AIDA: The Secret to Writing Copy That Sells
Writing really good sales copy is a tremendously valuable skill.
One exceptional copywriter I met earns $400,000 a year writing
He has
When I asked him his secret, he simply said "I always start with AIDA", which stands for:
- Attention
- Interest
- Desire
- Action
If you have never come across AIDA before, it is an acronym that should be etched into your memory. It should provide the guiding principles for every piece of sales copy you write.
Attention
- “The Worlds Top 10 Diet Plans: Find Out Which Work and Which Don't”
- “You're Just One Step Away from 100% Happy”
- “Transform Your Kitchen for Under $1,000”
- “Exclusive Interview with Tom Cruise; Sex, Love and Betrayal”
They grab your attention!
Or
Good copywriters are masters of grabbing your attention the moment you start reading:
- “Here's how you can retire in luxury to a 3-bed hillside Tuscan cottage for half as much as it would cost to stay where you are now!”
- “Discover how to make your fortune from financial spread trading and the stock market without leaving your armchair”
- “This is a special invitation from the Chairman of the Inner Circle….”
- “You
maybe interested in picking up bargains for yourself. You may be interested in profit. Either way Auction Insider tells you what you need to know to pick upbargain , afterbargain , after bargain……”
And it's not just the written word . . .
Every shop window display is designed . . . or should be designed . . . to grab the attention of every
Every salesperson should have some opening lines to grab the attention of their new prospect.
If you don't grab the attention of visitors the moment they land on your site . . . click . . . gone.
Interest
So you've grabbed their attention. Now what?
You have to hold their interest . . . yes . . . INTEREST.
You HAVE to put yourself in your
You HAVE to understand what the person listening to you, or reading your information, or looking at your website, wants to know.
They have questions, so you must have answers.
They have needs, so you must have solutions.
They have doubts, so you must have conviction.
They have alternatives, so you must inspire trust.
But you know this already!
When you meet someone new, you quickly decide whether you like and trust them. A large part of your evaluation is based on how interesting they are, how much interest they take in you and how relevant their knowledge is to your interests.
After grabbing their attention you have to maintain their interest.
Desire
Once you have aroused and developed your prospects interest, it is time to turn it into desire . . . burning DESIRE!
Desire should be a natural and inevitable step forward from interest.
The main difference between interest and desire is just narrowing down the focus of the ‘conversation'.
When I was speaking with
The conversation had moved from interest to desire.
Action
In the example of my visit to the camping shop, the action was buying a tent. The salesman succeeded in grabbing my attention, maintaining interest, focusing my desire on a single product and converting the desire to action; buying a tent.
In the context of a website, ‘action' could be as simple as encouraging your visitor to look at more content; or it could be encouraging them to click on an advert or an affiliate
Be clear in your mind what action you want to prompt whenever you create content for your website. Make the action clear and obvious.
The key to Action is to make it breathtakingly simple.
Click here, Sir.
That'll do nicely.
Thank you.
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Every successful salesman, retailer, mail order company, film producer, market stall owner, advertising agency, publisher . . . and website owner uses AIDA (even if they don't realize it!).
Indeed, successful individuals use AIDA in their
Think about dating.
The first step is to grab
Then start a conversation that is enjoyable enough to maintain their interest. This involves listening, understanding, finding common ground, injecting
If the interaction creates real interest, it turns into the desire to spend more time together.
And finally to the action . . .
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