Why Marketers Should Write, Daily

Write Daily

I write daily. My job is marketing. The two fit nicely together.

Marketing is all about delivering a compelling, unique, value proposition. That very simply means: convincing people, very quickly, that you can help.

As you all know that can be very hard. We know a lot about our products and services—tons, too much.

Condensing all that knowledge and all we think may be important to tell customers into a few words or a few moments is tough. Add to that people’s increasingly short attention span and you double the challenge.

Writing is the answer and here’s why:

•Writing helps you organize your thoughts

•Writing helps you refine and sharpen your argument

•Writing creates a database of thoughtful marketing approaches

•Writing creates an endless supply of marketing collateral

I like to write for marketing because it gives me the short and the long pitches I need to sell. Most prospects want the short version upfront. If it captures their attention or imagination they will want more. If you make writing a part of your daily routine you’ll have a library (or swipe file) full of marketing materials and angles.

Do you write for marketing or sales? Do you write daily?

Collaboration: Open Ranges, Not Fenced Pastures

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This is an interesting article from Mary Jaksch, of Write to Done, on the benefits of collaboration over the more traditional author paradigm–copyrighting.

Exploring ides like co-creation, open-source, and the new rage in writing–uncopyrighting.

I am not sure I am totally convinced. Although, I do think that writing copyright on your works provides little protection in a digital world anyway. Point being, it might be simply a smarter marketing strategy to free your works.

What do you think?