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Four Ways To Write Headlines That Can Make
You Hundreds Or Thousands Of Dollars A Year!
Headlines
are the most important part of your sales letter. If you
can't draw your prospect in with your headline, you won't
get them to read your sales letter! So, you must have a
headline that grabs the reader's attention and forces them
to read what you have to say!
It
is fortunate for those of us in the business that headlines
are so important because it just so happens that they are
one of the easiest things to change and test. If you had
to constantly test different sales letters, that would take
you a very long time. Sometimes it takes weeks or months
to create a sales letter.
But,
a headline can be written in seconds. You can literally
write hundreds of headlines in a day. You can throw out
the ones that don't sound right, and test only the absolute
best ones!
Also,
a lot of times a headline can simply be cut and pasted so
that you don't even have to change the first page of your
sales letter. This makes testing headlines one of the cheapest,
but most effective ways to test. And, if you find a headline
that is a hit, it could spell instant success for you!
Here
are the four ways to write headlines that really draw the
reader to your sales letter:
1)
Try to appeal to a prospect's self-interest in every headline
you write.
Your
headline absolutely must tell the reader that you are offering
them something that they really want and need. A self-interest
benefit must be offered in your headline. Whenever you write
a headline, ask yourself "How will this headline benefit
the reader?" If you can't think of a way, then trash
that headline and write another one!
2)
Don't just try to arouse curiosity by itself in the headline
statement.
In
order to get the most response from your headline, you cannot
just arouse curiosity in the reader. That will only do so
much. You must combine curiosity with self-interest and
benefits! The customer knows you are trying to sell them
something, so curiosity by itself is not going to make them
fork over the wallets!
3)
Never interject the negative side of an offer in your headline.
Never
use words that people could take as negative. For example,
don't ever say "My plan has made a few people rich."
Instead, say "My plan can make you rich!" Also,
never say something like "A small amount of my customers
will get rich..."
Overall,
tell the customer what you will do for them. Use lots of
"you's" in the copy. If you can, make your headline
talk directly to them.
4)
Make your offer a quick and easy way for the reader to get
what he or she wants.
If
you have really honestly found a way for your customer to
make $1,000 a week, you need to tell them about it. But,
make sure your headline sounds believable. Don't stretch
the truth just to get more people to read your sales letter.
These
four things will help you write killer headlines! Even if
you don't have a product, you can practice writing headlines.
Write about anything. Make something up. By practicing,
you will soon pick up on ways you can turn your headlines
into sales over and over again!
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