Do You want to become a copywriter or improve your writing skills?
Are you always looking to push your knowledge?
I asked the Copywriting Community on LinkedIn for their favourite ressources for learning and improving copywriting skills, and here I curated their answers here for You in an easy-to-consume format.
You can join the community here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/58585/
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The first obvious advise I got was to read and write as much as possible – as the craft is honed by doing not only but stuyding theory. However if you are looking forways of learning beyond that here we go…..
Copywriting books:
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The next books I will read:
- Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott: https://amzn.to/3dWXLxq
- Wired for Story – Lisa Cron: https://amzn.to/3UUgOci
- Hey Whipple, Squeeze This – Luke Sullivan: https://amzn.to/3y5jGcv
- A Self-Help Guide for Copywriters – Dan Nelken: https://amzn.to/3LXL4PF
- How to Tell a Story – The MOTH: https://amzn.to/3fx8IGu
Already read these:
- Confessions of an Advertising Man – David Ogilvy: https://amzn.to/3roiJsd
- Ogilvy on Advertising – David Ogilvy: https://amzn.to/3rpzuTW
- Influence – Robert Cialdini: https://amzn.to/3UWkeeH
- Presuasion – Robert Cialdini: https://amzn.to/3fyuxp6
To be read:
- I will teach you to write better – Neville Medhora: https://amzn.to/3Stqkll
- Adweek Copywriting Handbook – Joseph Sugarman: https://amzn.to/3USqZ18
- Brilliance Breakthrough – Eugene Schwartz: https://amzn.to/3fDozTN
- Letting Go of The Words, Writing Web Content That Works – Janice Redish: https://amzn.to/3EaT5i4
- Instant Inspiration for Copywriters – Scott Frothingham: https://amzn.to/3LXAN62
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft – Stephen King: https://amzn.to/3V8loEf
- The Copywriter’s Handbook – Bob Bly: https://amzn.to/3roB8oJ
- Copywriting Made Simple – Tom Albrighton: https://amzn.to/3yc2rqi
- Everybody Writes – Ann Handley: https://amzn.to/3Rv1m3D
- Commonsense Direct & Digital Marketing – Drayton Bird: https://amzn.to/3fq6dWk
- On Writing Well – William Zinsser: https://amzn.to/3e5WF2p
- How to Write Clearly – Tom Albrighton: https://amzn.to/3C0yxpW
- You Are a Writer – Jeff Goins: https://amzn.to/3SyJmXm
- The War of Art – Steven Pressfield: https://amzn.to/3rpjvoM
- The Elements of Style – William Strunk & E.B. White: https://amzn.to/3LXSVfY
- Cashvertising – Drew Eric Whitman: https://amzn.to/3dZjW6d
- The Ultimate Sales Letter – Dan Kennedy: https://amzn.to/3CqdsXh
- Junior – Thomas Kemeny: https://amzn.to/3E7Lcdh
- The Boron Letters – Gary C. Halbert: https://amzn.to/3C57vO2
- Writing the Breakout Novel – Donald Maass: https://amzn.to/3rmQH03
- How to Write an Advertisement – Vic Schwab: https://amzn.to/3fzXPng
- How to get Ideas – Jack Foster: https://amzn.to/3EaPFMw
- How to Tell a Story – The MOTH: https://amzn.to/3fx8IGu
- Master Content Marketing – Pamela Wilson: https://amzn.to/3e11f24
- A self Help Guide for Copywriters – Dan Nelken: https://amzn.to/3SQKkxM
Copywriting resource links:
- https://www.verygoodcopy.com/
- https://academy.hubspot.com/
- https://contently.com/
- https://www.awai.com/resources/
- https://www.42courses.com/
- https://copyblogger.com/
- https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/
- https://www.nelkencreative.com/
- https://www.melottimedia.com.au/blog/
- https://www.julian.com/guide/write/intro
- https://backlinko.com/copywriting-guide
Copywriting Videos
Copywriting Newsletters:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/hennekeduistermaat/
- https://makealivingwriting.com/
- https://www.copywritematters.com/
- https://draytonbird.com/
Copywriting Groups
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