Quotes About Copywriting

#1. I've been a freelancer my entire career, and, at any given time, I have several deadlines for all sorts of things, whether it's some magazine piece or ad copywriting or anything.

Meghan Daum

#2. Copywriting probably did make me a commercial writer. Nobody wants to read advertising copy, so you have to keep it punchy; you almost have trick them into reading it. You have to make every sentence work.

Liane Moriarty

#3. I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income.

George Stephen

#4. Copywriting is a design muse, it carves a beautiful masterpiece in an imaginative way.

Sharen Song

#5. By 1961, when I got my first copywriting job, 'my kind' were suddenly in demand. The creative revolution had begun. Advertising had turned into a business dominated by young, funny, Jewish copywriters and tough, sometimes violent, Greek and Italian art directors.

Jerry Della Femina

#6. Copywriting cuts the communication cord between word and feeling. By offering instant gratification, it atrophies more subtle emotions.

Clive Sinclair

#7. The copywriter uses words as tools to persuade and motivate an audience. You persuade your readers that you have something valuable to offer; you motivate them to acquire it for themselves. This is the essence of effective copywriting.

Richard Bayan

#8. Copywriting basically consists of taking something dreadful, putting it in a box with a shiny ribbon, and presenting it to someone. Any disappointment the recipient has upon opening the box is entirely due to their own high expectations and therefore their fault.

David Thorne

#9. Cindy is a terrific writer and has both a studied - and an intuitive - understanding of the best practices of no-hype, high results copywriting.

Steve Slaunwhite

#10. 20 years ago, when Bob Bly starting teaching copywriting, the field was deeply shrouded in mystery. Now, thanks to Bob, learning copywriting, though still a tricky proposition, is much easier.

Ken McCarthy

#11. Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing.

P.T. Barnum

#12. Effective content marketing is about mastering the art of storytelling. Facts tell, but stories sell.

Bryan Eisenberg

#13. Don't confuse visibility with credibility.

Harvey MacKay

#14. Other children communicate with actions, such as tantrums, yelling, name-calling, and running away. The trick is to disallow this form of expression and encourage verbal communication. "I want to know what you are feeling, but I want to hear you tell me instead of show me.

Henry Cloud

#15. Leaders today would do well to model the heart of the second king of Israel, one who did not seek his own will, one who readily confessed sin and shortcomings, and one who allowed God to mold him into a powerful influence. David had a willing heart and willing hands, and he was willing to lead!

Teresa Hampton

#16. As to Hemingway, I read him for the first time in the early 'forties, something about bells, balls and bulls, and loathed it.

Ernest Hemingway,

#17. Referring to an event in an untold story is a powerful technique rarely used.

Roy H. Williams

#18. I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

Alexis Arguello

#19. Decide the effect you want to produce in your reader.

Robert Collier

#20. You have to find out how to become the character.

Kara Hayward

#21. People aren't interested in you. They're interested in themselves

Dale Carnegie

#22. While 1857 was about 'Swaraj ki ladai', the 2014 elections would be about 'Surajya ki ladai'.

Narendra Modi

#23. It follows that unless your headline sells your product, you have wasted 90 percent of your money ...

David Ogilvy

#24. Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs.

Catullus

#25. Consumers do not buy products. They buy product benefits.

David Ogilvy

#26. People think copywriters are obsessed with words.
This isn't correct.
The word should be 'infatuated' - it fits the context better.

Jamie Thomson

#27. Cammie: I never knew there were this many stars.
Zach: I can't see them. I just see you.

Ally Carter

#28. Copy is a direct conversation with the consumer.

Shirley Polykoff