Secrets For Editing Your Copy

Published by: David Garfinkel on 09-09-2024

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OK, finally. You’ve got your copy written.

At least your first draft.

Now what?

That’s what a subscriber to the podcast asked me on youtube a few weeks ago.

The best I can do to answer that question is tell you how I look at copy, whether it’s my own, or a client’s.

Today’s show is about a series of steps I go through to review copy with a mentoring client or in a one-off copy critique.

Some of this may be familiar, but listen for the parts that aren’t. Adding those parts to your routine could end up taking your finished copy to the next level.

We go into depth on the podcast, but here is the complete set of lists from the show:

4 important things to look for first
1. Who is the prospect? Who is not? How would you know if you tripped over them?
2. Empathy
3. Rule of 1 - Golden Thread
4. Continuity and Smooth Transitions
5 Key Elements Of Copy
1. Headline
2. Opening
3. Proof
4. Offer
5. Call to action
Getting the words right
1. Do you use easy, simple-to-understand words?
2. Variety in sentence, paragraph length—and bolding
3. Flesch-Kincaid grade level
4. Images, emotions, physicality of descriptions
5. Conversational phrasing and actual dialog

Readability formulas, mentioned in the show: https://readabilityformulas.com/

Mentoring and critiques: https://garfinkelcoaching.com


Keywords: editing copywriting

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