Swipe File Secrets
I believe one of the best copywriters who ever lived was Gary Halbert. He wrote some of the most profitable letters and space ads on history. And, on top of all that, he was a fantastic teacher of copywriting as well.
Gary was all about leveraging resources to make life easy. For instance, imagine you decide to write a book about getting healthy and fit.
What should you do?
Would it be a good idea to get a degree in a health and fitness field? Would it be a good idea to take years to study the subject? Would it be a good idea to find the best health and fitness product? No. An easier strategy exists to get your hands on the best health and fitness information available. And you won’t have to do all the work on your own.
Forget about all that work. It won’t pay off any more than taking the easy road. Gary’s advice would probably be to acquire all of the best books and report written about horse racing. The hot selling ones. Read them and note all of the exciting little secrets horse racing fans want to know.
Armed with this research you write your version of a health and fitness book. Only this book has all the great info from the other books you read. The exclusive details that bring value to your book. The end product is a book filled with the very best information on health and fitness.
Easy does it best.
Gary also taught that you should do the same thing when writing ads. Especially if you’re in a hurry and need to bang out an ad… website letter… or whatever fast.
The formal name for this strategy is… swiping ads. And it really does make it easier. Back in 1996, Gary taught a little bit about swiping during a seminar in Florida. The main focus of the seminar was on swiping great ads for your own promotions.
Look, if you don’t want to become a top notch copywriter and don’t have time to learn all the formulas, etc. then swiping is the way to go. All you have do is learn how to do it right.
Learn to swipe and life gets easier when preparing ads…
** Writer’s block will no longer exist. You’ll know where to start and ad. You’ll no longer be figuring out what to say. Because the swipe ads give you all that information.
** Ad writing will be much faster. All you do is model your ad after the swipe. Therefore, the guessing element is taken out of the equation. It’s like using a proven template to write your ads.
** The ads you write could be three times more responsive. Think about it. You are essentially modeling success. When you do that success is on your side.
The moral of the story is: start swiping.