| If you are a beginner copywriter looking for a way | | | | At that point you can then get his opinion and you |
| to get started, then this article will show you how. | | | | can sell that to him, or you could negotiate. |
| Here's what you do: | | | | You could say, "I'll let you use my sales letter to sell |
| Go to ebay or some other auction site and look for | | | | your product. Why don't you test it on one or two |
| ads selling things that are selling for maybe $400 or | | | | of your auctions? And then you pay me a |
| $500 or even just $300 or $200, and that are listed | | | | percentage on everything you sell for using my sales |
| over and over again -- but not selling. | | | | letter." |
| Look for ones that are very poorly written. Ads you | | | | If he says no, move on to someone else selling |
| can look at and say, "I can do better than that!" and | | | | something similar where you don't have to do any |
| use your copywriting skills to rewrite the ad. | | | | massive rewriting. |
| Then, when you've rewritten the ad contact that | | | | And just keep going after them. There are so many |
| seller and simply say, "I've been looking at your eBay | | | | ads on these auction sites. |
| ad for the last couple of weeks or the last couple of | | | | You should especially look at the completed auctions |
| months, and although you have a good ad, there are | | | | for stuff that sells for ten, fifteen, twenty thousand |
| a lot of things that you can do to make this auction | | | | dollars. |
| sell better and sell at a higher price and sell more | | | | Let's say you find someone selling a million dollar boat, |
| often. What I've done is I've taken the liberty of | | | | for example. And let's say he has great pictures, but |
| rewriting your ad, and I'd like to get your opinion on | | | | he has no copy, no benefits, no descriptions. |
| it." | | | | You can simply say, "Did you ever sell the boat?" |
| Then, you put your ad up on a webpage, and you let | | | | Chances are he'll say something like, "Nah, I never |
| him know the ad is copyrighted under international | | | | sold it. It's still sitting here." |
| and federal law. | | | | You could negotiate and say, "Let me help you sell |
| You may even want to use a simple "non-disclosure" | | | | your boat. I'll write an ad to sell the boat, and if we |
| form they must sign before they can view the ad as | | | | sell the boat, you split it with me. You pay me $2,000 |
| an extra layer of protection (just in case). | | | | or $3,000 or $4,000, whatever." |
| If you really want to go the extra mile, you can | | | | Look, this may sound simple, but it works. The world |
| even get some simple software that will allow you to | | | | is starved for good copy -- especially on the online |
| protect the page, meaning he can't copy and paste | | | | auctions. |
| or print the page so it's just view only. | | | | And this is a great way for a beginner copywriter -- |
| The idea here is you want to show him your work, | | | | who knows the basics -- to get your feet wet and |
| but you don't want him to be able to copy and paste | | | | maybe make some good money at the same time. |
| it, or use it. | | | | |