Candy Crush Saga on mobile; the app icon, candy pieces, and even the rewarding, 'Sweet!' are nearly identical. So much so, that I have hundreds of instances of actual confusion from users who think CandySwipe is Candy Crush Saga, or that CandySwipe is a Candy Crush Saga knock-off.

So when you attempted to register your trademark in 2012, I opposed it for 'likelihood of confusion' (which is within my legal right) given I filed for my registered trademark back in 2010 (two years before Candy Crush Saga existed).

Now, after quietly battling this trademark opposition for a year, I have learned that you now want to cancel my CandySwipe trademark so that I don't have the right to use my own game's name. You are able to do this because only within the last month you purchased the rights to a game named Candy Crusher (which is nothing like CandySwipe or even Candy Crush Saga).

Good for you, you win. I hope you're happy taking the food out of my family's mouth when CandySwipe clearly existed well before Candy Crush Saga.

I have spent over three years working on this game as an independent app developer. I learned how to code on my own after my mother passed and CandySwipe was my first and most successful game; it's my livelihood, and you are now attempting to take that away from me.

You have taken away the possibility of CandySwipe blossoming into what it has the potential of becoming. I have been quiet, not to exploit the situation, hoping that both sides could agree on a peaceful resolution. However, your move to buy a trademark for the sole purpose of getting away with infringing on the CandySwipe trademark and goodwill just sickens me.

This also contradicts your recent quote by Riccardo in 'An open letter on intellectual property' posted on your website which states, 'We believe in a thriving game development community, and believe that good game developers – both small and large – have every right to protect the hard work they do and the games they create.'

I myself was only trying to protect my hard work.

I wanted to take this moment to write you this letter so that you know who I am. Because I now know exactly what you are. Congratulations on your success!

Sincerely,
Albert Ransom
President (Founder), Runsome Apps Inc.

 

Ok… no idea’s original and seriously, this is the web. People copy stuff ALL the time.  Seriously Albert, man up.

BUT… the story gets darker.

King is suing the pants out of any games that has the word “Candy” in it.

In a filing with the US trademark office dated February 6, 2013, King.com Limited registered claim to the word 'candy' as it pertains to video games and, strangely, clothing. On January 15, 2014 the filing was approved for publication. And now, a mere five days later, reports are coming in from developers that they're being asked to remove their app (or prove that their game doesn't infringe upon the trademark).

 

Ah yes… what would life be without these interesting, life sucking leech assholes and their nice lawyers behind them…

Only thing “sweet… delicious … divine” about their company is the money they’re raking in from bored suckers who have nothing better to do with their time & money, and the lawyers who are patent trolling all over their competitors.

Not that I like Whatsapp (wait, they got bought for how much? OH f*ck yeah, i like them now)… it’s that shady companies like these make me wonder what kind of people are in power.

Sure, i’ve done my fair of nasty blackhat shit, but i woke up one day and became buddhist and told myself that I would never do anything I would be ashamed of when I’m in my death bed.

 

I’m about to embark upon something, I guess, that could be considered shady.

I thought about using online petitions as lead generation tools.

Ever see an online petition on Change.org or MoveOn.org…?

Do you know how these online petition sites make money?

Other than sponsored ads, they make money selling the leads to the people who started the petition. (anywhere between 50 cents to $2 per signup).

The service is free, and with a name like Change.org the company even sounds like a not-for-profit. But it's not. It was founded in 2007 and spent the better part of two years flailing around for a profitable business model until Rattray hit upon a clever approach. Change.org charges groups for the privilege of sponsoring petitions that are matched to users who have similar interests.

For example, when a person signs a petition about education and clicks "submit," a box pops up and shows five sponsored petitions on education to also sign. If a user leaves a box checked that says "Keep me updated on this campaign and others," the sponsor can then send e-mails directly to that person.

It's not clear from the check box that your e-mail address is being sold to a not-for-profit. Rattray says an imminent site redesign will make the company's business model more transparent.

Change.org has 300 paying clients, including Sierra Club, Credo Wireless and Amnesty International, and its revenue so far this year is $15 million.

(Source : Forbes)

Suppose, I were to start a petition on banning gas chambers as methods of pet euthanasia in the south (i’m not shitting you.. that’s how some states control their pet population – through gas chambers), make it go crazy viral.. then use the signups (who check the box that says they want to hear from me) as my email list base to promote pet products, is that grey?

I don’t know. What do you guys think? Is this borderline or definitely shady?

What other shady online marketing & business stuff have you seen?

 

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ProBlogger: The Practical Guide to Writing Conversational Copy

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The Practical Guide to Writing Conversational Copy

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 08:18 AM PST

This is a guest contribution from Monika Mundell, communication strategist and copywriter.

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Conversational copy is one of the best ways of creating engagement with a reader. It sets a welcoming, familiar tone that invites readers in. Famous copywriter John Caples delcares conversational copy to be about "You + Me."

Many people believe they have to be a skilled copywriter to write conversationally. You don't! If you can hold an engaging conversation with a mate at the pub, or a girlfriend over a lazy coffee date, then you have the ability to write conversational copy.

However…

Before you sit down to write your heart out, consider the tips in this guide. You should know: this guide has been written for bloggers, business owners and entrepreneurs who are looking to build more engagement with their readership, and to help them build trust with their community.

Having said this, there is nothing stopping you from using this guide to write amazing letters to a dear family member, or pitch your partner on a hot mystery date – because the principles of conversational copywriting stay the same.

Getting the Basics Right

The basics of conversational copy are simple: write like you speak. Think of it as having a conversation with your dream client. It helps if you tune into and visualise your reader before crafting words into digital pixels. You want to make your reader feel welcome and appreciated.

You want her to think that she's the ONLY person that receives your message. And you want to show her that she can trust you because you totally understand the problems and frustrations she might be having. You and your blog or business are here to fill a need. Here's a simple example:

"I know how you feel right now, because I've felt the same way. But when I discovered [the solution], things changed."

So the most predominant word in your message should be "YOU."


Message to Market Match

Effective conversational copy is congruent. Avoid slang and abbreviations if you don't talk like this in person. It will come across as fake and you'll end up turning people away from you instead.

Dan Kennedy calls this process "message to market match," meaning your message must be written with your target market in mind, also known as targeting.

Which brings me to an important point – you must have an idea of who your readership is.

It is hard to write compelling conversational copy when you don't know anything about who is reading your site. In order to write persuasively, you must have a clear picture of to whom you are marketing in the first place.

  • Who is this person you're trying to attract into your tribe?
  • What are her likes?
  • What is she frustrated about, angry about?
  • What issue of hers do you have to solve to keep her engaged?
  • What interests and hobbies does she have?

You can ask hundreds of questions to build an accurate reader profile (like Darren does here), and the best way to profile your audience is to ask them lots of questions… on your blog, in your newsletters, on social media. Over time you'll build a fantastic and powerful swipe file of your market's needs, wants, desires and frustrations. Don't be afraid to ask for permission to dig around in their heart and listen for the golden nuggets!

Why You Must Feed the Desire

Have you ever been told to feed the desire of your readers when writing copy to market your blog or business?

You can do this in a number of ways:

  • You can demonstrate indisputable proof that your product works, by showcasing tons of case studies and/or testimonials.
  • You can demonstrate how they'll get an unfair advantage by buying your product (needs to be congruent and NOT hypey!)
  • You can write about their hot buttons, and drill deep into them.

You should keep in mind when writing your copy: it is a lot harder to sell prevention than it is to sell a solution.

Why? Because people do just about anything to relieve pain. They're less motivated to buy prevention. Pain motivates!

Personally I'm not too fond of negative-ridden copy that continues to ride on the reader's pain (hype). I believe today's savvy consumer wants more authentic engagement and less rah-rah.

Tell Stories

Stories are an everyday part of our lives. You probably tell many stories throughout the day, and chances are you use one of the seven story archetypes in every story you tell. Watch this kooky guy as he introduces these archetypes in a short stop-motion video.

Stories rock! When you tell stories, you lower the B.S. guard of your audience. Stories build trust. And they have the power to engage your readership like nothing else. They’re also far more interesting to read than bland sales copy.

Think about how you can weave stories into your online presence. The people in your community will always want to hear your stories  to get to know you better.

How to Write Concise Copy with Heart (Brevity Rocks)

Concise copy is good copy. When you ramble, people tune out. The definition of brevity is this: concise and exact use of words in writing or speech. (E.g. fluff-free copy.)

Brevity is sexy. It helps the reader to digest your message in small junks of information.

Here are a few tips to help you get started:

  • Use more powerful verbs (doing words) and less adjectives (describing words). Let your sentences be active,  not descriptive.
  • Keep your sentences short (aim for less than 13 words per sentence).
  • Eliminate jargon and clichés where possible (I admit I'm guilty as charged).
  • Check your readability stats (Google how) and aim for a low Passive Sentences score, a Flesch Reading Ease score of above 60, and a Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level of below 9. This article here explains how to activate this on Word 2010.

Creative Ways to Give Your Copy Cult-Like Resonance

Apply the tips within this practical guide to let your copy sing.

With just a few simple and conscious applications, you can write compelling conversational copy that rocks your community and builds your tribe. As long as you remember to identify with your reader's problem you can't really go wrong.

Use words to paint the outcome. Take readers on a journey of discovery: from problem to solution, in a few (simple) steps.

The best way to build cult-like resonance is to be generous with your knowledge!

With that said, I want to hear from you!

Tell me in the comment below how you intend to apply some of the information within this practical guide. I'd love to know.

Monika Mundell is the go-to communication strategist + creative copywriter for sassy women in business. Monika explodes her client's profit potential with her fresh, funky, and fun writing style. She created her FREE Sales Letter Love Script to help you magnetise your perfect client + make love, with words. Connect with her on Facebook.

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