shotanny:
Good evening @venzal
I am a silent follower of this wonderful thread and I must admit, you are really doing a great job. May God reward you.
Please I have a question, am just trying to create an account on fiverr, but I couldn't proceed to complete my profile (it was writing that I have to continue using a desktop).pls isnt it possible to use a phone to completely register a fiverr account.

IT's been over 2 years I last made use of Fiverr. I wouldn't really have a clue how most things work there these days.

giftedhands101:
@Venzal, please what do you suggest we do now for those of us that rushed into creating Upwork account?

Set the account to private for now through your settings tab.

WE GO AGAIN TOMORROW -- KEEP YOUR EYES GLUED!

Happy Sunday everyone.

Venzal:
WE GO AGAIN TOMORROW -- KEEP YOUR EYES GLUED!

Happy Sunday everyone.

welcome Sir

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WordsWriter:
Happy Sunday people.

While we await oga Venzal's highly anticipated lectures tomorrow, try going through this old Upwork thread. It will help you understand more about Upwork and copywriting in general.

https://www.nairaland.com/4903249/make-5k-per-month-2019

PS: I'm not trying to disrupt the flow of lectures here.The thread helped me when I was starting
out and I believe it will others understand better when
venzal starts going in details.

thanks for the link bro..

I gat to follow you right away. You gat something to give

Venzal:
Well done, sir. You have contributed massively so far. I do appreciate that!

Thank you bro. The fight is against poverty!

Venzal:
These are some of the most-revered email copywriters in the world...

Join their email lists and check out the kind of emails they send out. You will learn from reading their emails alone.

1 Ben Settle - bensettle.com
2 Matt Furey - mattfurey.com
3 Chris Ozerchowski - theemailcopywriter.com

Start with these guys.

I promise you, you will start getting a grasp of email copywriting from what you learn here and what these email gods send out.

Also, check out the blog, CopyHackers, and read their posts. They will bring you up to speed on the game of copywriting.

Lessons continue tomorrow -- today was a really busy day.

P.S. I see many questions up there... will tackle them tomorrow morning.

You should add our own Nigerian Ben Settle....Patrick Ogidi. Dude is good. I have unsubscribed from other Nigerian IMers but left his.

The best email copies are fun, entertaining with coined words (Patrick Ogidi is very good at this) and educative... Patrick Ogidi calls his Edutainment lol

robotix:


You should add our own Nigerian Ben Settle....Patrick Ogidi. Dude is good. I have unsubscribed from other Nigerian IMers but left his.

The best email copies are fun, entertaining with coined words (Patrick Ogidi is very good at this) and educative... Patrick Ogidi calls his Edutainment lol

Lol. You know boss Pat? That's nice.

Man is amazeballs when it comes to shooting out edutaining emails. They all mostly learned from Matt Furey, though. Matt Furey is elBenbo's (Ben Settle) mentor.

P.S. You should check out Waju -- that's another Nigerian marketer who knows his email marketing onions.

Lemme ask...

How many people checked out the 20+ training I linked in here on Friday? The one I recommended you check out?

When the testimonials start pouring in, don't be surprised to see that it will be coming mostly from people who are putting in the extra effort. Ruminate on that.

P.S. If you are scared of writing and making errors, the GRAMMARLY tool is something that can become really MASSIVE for you. Later this week, I will talk about how you can get it at a cheap price from an American website. Stay tuned.

Ben Settle is an aggressive marketer, I get up yo five mails from him daily about his latest book. And i observe that he tells a story is all his mails.

Venzal:
WHAT IS COPYWRITING?

Now, we get into the meat and potatoes of this thread.

Don’t forget, the sole aim of this thread is to show you how to hone your email copywriting skill so you can start writing emails for clients and filling your bank account with moolah in the process.

Now, email copywriting is a smaller branch of the big bad guy COPYWRITING.

It’s like saying Benin City is a city under Edo State…

You feel me?

Before we swing fully into the email copywriting side of things, let’s run the rule over Copywriting in general.

This is especially important for you if you are new to all of this.

So… What really is copywriting?

Described as Gary Halbert, legendary copywriter, as the most lucrative skill in the world…

There are a thousand and one definitions out there on the internet about this topic.

But here is one that succinctly describes it best:

Copywriting is salesmanship in print.

And I’ll flesh that out with examples in a bit.

But before I do that, I’d also like to throw in my simple, dumbed-down definition:

“Copywriting is the kind of writing that is done to PROVOKE readers into taking an action.”

The action could be for them to click a link on an AD…

It could be to get them to subscribe to an EMAIL LIST…

It could also be to get them to click a link inside an email…

It could equally be to get them to buy whatever it is you are selling…

This kind of writing is different from writing to entertain people.

Okay, let’s go back to the first definition… that is the “salesmanship in print” definition.

Before the internet became a popular medium, one of the most popular ways of selling was via door-to-door campaigns.

The people who engaged in this practice were called salesmen.

And more often than not, they had a script they were trying to convince prospects from.

With the advent of the internet, this kind of selling was relegated to the background.

And now, with WORDS written on a page on the internet, anyone could reach a larger audience and make hundreds of thousands of dollars from selling their stuff.

Every online business needs copywriting.

And so people (copywriters) who can write words that CONVINCE people to whip out their wallets and buy whatever you are selling became hot properties.

There is something called direct response copywriting (that’s your assignment for today: Google this yourself and see what it means).

One of the highest direct response copywriters in the world, passed away just last month. His name was Clayton Makepeace. He used to make serious MILLIONS every year as a direct response copywriter!

Now, I have to let you know that a lot of the money Mr. Makepeace earned came from something called ROYALTIES.

That is, businesses pay him a pre-agreed amount for every sale the copy he wrote for them brought in.

That is discounting the original fee they paid for him to initially write their package (which is usually in the six figure dollars range).

Then there is Dan Kennedy – I think he is currently the #1 copywriter in the world right now that Mr. Makepeace has gone to rest.

Then there is this African-American lady, Carline Anglade-Cole, who makes at least $1M a year writing for clients as a copywriter (here is her website: carlinecole.com).

Then there is another guy called David Garfinkel who charges $25,000 for copywriting mentorship… and he charges businesses up to $100K to write their packages!

Now, why am I giving you all of these examples?

I just want to show you that putting in the work to become a great copywriter can be a very, very rewarding experience.

You may be wondering, why will businesses invest all these huge sums into one person to help them just sting common words together?

Well, imagine this…

If I paid you $100 to write one email for me…

And I send that email to my audience to sell them a $97 dollar product…

If that your one email brings in 10 sales, that makes up $970, right?

Now, I only paid you $100 to work your magic on my email.

Have I not now made a profit of $870?

That is how business owners think.

And that is why if you are DARN GOOD at what you do, they are ready to ‘chuck’ thick wads into your hands so you can write words that help them make money.

Now there are VARIOUS forms of copywriting out there:

AD copywriting – where you write ads for business owners. Ads like FB ads, instagram ads, Google ads, banner ads etc.

Email Copywriting – where you will help businesses write emails to sell their products to their EMAIL LIST.

Sales Letter Copywriting – Where you will write relatively long (7 pages and above) copies that are meant to sell a product on a WEB PAGE.

VSL Copywriting – VSL means Video Sales Letter. You will write video scripts for a video sales letter.

And so much more.

Now, you could decide to learn all these arms of copywriting in one fell swoop.

But the truth is, it’s going to take time, effort, and money to fully cut your teeth as a do-it-all copywriter.

So my simple advice to anyone trying to profit as a copywriter is to learn email writing first.

For me, it’s like the low-hanging fruit of copywriting.

Once you have a grasp of what ticks people… what emotions drive response… what people want to hear…

It becomes easier for you when you start moving up the ladder into mainstream copywriting.

I hope you understand this.

The whole essence of this particular lesson was to give you a sweeping view of copywriting and get you into the mind of a copywriter.

I don’t know if I have done a good job of it.

If I have not, I hope as we continue to progress you start to gain clarity.

But like I will always say, you can learn from various sources. So put your research skill into effect and start to gain clarity on what it means to become a copywriter.

Alternatively, you can post your hard-nosed questions as a comment below, and I’ll do my best to do much justice to it.

That’s all for now.

2 more lessons falling in today, once I have had the chance to edit them.

Stay tuned. Stay blessed.

/Peace, Love, & Light/
~Victor.

Great one baba Venzal!
For the past two months, I have been into copywriting not knowing the category to choose.
This thread really come at the very right time.

Venzal:
That's your WhatsApp number on your signature, right? I'll send you something that's help you get approved on Upwork fast.

Baba please send for me via the Whatsapp no on my signature.

God bless you boss.

Venzal:
Lemme ask...

How many people checked out the 20+ training I linked in here on Friday? The one I recommended you check out?

When the testimonials start pouring in, don't be surprised to see that it will be coming mostly from people who are putting in the extra effort. Ruminate on that.

P.S. If you are scared of writing and making errors, the GRAMMARLY tool is something that can become really MASSIVE for you. Later this week, I will talk about how you can get it at a cheap price from an American website. Stay tuned.

Please I couldn't see where to change my account to private on settings. Please help.

optimistic1234:





Please I couldn't see where to change my account to private on settings. Please help.

once you open your upwork account, go to the settings tab then look for profile settings, once you get there under my profile you would see the visibility tab, just change it from public to private.

Venzal:
A lot of people are asking about creating an Upwork account.

The video I wanted to share with OyeniJK was a video I created for my private students.

And I didn't want to let it out into public view because I know there are many people who'd abuse it. They crawl into this thread, they are not here to learn but to look for resources they can package and sell.

I had that experience with my previous thread.

But those folks be darned... I have decided to drop a link to the video here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWZybXWlyuI

If they like, let them steal it and go sell it for 2K. The money go still finish last, last.

So there you have it...

That video will show you how to get approved on Upwork. As at currently, it's getting accounts approved within just a matter of minutes.

Thank you so much for this boss.

This should help my sales in domaining

Venzal:
Lemme ask...

How many people checked out the 20+ training I linked in here on Friday? The one I recommended you check out?

When the testimonials start pouring in, don't be surprised to see that it will be coming mostly from people who are putting in the extra effort. Ruminate on that.

.

data is somewhat a problem for me now but I'll watch the ones I can watch.

Great job Mr Venzal. Following attentively. A.I.D.A is the key. Thanks Cornoak for the referral.

Subscribed

Venzal:


Hi,


You are welcome to this thread.

this was made possible because I read your thread 4 years ago. Thanks boss

I love Chris orzechowski already! I liked the email he welcomed me with

Meklex:
this was made possible because I read your thread 4 years ago. Thanks boss

thanks for sharing bro. I pray we all have similar positive testimony as we implement what we are going to learn from this thread.

Meklex:
this was made possible because I read your thread 4 years ago. Thanks boss

What a good testimony!!!

national ID is the only hindrance for me when it comes to online hustles, i have non.

national id takes two years to be ready (for permanent), can temporal be used ?. i have to wait till 2023 to get voters card abi ?

Meklex:
this was made possible because I read your thread 4 years ago. Thanks boss

This is massive and morale-boosting.
Is this copywriting niche?

Glistinin:


Baba please send for me via the Whatsapp no on my signature.

God bless you boss.

Hello bro, how far with the domain?

FESTAC101:


This is massive and morale-boosting.
Is this copywriting niche?

yea

Meklex:
yea

woowwwwww. The same thing we're undergoing now? I will put more effort. I'm familiar with your signature but I don't know you are into this fast money making ritual. Be expecting us also

And is it possible to be getting like $5 or $10 work in our niche - this is for some times though? If yes, will it bring fast approval or it doesn't mean.

Millennialaku:
national ID is the only hindrance for me when it comes to online hustles, i have non.

national id takes two years to be ready (for permanent), can temporal be used ?. i have to wait till 2023 to get voters card abi ?

oh sorry bro. Anything online hustle, nothing is stopping me. The obstacles is just right information.

One mind is telling me you will come .

OYENIYIJK:

oh sorry bro. Anything online hustle, nothing is stopping me . The obstacles is just right information.

One mind is telling me you will come .

nah wetin make me quit fiverr after completing one 5$ job, i even got five stars on it

i dey follow your footsteps oh boss . prolly still dey pay well sha and chuks still dey come with more, at least make i carry that one dey hold side small.

GOD NO GO SHAME US