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I work about 10 hours everyday for 5 days out of the week and I only have about 1 hour and 15 mins when I get home to look at my campaign.
During my time at work I'm able to read marketing and copywriting books the whole time If I choose to.
I know this is only passive learning and running campaigns is the active learning.
But I want to make the most of it.
So I've been thinking about purchasing a copywriting course from Stefan Georgi and learning how to write a full on sales letter when I'm not able to attend to my campaigns.
I'm aware that it would require me to have to write everyday to get great at it, and while I'm not able to physically write at work, I am able to mentally write and then I could just transfer it onto a notepad using voice to speech.
My thinking is since copywriting is a major part of advertising (and I just genuinely enjoy the art of copywriting), then it would be wise to learn how to fully do it instead of knowing enough to just write an ad...
Even if I never write an actual sales letter.
What do you think?
Is this doing too much?
Originally Posted by anthonyh
And if you're inspired to learn something you're feeling passionate about, I would suggest to follow that inspiration and passion to see where it will lead you!
No matter what sort of online venture you may pursue in the future, copywriting is KEY. And in order to be a great copywriter, you'll be learning psychology and human behavior as well.
And when you know how human psychology works, and how to get people to take certain actions....CHA-CHING!
It's just such a fundamental skill to any and all types of marketing!
So yeah - if you currently have a job to sustain daily living and you aren't in a hurry to make something profitable, spending time on building solid skills like copywriting can REALLY pay off in the future.
You can make a really good living just as an amazing copywriter. Or apply it to product creation. Or use it to market ANYTHING.
OK I'll stop overselling - will put together some resources for you that have been shared on STM in the past...please check back in a couple minutes...
EDIT: Here are some links to check out...
The Copywriting subforum is a treasure trove of info: https://stmforum.com/forum/forumdisp...amp-Psychology
cmdeal's recommendations on the best marketing books: https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...on-Copywriting
Some more great book recommendations: https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...rnet-Marketing
Links to the Gary Halbert Letters organized by @plutus: https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...ological-Order
These should keep you plenty busy in the next while!
(I would highly recommend to also read up on consumer behavior and psychology - Robert Cialdini is one of the authorities in that field - I LOVE his stuff!!)
Amy
Yea...I'll definitely be occupied for a nice long time.
Thank you!
Before buying a course, you may read the Boron letters by Gary Halbert
https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...t=gary+halbert
And You may be interested in doing the Gary Halbert's 30-Day Challenge:
See here
https://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com...experience.htm
And a great reddit discussion about it
https://www.reddit.com/r/copywriting...day_challenge/
It's all free, by one of the best copywriter of all time. If you like it, you can still buy courses later.
The best recommendations are here:
https://charlesngo.com/copywriting-books/
If you get through all of these, you will definitely be in the top 1% of copywriters online
From what you have described it really seems that copywriting is your true passion and something you could definitely build your career around. I honestly admire your will that despite 10 hours long working shift you are still dedicated to continuing your learning process and you purchase books and courses and read them whenever you manage to catch them sometimes. So, I definitely wouldn't say that what you are doing currently is too much, I think you are doing great and have some good methods, and I really like the part where you said that during your worktime you can at least capture your thoughts with some audio recordings. Copywriting does require a lot of effort and you should practice writing whenever you can, maybe open some social media profile where you would do that or something similar, as it would help you get additional experience and become even more successful in what you're doing. It would also be great for potential clients as they could see what you are working on and have some proof of your quality.
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