Ivan Levison
Copywriter Direct Mail, E-mail and Advertising Copywriting ------------------------------------------- Action Ideas For Better Direct Mail, Published by September 2006 Volume: 21 Number: 9 ======================================= If you're going to produce a brochure to help market
your product or service, Unlike a humble flyer that doesn't cost very much and
can easily be reprinted, In order to help you get the most for your money, here
are some practical brochure 1. Keep the cover simple. Forget about trying to do
too much on the front cover. Stay away from the clichés that everybody else
is cranking out. Please, no 2. Consider keeping the inside front cover empty. Besides, since the reader holds that easily-curved cover
page at an angle If you DO keep the inside cover clean, the facing page
(page 3) is a great Keep the copy here short. No one reading your introduction
wants to dive 3. Deal in spreads, not individual pages. With a nice-sized
piece you can Why organize your piece around individual pages when
you've got visual 4. Don't forget the subheadlines. They're a great way
to break up copy A subheadline can make an emphatic statement, ask a
question, or be 5. You can use a box for added impact. Everything doesn't
have to flow 6. Don't forget the questions and answers. As I've mentioned
in past issues, What's the right length for a Q. & A. section? Here's the exception that proves the rule. One page
is almost always enough. 7. Don't forget to sum up. It's the old story . . . It is very important to summarize the points you've
been trying to make. 8. Remember the call to action. Shocking to say, but
many writers forget to Hey. You can't make them guess. You have to tell them
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