Francis M. Ardi
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Articles - Business Related and General Interest

Here are some articles I've written on various general and business topics.
Some are of interest to the copywriting and marketing community.

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Don't Crunch Your Headlines
The layout of the headline of a sales letter is as important as the words.
Yet the headlines of many landing pages appear as a big blur of large bold text that does not do well in grabbing the reader's attention.  This article gives examples of crunched headlines and discusses how to optimize headline layout for maximum attention-getting ability.
 
Don't Let Them See Such A Small Button on the Vertical Scroll Bar
Long copy generally does better than short copy.  But how long is too long?  People are generally busy and might not take a lot of time to read lots of sales rhetoric.  This article discusses a handy guide to avoid writing excessively lengthy sales letters and web site landing pages.
 
Cliché of the Month - You Get What You Pay For
The common  expression, you get what you pay for, used to justify price is rather vague.  This article gives examples on how focus this expression to specific selling and persuasive situations.
 
What To When Something Sounds Too Good To Be True
When you see some very enticing program on the internet promising ways to make lots of money online or an incredible health benefit that seems so unreal, here's how you can do a Search to find out if it could be for real or a scam.
 
How Fifteen Extra Characters Can Make a World of Difference
There's an advantage of Yahoo Sponsored Search over the tight constraints of Google AdWords.
 
Why Possibly Prescription Drugs are Expensive in the United States
Drug companies in the U.S. claim they do a lot of research in developing new drugs which is costly.  You mean the British and Germans don't do research? There has to be another reason for prescription drugs being so expensive this side of the border.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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