Web users tend to scan rather than read. They glance over pages, looking for items of interest and click through to the next page. If your website’s copy was not written with this in mind, then you aren’t effectively reaching your visitors.
Entire books have been written on copywriting for the web. Here, we’ll simply touch on two important issues: scannability and persuasiveness.
The bottom line is this: even the most persuasive copy is useless if nobody reads it. A professional web copywriter knows how to write and structure copy so it reaches web users. Here are a few tips:
Making text scannable is relatively simple. (Though it’s alarming how many writers have trouble with the “concise” part…) Much trickier is writing copy that persuades.
Writing copy that truly speaks to your audience – that reaches them emotionally and makes them want to act – is exceptionally difficult.
To write persuasively, you must:
Few investments pay off as well as compelling, persuasive copywriting. Part art and part science, persuasive writing breathes life into a website, making it a powerful selling tool.
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