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Do your copywriter a favour, only give them one idea to illustrate

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A copywriter should only explain one idea for each story
If your copywriter has an ambiguous brief, they won’t be able to write your story properly. Only have one idea per message Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

The worst possible brief for the lucky person who has the task of putting your messages down in words, is ambiguity.

Trying to nail the first story, or 1001st, but not being clear what the one key idea is you’re trying to say is dead-on-arrival stuff for a writer.By being clear what it is you’re wanting to achieve through a message such as:

  • Web copy
  • Blog
  • Social media

You have a much greater chance of someone being able to write something memorable.

Your copywriter(s) should be able to illustrate your single point with examples, mini case studies, a quote or two from satisfied customers, or simply a good yarn.

But this is only possible with a clear brief which attempts to achieve one, and only one objective. For that your copywriter will give you a big thanks.

Now, it may indeed be that you have multiple points to make. If you’re writing a white paper which is expected to be lengthy, that’s fine.

But for shorter form stories, make each of these points a separate story.

Not only will you be doing your copywriter a favour…you’ll be doing yourself one.

Do your copywriter a favour, only give them one idea to illustrate

Marketing, messages that matter, million dollar message, Persuasive message, punchline, , , , , ,
A copywriter should only explain one idea for each story
If your copywriter has an ambiguous brief, they won’t be able to write your story properly. Only have one idea per message Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

The worst possible brief for the lucky person who has the task of putting your messages down in words, is ambiguity.

Trying to nail the first story, or 1001st, but not being clear what the one key idea is you’re trying to say is dead-on-arrival stuff for a writer.By being clear what it is you’re wanting to achieve through a message such as:

  • Web copy
  • Blog
  • Social media

You have a much greater chance of someone being able to write something memorable.

Your copywriter(s) should be able to illustrate your single point with examples, mini case studies, a quote or two from satisfied customers, or simply a good yarn.

But this is only possible with a clear brief which attempts to achieve one, and only one objective. For that your copywriter will give you a big thanks.

Now, it may indeed be that you have multiple points to make. If you’re writing a white paper which is expected to be lengthy, that’s fine.

But for shorter form stories, make each of these points a separate story.

Not only will you be doing your copywriter a favour…you’ll be doing yourself one.

Why bother blogging?

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Photo by Alvaro Serrano on Unsplash

In an age where the world’s awash with content of multiple kinds, what’s the use of blogging?

An obvious-ish answer is because Google doesn’t like seeing static websites.

From that point of view, regularly updated material in the form of a blog creates change, reminds the internet’s largest search engine that you’re still alive and kicking.

That’s important, but perhaps not as significant as the opportunity blogging provides to tell your own story – your authentic story.

Now, if you’re lucky, someone else with a publishing outlet may tell your story on their behalf. Almost invariably however, the angle they’ll take isn’t necessarily what you would’ve chosen.

Blogging allows you to tell your own story in your own words.

The other great advantage of blogging is by putting those words down on paper (metaphorically speaking), you’re forced to make semi-formed ideas more concrete.

And converting those semi-formed ideas into written form is hugely powerful in refining and relating the stories people want to hear about a business, your business.

Blogging forces you to think about what it is you’re trying to say. Blogging builds believability.

Now I’m sure there’s many other reasons to blog and tell your own stories. What’s some of those other reasons?