Good News For Marketers
NEWS FLASH: Long copy ads make a comeback.
Or did they actually go anywhere?
One of the longest standing debates online is whether long copy or short copy works better.
Short copy advocates say no one will read all that text.
Long copy advocates say without the text they have nothing to base a decision on.
As you probably know by now, I am a BIG believer in long copy ads.
So when I saw this article by
Marketing Forecast, it wasnt a big surprise to me.
The summary short copy ads are increasing prevalent on the net, and increasing difficult to stand out from the crowd with.
Reaaaaally?
Whod have thunk it?
Imagine that
someone interested in weight loss goes online and sees one page with some pretty pictures of people who lost weight and an order button.
The next page they go to shows the pictures, and actually tells the story about how Joe was 84 pounds overweight, had poor health, his children were worried about him, his boss gave him an ultimatum about dressing properly to be in front of clients, and his wife stopped having sex with him a year ago.
Eureka!
He finds a simple solution and follows it to the T.
It shows his journal entries and his weight loss records. Then it explains what his life is like now being 75 pounds lighter, happy kids he can play with, his wife is constantly dragging him back to the bedroom, and his boss gave him a raise thanks to his increased confidence and sales numbers.
What do you think
pretty pictures
or an actual story explaining the pictures
Which will make more money?
Not too hard to figure out.
If the long copy ad is targeted at people who are overweight and experiecing problems liuke Joe was, the long copy ad will SMOKE the short copy ad.
It. Just. Makes. Sense.
But it is news on the internet.
For some reason.
The point is long copy is (almost) always easier to tell a story with.
Picture ads look nice, but are MUCH more costly to try and get the sales numbers.
And the small business owners and
entrepreneurs I work with are wayyyyyy more concerned about their bank account and ability to feed their family, than the beautiful branding campaign that cost them a second mortgage and brought them nothing in bankable revenues.
I LOVE working with
entrepreneurs.
Their passion is contagious.
Their drive is irreplaceable.
Their ability to see and do things mere mortals cant is admirable.
And their entrepreneurial spirit is what drives economies back from the brink.
I never left long copy and if you did now is the time to get back!
Let me know your thoughts on the long copy vs short debate.
by: Troy D. White
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