Top Copywriting books recommended by experts

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Fundamentals of Copywriting

Understanding the concepts of Copywriting starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters

The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters

Great copy is the heart and soul of the advertising business. In this practical guide, legendary copywriter Joe Sugarman provides proven guidelines and expert advice on what it takes to write copy that will entice, motivate, and move customers to buy. For anyone who wants to break into the business, this is the ultimate companion resource for unlimited success.

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Breakthrough Advertising: How to Write Ads that Shatter Traditions and Sales Records

Breakthrough Advertising: How to Write Ads that Shatter Traditions and Sales Records

This is not a book just for copywriters and other advertising experts but a book for every business owner, marketing expert or anyone who needs to increase sales. The reason why is because it deals with how to channel the forces in the marketplace which control sales.

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Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads

Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads

The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads. Short Summary: The nuts and bolts of the ad creation process from ideation to execution and the art of client servicing. An inside view of how the advertising world functions with great examples of advertising peppered throughout the book.

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Tested advertising methods

Tested advertising methods

Tested Advertising Methods stresses on the importance of testing and how it is the best possible solution to clearly identify which type of appeal, advertisement, offer, and headlines work and which don't.

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Ogilvy on Advertising

Ogilvy on Advertising

Ogilvy put everything he knows on advertising in this one book. I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form but as a medium of information. When I write an advertisement, I don't want you to tell me that you find it 'creative. ' I want you to find it so interesting that you buy the product.

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Made to Stick

Made to Stick

Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath is a business book that explores the six principles needed to make ideas memorable and compelling. It offers real-world examples and practical tips for creating ideas that resonate with your audience.

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