Sub-headlines: The Neglected Little Sister

I got a lot of nice e-mail about my previous post, What’s the Copywriter’s Most Powerful Psychological Tool – see http://StreetGuideToCopywriting.com/blog/conversions/most-powerful-tool, thanks.

This time I want to look at an important topic that you don’t read a lot about and that I call the “neglected little sister, the sub-headline; fortunately, it builds directly upon the Most Powerful Psychological Tool!

Even the term is confusing because it is used for 2 entirely different things in a sales letter.

First, it is used for the secondary headline under the primary headline. You know…

Buy My Wonderful Product So That YOU Can Become a Trillionaire,
Live Forever and Sleep with Every Beautiful Women on the Planet”

And You Won’t Believe Why I Will Pay You For the Privilege

The second part, “And You Won’t Believe Why I Will Pay You For the Privilege”, is the sub-headline.

The other use is to break up the sales copy into sections to keep it interesting, be informative, and as a “skimmer magnet” — to stop and capture the attention of skim readers.

Both are important but this time I’ll be talking about how your can use sneaky techniques to…

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4 Steps To Fast and Easy Sales Letters, Part 2

In the previous blog post we looked at the first step to some “speed copywriting secrets” that will help you get a converting sales page in a fraction of the time without costing an arm and a leg doing it; that step was to create a killer offer.

This time we’ll look at 3 more steps anyone can do to improve conversions.

Step 2. The Swipe File: Legal Theft

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4 Steps To Fast and Easy Sales Letters, Part 1

Copywriting is hugely important in successful marketing and a successful business and is a key factor in the Conversion Pillar.

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Yes, good copywriting is difficult and arduous for most people, if they can even do it at all.

Now, if you want a million dollar sales letter your best bet is to hire a million dollar copywriter but if you want to craft a decent sales letter quickly and easily then I have 4 steps for you to take which will give you the most “bang for the buck.”

These speed copywriting “secrets” will help you get a converting sales page in a fraction of the time and it won’t empty your bank account while doing it.

Step 1. Create a Killer Offer

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5 Key Copywriting Mistakes You Should Avoid

We’ve all seen lots of sales letters that don’t fulfill their goals, if for no other reason than those goals are lost in the creation of the sales letter.

A sales letter exists for one and only one reason… to sell.
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You may sell a product, sell a service, sell a prospect on the value of being on your mailing list or you may even sell an idea but, every time, the sales letter’s purpose is to “sell” the prospect.

Whatever you are selling, you will be writing a sales letter to sell.

Unfortunately, so many sales letters forget this one simple fact, usually by making at least one of these 5 mistakes:

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