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  • - You're watching this video because

  • you wanna know what exactly is copywriting

  • and how do you get into it?

  • Just like you, at a time I had no idea what copywriting was.

  • I thought it has to do with intellectual property,

  • like patent and trademark and all these things.

  • I thought the word was copyright, R-I-G-H-T.

  • That means that you have the exclusive right

  • to distribute or sell someone's else's work.

  • It could be a book.

  • It could be music or an image, or things like that.

  • So in my early years I was struggling financially,

  • and just like most people, I had no idea

  • what I needed to do, and I try a lot of different things.

  • I tried to start this business and that business,

  • and none of them really worked.

  • And fortunately, after a few years of struggles,

  • I was able to find my first mentor, Alan,

  • and Alan was kind enough and was willing

  • to take me under his wings.

  • And I remember he said this to me.

  • He said, "Dan, I'm about to teach you a skill

  • "that will transform your financial life forever.

  • "It is a skill that very few people

  • "in the world understand and possess.

  • "It is a special skill that, once you master it,

  • "you will never have to worry about money again.

  • "You will have the power to generate income on-demand

  • "or to launch or start or grow

  • "any business that you desire," and I was so excited.

  • And I said, "Well, what is this skill?"

  • And he said, "It is the skill of copywriting."

  • I said, "What is copywriting.

  • "I don't understand."

  • He said, "Copywriting.

  • "It is the ability to use the written words

  • "to persuade someone to take an action."

  • Now, that could be to respond to a message that you wrote.

  • It could be to purchase your product.

  • It could be to click here or buy this

  • or take this sort of action.

  • And at first I didn't quite understand it, the power of it.

  • So when I was working for him, basically as an apprentice,

  • I remember that we would send out

  • these direct mail letters to offer products

  • and services and programs to people,

  • with the right list, and we would send it out.

  • And now these are people that we've never met

  • and we've never talked to, and we would send

  • them these letters in direct mail back in the days,

  • offering a product that would help them solve a problem.

  • And we would send out thousands

  • and thousands of these letters.

  • And then a percentage of them would send back the letter,

  • or sometimes with an order form.

  • They would call in the office or they would reply

  • and send us back a check or a money order.

  • I was stunned.

  • I was amazed.

  • These are the people that I would never talk to,

  • that we have never met them, and yet they're buying

  • something from us.

  • So from that point on I was hooked.

  • Right now I'm like this is so powerful.

  • So let me give you my definition,

  • fast-forward today, of copywriting.

  • Now, after all these years,

  • and I think I've refined the definition of copywriting,

  • which I'm gonna share that with you in just a second.

  • And I think once you hear it,

  • you'll be so excited and you'll love it.

  • It will make you tingle.

  • Here we go.

  • Copywriting is closing in print.

  • That's right.

  • Closing in print.

  • It is the ability to persuade, influence, and engage.

  • That's what copywriting is.

  • It's not about writing.

  • It is about closing.

  • 'Cause if it is about writing,

  • that's definitely not something that I could do

  • 'cause I flunked English when I was in high school.

  • So copywriting has a lot to do with closing

  • and selling and has very little to do with writing,

  • because if it has a lot to do with writing,

  • I would not have been able to do it

  • because I flunked English twice, twice,

  • when I was in high school.

  • So it's not about that.

  • And if it has a lot to do with writing,

  • or academic writing, then all the professors,

  • all the teachers, all the English teachers,

  • they would be successful copywriters.

  • That's not the key.

  • So when Alan shared this with me, I was blown away.

  • He asked me, "Dan, do you know

  • "that copywriters are among some

  • "of the highest paid people in the world,

  • "and yet most people don't even know

  • "this profession exists?"

  • And I said (grunts incredulously).

  • He said, "That's the problem.

  • "You don't even know.

  • "You don't get it."

  • He said, "Look around you, everywhere.

  • "Look around you."

  • And I was puzzled 'cause I was young and naive.

  • "Look everywhere."

  • He said, "Every single letter that you get in the mail,

  • "every TV that you watch, every single product

  • "you buy in your life right now,

  • "because a copywriter came up with the concept,

  • "came up with the brand, wrote the message,

  • "and that's what persuade you to buy everything around you.

  • "The movie that you watch, the script,

  • "the storytelling, the donation letter

  • "that's asking you to donate money,

  • "every single thing in your life, everywhere, it's copy.

  • "Do you see it?

  • "Copy is everywhere.

  • "It is a multi-trillion dollar industry,

  • "and yet no one knows that this profession exists.

  • "Everyone goes to school and they say

  • "they wanna be an accountant.

  • "'I want to be a lawyer.

  • "'I want to be a doctor.

  • "'I want to be an engineer.'

  • "No one knows that this profession exists.

  • "Do you understand?

  • "Do you understand, Dan, how powerful this is?"

  • And I was just stunned, blown away,

  • when he said that to me.

  • Lemme give you an example.

  • Let's say that there's a company.

  • They're selling a product online

  • and they have a landing page.

  • Now, in case you don't know what a landing page is,

  • it's a page that makes an offer to sell the products.

  • Let's say they're doing $100,000 a year in revenue

  • with that particular product on this page,

  • and let's say that page is converting at 1%,

  • meaning that, for every 100 visitors that goes to the page,

  • one person would buy.

  • So 1% conversion.

  • And let's say, as a copywriter,

  • you're able to look at the page

  • and you make some tweaks, you change the headline,

  • you change the offer, you change the guarantee,

  • maybe the call to action, you tweak the page a bit,

  • and now, instead of converting at 1%,

  • this page is converting now at 2%.

  • Now I want you to think about,

  • comment below, what has just happened?

  • What have you done as a copywriter?

  • Here's what you've done.

  • You've just double, you've just double the revenue

  • for this company, from $100,000 to $200,000,

  • without adding an extra dollar for marketing.

  • Are they spending more money?

  • No.

  • Do they need more people seeing the page?

  • No.

  • Are you adding more things to the product,

  • that it costs more, features?

  • No.

  • All you have done is changing a few words

  • or how the offer or the message is being communicated

  • to the marketplace.

  • Do you see the power of this?

  • That is the power of copywriting.

  • The next question you might have is,

  • "Well, Dan, this is amazing.

  • "How do I become a copywriter?"

  • You see, maybe you wanna become a copywriter

  • because you know that how much income

  • you could generate as a copywriter if you're good,

  • that you have the ability to work from home

  • or work from anywhere that you want,

  • that you could work when you want,

  • with whom you want, from anywhere that you want.

  • Maybe you know because, as a copywriter,

  • it doesn't require you to have a degree,

  • nor to have a lot of capital to start off with.

  • You don't need that at all.

  • Now, with copywriting, it's something

  • that you need to have someone who knows

  • what they're doing to transfer that skill to you.

  • It is very, very difficult to just watch a video

  • and say, "Oh, I'm gonna learn copywriting."

  • I always describe copywriting as a little bit

  • like martial art.

  • You could watch video, you can have an idea,

  • or maybe you watch on YouTube a video and say,

  • "Hey, this is how you do some of the moves,"

  • but how do you actually learn martial art?

  • You gotta go to a school.

  • You gotta go to a dojo.

  • You gotta have a shifu, an instructor, a sensei,

  • to show you the techniques,

  • and then you will practice the techniques

  • and your shifu will give you feedback

  • and help you correct the form,

  • and eventually you'll be able

  • to perform the same move the same way.

  • That's how it works in martial art.

  • I believe learning copywriting,

  • becoming a copywriter, is very much the same way.

  • If becoming a copywriter is something

  • that you are considering, I could shave

  • you at least five to 10 years of learning curve.

  • Click on the link below or in the description

  • and get access to my on-demand training.

  • There's no cost to you.

  • Consider this is an introduction

  • to what exactly is copywriting

  • and what copywriters actually do,

  • and eventually how do you become one yourself

  • if you decide this is the path for you?

  • So go ahead and click on the link right now.

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