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Why You Should Start With Copy Instead of Design: A Data-Backed Lesson

Why You Should Start With Copy Instead of Design: A Data-Backed Lesson | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Most conversion rate optimization experts you'll meet would agree: Copywriting first. Design second.


The idea is that copy (and the message you're trying to convey through that copy) should dictate design – not the other way around. Now, this is in no way meant to underestimate the importance of design. Design can breathe life into the story the copy is telling, and done properly, great copy plus great design will always outperform great copy alone.


The point is, it's not hard to find examples of "ugly" pages outperforming beautifully designed pages – and in those cases, it usually boils down to the copy....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

This simple landing page testing case study from HubSpot proves why you should take a copywriting first, design second approach to web design.

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Advanced Marketing Institute - Emotional Marketing Value Headline Analyzer

Advanced Marketing Institute - Emotional Marketing Value Headline Analyzer | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

This free tool will analyze your headline to determine the Emotional Marketing Value (EMV) score. As you know, reaching your customers in an deep and emotional way is a key to successful copywriting, and your headline is unquestionably the most important piece of copy you use to reach prospects.

Your headline will be analyzed and scored based on the total number of EMV words it has in relation to the total number of words it contains. This will determine the EMV score of your headline.

In addition to the EMV score, You will find out which emotion inside your customer's your headline most impacts...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Think you know how to write a powerful headline? This tool may convince you to do more work on your headline writing before you hit publish. Recommended reading. 9/10

Mike Allen's curator insight, September 24, 2015 9:12 AM

Will it work?? try and find out

wanderingsalsero's curator insight, September 24, 2015 3:41 PM

What's the takeaway from this, yet another 'Headline Analyzer' tool? 

 

I think it's simply the realization that 'You Can Learn A Lot From Lydia' (that's a joke). But seriously, you CAN learn a lot from reading almost anything.

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, September 25, 2015 1:39 PM

Think you know how to write a powerful headline? This tool may convince you to do more work on your headline writing before you hit publish. Recommended reading. 9/10