343: High Converting Sales Copy Formula: Find Your Sales Hook Through Empathy and Make Money By Following a Simple Copywriting Formula with Alyson Lex
Alyson Lex is a copywriter who specializes in high converting sales letters and in empathizing with prospects to create more effective sales letters.
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She believes in four levels of research:
- socially (how prospects relate to friends)
- relationally (how prospects relate to you, i.e. have they bought or tweeted you)
- psychologically (what keeps them up at night)
- demographics (gender, age, location)
Research for Alyson consists of checking out industry news articles, social media (especially the comments section) and sites like RipOffReport to get a handle on peoples' problems, frustrations, fears, and beliefs. Then, her five step copywriting process is as follows:
- get attention (headline, pre-head, sub-head)
- identify the problem
- introduce a solution
- explain how to get it
- don't let them walk away without it
Alyson also talks about common copywriting mistakes, such as using the word "I" within the first three paragraphs of a sales letter.
Resources
- Alyson Lex (Official Site)
- Headline Generator (Site)
- Alyson (Twitter)
- Alyson (LinkedIn)
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Filed in: Archive 2: 2017 • Copywriting • Interview • Podcast