I had an experience recently that taught me not to be afraid of making deals for services on the internet. I thought others would benefit from it and so wanted to share it here.

When I first created my AdSense products I did not have an affiliate program. But I received numerous requests from visitors asking how they could resell the product for me, and because of their inquiries I setup an affiliate program. Six months and thousands and thousands of dollars later, I'm very glad I listened!

Now, a few weeks ago I went looking for a professional copywriter to rework my sales copy and increase my conversion rate. I knew there was much that could be done, and I knew I wasn't succeeding at doing it, so I thought I'd bring in a professional.

What I did not realize at the time was how expensive a professional sales copywriter is! The ones I found with samples I liked charged thousands per sales letter--and I needed three.

Before learning that webmasters and internet professionals are sometimes willing to swing deals, I would have walked away and sighed and figured that I'd just have to learn how to do it myself. But I had learned a thing or two from the fact that I listened to my visitors--maybe one of the copywriters I emailed would listen to me.

In fact, one of the writers I contacted called me to talk about the site. When I told him that I was not prepared to pay thousands up front but would be willing to make a deal with him--he said "thanks, but no thanks". He did, however, pass me on to another copywriter who does just that.

And he did! For a few hundred up front I was able to setup a deal where he would rewrite all of the sales copy, tweak it to improve performance over time and write autoresponder-based lessons to help further sales. The new sales copy will go into effect Dec 1, and based on his samples I am confident that my sales will get a real boost.

So the short of it is this: don't give up because the website has a pricetag on it that you can't pay. Try and work a deal--sometimes people like me and my hired copywriter are willing to comply!

Of course, since the sites are similar. The folks are definitely targeted and know what they're looking for.

What I've always wanted to know is ... out of all the new visitors the stats show, how many are legit and how many are just robots/spiders/spammers?

Hey newsguy,

See?! You should have called ME in the first place!
<snicker snicker>

I'm just funnin' ya!

I want to know more about business writer. What business writer does for us? Did they design page like return policy, product description, about us, index page (i want this page descrble my product and service with at least 3 times keyword repeated)

My shipping page is indexed better than my index page(freak).

How does business writer's work better than non-professional?

A business writer communicates your message to your target audience to get you the results you want.

Think about your junk mail or those long websites that go on forever trying to sell you something. Some get your attention and keep you reading, even if you have no interest in what they're selling, while others don't get or keep your attention at all.

That's the big difference a professional business writer (a.k.a copywriter or marketing writer) makes -- they get results.

Some call copywriters "salesmen in print."

It's true that almost anyone can write, but there's an art to knowing what to say and how to say it to get people to respond (buy, call, subscribe -- whatever your goal is).

And there's something to be said about using proper spelling, grammar, etc. and this affects your image and credibility. This goes along with that old saying, You only get one chance to make a first impresion.

Also, if you had to create a brochure, press release, etc. for your business, you're going to stare at a blank screen for hours not knowing what to say, or spend hours searching the internet trying to figure out how to format it, how to submit it, etc. A business writer knows what to do and gets the job done in a fraction of the time. And writers love to write so our computer screens don't stay blank for long.

If you have more questions, contact me at diane@bouncepublishing.com

Has anyone of you actually used a copywriter and seen a remarkable sales difference ?