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Spruce Up Boring Product/Service Descriptions 
With Variety, Voice and Verve

Sigh.  You have another 17 product descriptions to go for your website or catalog.  You realize the reader was yawning long ago, and you're going to scream for not knowing how to avoid making every widget sound the same.

To the rescue! No matter how prosaic the item, no matter how similar it is to other items, ingenuity can make it stand up and wave "Buy me!" to a shopper.  Try adding why the product sells steadily, what inspired it, what it goes well with or how the user feels while using it.  Paint a scenario where it would save the day.  Or spotlight its star ingredient.

For tips and techniques, order 73 Ways to Describe a Widget, a PDF download, for $39.95. ORDER NOW.

In addition, catalog writing must have personality.  Technically, this element is called voice, and it's what unifies the descriptions at a web site or in a catalog so that they have a corporate identity. 

When there's a tight match between the writing voice and the customers' interests and needs, the shopper feels the company is speaking directly to them, and that they're looking at the kind of widgets they'd most like to buy.

For example, here's a sample sentence from a catalog called The Territory Ahead:

Ultralightweight, anatomically logical and muy guapa, Keen's huarache overhaul was done with the global wanderer in mind.

That prose has a kind of masculine romance about it.  But a catalog or web site's voice could be efficient, technical, playful, practical, compassionate, soulful...  There are countless possibilities.

Whatever the voice chosen, it must be consistent throughout the catalog or web site, or prospective customers get confused.  GET UNSTUCK NOW.

Never Suffer From Brain Bog Again!  
"Ever had to write copy for 20 very similar, but different varieties of fish?  Ever try to come up with a unique selling proposition, but the most exciting differentiator was 'good customer service'?  Whether you're a professional copywriter or a business owner in search of ways to stand out from the crowd, this ebook is a real treasure!  I love the format: Easy to read, no fluff... just solid information.  You will never struggle with how to describe anything again." - Karon Thackston, owner,  CopywritingCourse.com

Writing Effective Catalog Copy or Web Copy Can Be Fun!

Marcia Yudkin's manual, 73 Ways to Describe a Widget:  Never Be Brain Dead Again When Having to Write Catalog Copy or Sales Material, provides detailed guidance and copious examples for the process of writing persuasive product descriptions:

  • 16 ways to interweave features and benefits, and why this is so crucial

  • 73 angles for making a boring widget captivating, along with more than 180 examples of these techniques from a variety of catalogs

  • 8 factors to consider when aiming at a specific voice, and how voice figures into the creation of a successful web or print catalog

"73 Ways To Describe a Widget is a 'cheat sheet' for copywriters who are out of ideas." - Bob Bly, Author, The Copywriter's Handbook and a zillion other books

This meaty, 35-page PDF resource is something you'll want to print out, highlight, annotate and keep by your side as you practice beating catalog deadlines and topping previous sales records.  This is instruction you won't find anywhere else - not even in a $399 course on catalog writing that claims to be comprehensive!

It's just as helpful if can't fathom how to make just one product sound fascinating.  ORDER IT NOW.

Settles Your Nerves and Helps You Captivate Readers
"Writing a short, seemingly simple product description or marketing piece can be surprisingly difficult.  Creating an effective, meaty marketing message using only a few words can be nerve-wracking.  I may have read every book on catalog copywriting in existence, but 73 Ways to Describe a Widget is the one I'll be referring to again and again.  It offers 73+ ways to help eliminate the fumbling around in the dark for the right approach, and provides good pointers for actually writing the copy.  This concise, interesting read has everything I need for a good brainstorm!" - Heidi Tran, Columbus, OH  

Order your copy of 73 Ways to Describe a Widget:  Never Be Brain Dead Again When Having to Write Catalog Copy or Sales Material for $39.95.

As with all downloadable materials for sale from this web site, your satisfaction is guaranteed.  If you don't find the material useful, simply request and receive a refund. 

Marcia's Manual Saved Me So Much Time
"73 Ways To Describe a Widget is an absolute goldmine crammed full of really useful information. As a copywriter, you can now hit precisely the right tone or emotion, eliminate every objection, knock out the competition, and produce an massive abundance of sales that just wouldn't have been possible beforehand. Grab this and Marcia's other books as fast as you can, and watch your response rates and income go through the roof." - Steve King, Copywriter, England


 

 
   
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