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Ask HN:撰写有吸引力的网页文案的技巧
Ask HN: Tips for writing compelling web copy.
导读
一位单干创始人要在 SaaS 产品公测上线时重做官网,想知道怎么写销售与营销文案,于是发帖求入门原则和书单。回帖给出的是几条成本极低的路径:读经典直销广告著作打底、自己写到"够好"再请专业人士做最后一轮润色。对写作者来说,这帖的价值在于它把"文案"还原成一门可练的手艺,而不是靠灵感或天赋。
可以直接用的写作要点
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先读 Claude Hopkins《Scientific Advertising》:篇幅短、网上免费、没有废话,讲的是直接响应广告而非品牌广告,正好覆盖促成销售、追踪、拆分测试这些基本功。
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把 Hopkins 写短小分类广告的手法几乎原样搬到 AdWords 广告和落地页上,这些技巧被后来几十位广告人反复验证过,效果很好。
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请一个好文案通常要 1 万到 1.5 万美元外加销售分成;对预算有限的单干创始人,更划算的做法是把自身文案能力练到"够用",自己动笔。
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即便主要部分自己写,也至少花 50 到 200 美元请专业写手通读一遍,抓出别扭的句法和结构,同时多一双眼睛看稿。
HN 评论精选
先读 Hopkins 打底,把文案练到够用自己写,比花大钱请人更划算。
现在就去读 Claude Hopkins 的《Scientific Advertising》,所有文案书的祖师爷。书很短、网上免费、没有废话、全是干货。它写得早,没有当下针对 SaaS 提升转化的最新技巧;但它面向的是直接响应广告而非品牌广告,所以把促成销售、追踪、拆分测试这些基础讲得很透。Hopkins 写短小分类广告的那套方法,稍加改动就能用在你的 AdWords 广告和落地页上,后来几十位广告人验证过,非常有效。另外,一个好文案通常收费 1 万到 1.5 万美元外加销售提成;我强烈建议你把文案能力练到"够用",自己动手写。
il查看英文原文
Read Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins, the granddaddy of all copywriting books. Do it now. It's very short, it's available online for free, and it has no fluff and all useful information. It was written a few years ago, so it doesn't have the latest techniques for maximizing conversions for SaaS products. However, it's written for direct response advertisers and not brand advertisers, so it covers the basics of getting sales, tracking, split testing, etc very well. You can take the techniques Hopkins presents for writing short, effective classified ads and apply them very effectively, with minimal modification, to your AdWords ads and landing pages. These techniques have been tested by dozens of advertisers since, and they work VERY well. A good copywriter will usually charge $10-$15K plus a percentage of sales. I would strongly recommend bringing your copy skills to "Good enough" and doing it yourself.
自己写,但花小钱请专业写手做最后一遍润色。
即便大部分内容你自己写,至少在你写完后请一位专业写手过一遍,抓出特别糟糕的句法和结构,也多一双眼睛看稿。对一个典型的 SaaS 网站来说,这大概只占他们几个小时,花 50 到 200 美元买个安心很值。我靠写字为生十多年,仍然从别人看我的稿子里获益良多,所以给这个建议。
petercooper查看英文原文
Sadly I haven't got the time to give as detailed an answer as this deserves but.. even if you do the lion's share of the writing yourself, at least hire a professional writer to give it the once over once you're done in order to catch any particularly bad syntax or constructions (and to get another set of eyes over it, too). This should only take a couple hours of their time if it's a typical SaaS site and would be worth the $50-$200 peace of mind. I give this advice as someone who's written for a living for > 10 years and who still benefits significantly from third parties looking over his work.
推荐 Copyblogger 作为日常学习文案的资源。
Copyblogger(http://www.copyblogger.com/)是个相当不错的资源。
kalid查看英文原文
Copyblogger (http://www.copyblogger.com/) is a pretty good resource.
Ogilvy 的《一个广告人的自白》是文案的经典必读。
我可能之前提过:David Ogilvy 的《Confessions of an Advertising Man》(ISBN 1-904915-01-9)是广告文案的极佳指南,被文案写作者视为奠基之作,我正是为这个目的读的,觉得非常有帮助。
niccolop查看英文原文
I think I have mentioned this before, but an excellent guide to advertising copy can be found in: David Ogilvy's Confessions of an Advertising Man (ISBN 1-904915-01-9). It's considered a seminal text among copy writers. I found it very helpful, for exactly this purpose.
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