I lost a sister last year due to ovarian cyst, we asked her over the years to go for surgery but for fear of going under the knife she delayed the process by resorting to Chinese herbal stuff. Please the OPs friend in hospital should go for surgery. Surgery she needs.

Anything one person succeed do, no matter how bad, becomes a trend in this country. Nawaooo

Which youths are we talking about here? Elders should be the ones doing the stoning on the youths. Youths that their only past time is to bath themselves with bottles of hero and other brands, Drunken masters. Kam nukwa

How could the Emir of daura equate banditry to war? Mr. Emir you never see war before, if you have you won't spew the above.

The boss Venzal, thanks for these nuggets.

And you wasted even more spaces by quoting and copying all over again.

mattyrukee:
Chairman

You just dey waste space for this thread o.

That's the email I actually hand-coppied this morning.

Chai Nigerian youths, see what you guyz are deliberating on, structures, infrastructures of institutions, where and how did God wrong you people?

Youths outside of these shores are inventing stuff of use to mankind, searching tirelessly cure for Corona virus etc.

No wonder, Buhari himself nicknamed you guys as "lady youths"

It's no false claim brotherly, Christ is actually coming back again. Indeed He shall return, the period and time noweth no man.

He wants the good news to reach the outer most part of the earth. That no being will have any excuse whatsoever to give, every ear must hear the good news.

This is a time of grace, still waiting for you and I to be ready, He's a compassionate Father.

Myer:


I saw a lot of your posts during the pandemic claiming Jesus is coming.
Don't you feel stupid now that the pandemic has wanrd down and Jesus still didn't come?

It is stupid of you to still believe after over 2000 years that Jesus is still coming.

If there's anything that history teaches is, it is that Time always tells the truth. Time has proven that the bible's claim that Jesus is coming is just another religious claim that has been proven to be false.

So many have sold their properties and became scared into believing in rapture only to realise it is all false claims.

Kai Kai Kai, how could people here insinuate that the Op has feelings for this young 21 year old for goodness sake. The world is really going gaga in droves, most of our reasoning is insane. God in heaven, please have mercy.

Op do what you have to do and help this drowning, helpless young girl who probably has no guidance.

Op please donot mind the bandwagon saying it's not your business, as long as she's in your employment, she's your business. Only God knows why you had to see her chats on the office phone. Counsel her as if you saw nor read nothing.

"If we turn a blind eye to evil people's ways; then we have enabled the evil to grow. Take a stand and stop it right in its tracts!..."

That's my take op.

With the much I have learnt here so far, Copywriting is not just something you rush into in a hurry.

Boss, thanks for the tutorials so far. We are indeed learning. Thank you.

We would humbly wait to grasp the concept and full details before delving, So we don't make nonsense of the whole process and your efforts.

Venzal:
Very sorry everyone, the weekend has been more choked up than I thought.

Having taken a sweeping look at what has been going on here while I was away, I have to say this for people who don't understand yet:

1. Upwork is a PLATFORM where you can get clients in search of various people who render specific services.

My intention was to show you how to hone a high demand skill. I wasn't really going to talk about any of these platforms like Upwork. But since someone was asking about Upwork approval, that's the reason I shared the video.

I might have to say a few things about Upwork now since everyone is going in.

2. I would advise you hold on from creating an account on Upwork until you have an idea of the service you want to render.

Once you understand what email copywriting is all about, you can start opening Upwork accounts and maybe even Fiverr to render this skill.

If you open one now and don't use it within a set duration, Upwork would send that account into the cold, dark "private" dungeon. And it'd take a miracle breaking out from there.

As for lessons, kindly bear with me until Monday. I should be able to drop as much as 5 lessons on Monday.

But check this out:

https://kopywritingkourse.com/free-copywriting-course/

A brief 25 minutes training that will bring you up to speed on the basis of copywriting.

If you are serious about succeeding with this thread watch that at least TWICE before Monday.

I promise you everything will start to fall in place and make sense. That will help you further understand next week lessons and get you ahead faster.

Happy Weekend, all!

Thanks a bunch bruh, God bless you plenty.

WordsWriter:



Both are platforms for freelancers.

I'll try to simplify. Think of a market, Yes, that market you go to buy foodstuff. When you need yams you go to the market to buy, when you need tomatoes you go to the market to buy.

When you go to the market you see different yam seller, you don't just buy from anybody. You look around for the biggest and best yams to buy. When you get a good deal from the seller, you pay and take your yams home to enjoy.

Upwork is that marketplace, you are the seller, and in this case your yam is email copywriting. Buyers that need email copy will come and buy your work.
If you can convince them you will deliver the best work they will pay you for it.

The same way you go and buy yams from the same seller next time when you enjoyed the yams, it's the same way a client will keep coming to buy your services when you deliver the best.


Fiverr works on the same principle too. Use google for more in-depth explanations

Thanks, it's understood now, it's a freelance platform right.

I used to think it's a bank related thing. God bless Sugarpearlry

Sugarpearlry:
They are free lancing sites

Please, these Upwork and fiverr, are they types of account or what? Please am sorry I need to know what the are really.

WordsWriter:
Lastly don't pay anyone to open an Upwork account for you!!
simply go on www.upwork.com. Click Signup, Fill every query accordingly, then Submit. You'll be approved instantly.

25 pages is really a "longass" copy, damn.

Venzal:


That is another advantage I didn't talk about email.

I recently wrote a longass sales letter for a client and it took me 25 pages and 4,625 words to present my sales argument.

For emails you don't need to go that extreme.

Email content are usually anywhere from between 100 words - 300 words per email. Sometimes it can stretch all the way to 500 and maybe even 700 words.

There are no hard and fast rules.

When I start to share examples later on you will get the idea.

Thanks boss for the lectures so far.

We actually learn every single day.

An average of how many words makes up a good well thought out copy? Does it run into pages?or kept simple, brief and precise?

Venzal:
AIIyIic and Onyeniyijk...

Nice to see that you both took that assignment seriously and conducted your own research. Kudos.

Did you check out ma'am Carline Cole?

I want you to see how wacky and ghetto-ish she writes... yet her sales copies pull in millions for her clients every year... and more importantly, she makes a good income from doing it.

That is another important point:

Writing grammatically-correct English or beautiful poetry is not the goal of copywriting.

Anxiously following

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.

You should be over 100 years plus na, still looking for a lady of between 20-23 to wife abi?

ProfDview1:
I don't know if this is the America I have lived for over 50 years and never got any problem.. Stayed in Europe over 30 years, Asia for over 20 years, I never experience racism untill I got to Nigeria, I was welcomed by tribalism.. Lo and behold, I enter one chance bus of tribalism....


Meanwhile I am still searching and single oo

pls

I need a lady (she must be a nairalander)

She must be rich, plus her parents comfortable

Average (height, boobs and ass)

She must be ready to spend on me

Fair or chocolate

She must trust me

Educated or self employed with hand work


Christian

Between 20 - 23

A Nigerian

She must think of a good future not make up

She must be able to reason well not like a fish

She must be good in conversation.

The most important one
She must be a godly virgin (pls note, godly virgin not just any virgin).


Thank.. Pls quote me if u av any... No insult

Following

But come to think of it, there are no testing to confirm any case in that state and people are going about, no one has been reported to be falling and dieing in Anambra state like it happened in wuhan. Could it be possible people are hiding their positive status and maybe taking care of themselves and be recovering and surviving?

I don't just get these whole thing. It also seem to me that there are more confirmed positive cases in areas where testings are going on. Make Una reason this thing ooo

Bahdsypha:


biko mechie onu gi there
Is anambra state the same with spain?
Check the health facilities in spain and compare it to anambra
there's no test centre in anambra sef
if e set e don be for anambra..
We should not do because spain is doing, they've reached their peak and are the infection rate is expected to come down
What does anambra state have? you think coouth and nauth fit save you...both hospital don't have a ventilator
This is a stupid move by this stupid governor and believe this, it'll still come back to haunt him

Even online resumption is prohibited, especially with the private schools.

Gforce2015:
Let the rich suffer the same thing the poor suffers..
But I think the rich school can open because they can be receiving their teaching online. Nigeria

No ma.

Eulalia:


@bolded.
Not really. but I taught the lockdown was called off on all sectors during the presidents speech. Hmm.... I'm tired.

Who is talking about School, talk more of its resumption? According to news this morning, no date yet for school resumption. God really has to hear the cry and prayers of this land.
Is your School asking you to resume at a certain date?

Eulalia:
O God! what is really happening? As the date of resumption is approaching the index case is increasing. How feasible is this resumption now with rate of this spread?

PMB suddenly became shy after Abba Kyari's demise? Why haven't Nigerians known about this all along? Why are southerners always used as stooges when need be? Good morning Nigerians

T.A should be bringing stuff in trailer loads, not this few bags of beans and few cartons on 50 50 naira indomie per one. This guy milked and raped Abia coffers to a skeletal state. Tueh shameless politicians.

Please free the guy na, it might not be just him in his house, in today Nigeria what would 3k buy? Anyone touched should help him, but guy you just have to manage, every other person is managing, you can't live begging oooo, who give you yesterday, may not be willing to repeat again today. Wise up Mr Righteous

Organicist95:


You received 3k two days ago and 3k is not enough to buy rice, beans and garri


I pity you. Dont learn how to manage.

My wonder is how this virus is striving and spreading fast in northern Nigeria? Thought excess heat and scorching sun kills the virus? Hope some persons are not fouling themselves, anyways may God heal our land.

Kimbrielle:
Those people that were saying that the cases could get to 1000 did not lie at all.

We have exceeded the 1000 mark.Lagos oo
And I fear for the Northern region.Kano state is not testing
Gombe from 4 to 21 cases in 24 hours making it 30.
Zamfara don join self.

We are in a big mess already

2023 wasn't an ambition for him, it was a DONE DEAL, but death thought otherwise.

oyeb15:
Its just scam.am not even sure Abba kyari died of coro self.His 2023 ambition might b his downfall.

Malaria, diarrhea, fever, cough, diabetes are corona in Nigeria.

pucheoha@gmail.com

Okw1:
Drop your email and start earning you will thank me later.

08060214183

Haba now, be happy for the man na, wetin him do you? If your personal person gets released from the kidnappers den, would you react same way? Where is our conscience?

Mskrisx:
So what should we do? Fry s.eun osewa for you?

Mtchew.
Greedy wicked ugly cone- headed flat-headed two-faced slimy public money guzzling vipers.
Revolution is coming oneday, someday.