Brochure writing – digital and print
A Powerful Selling Tool
Golden rule of great brochure writing – indeed copywriting generally: Always take your target audience’s point of view. Which boils down to 5 words: ‘What’s in it for me?’
Benefit-driven copy is everything. A first glance must either show a powerful motivation to open the brochure, or the benefits of your product. If it doesn’t, then no matter how bright and glossy, it’s headed straight for the trash – virtual or otherwise!
Other brochure writing essentials:
- Subheaders that hook. Once again, they should clarify the benefits, not the features, of your product.
- Great images – of course! Photos, diagrams, cartoons – whatever. They’re what you reader’s eye will jump to first. And simple and easy to understand charts and graphs speak more clearly than a string of figures.
- The right tone. A customer’s first response is emotional. In a brochure for a kitchen company, for example, it’s just as important to sell the good life as the cupboards. Once you’ve got your reader really interested, they’ll read and justify the technicalities – and the price! – later on.
- Useful content. Helpful info – eg a swimsuit catalogue that matches different body shapes with the swimsuits can really help make a sale.
- Q & As. If you anticipate customer concerns (Eg ‘How do I make returns’) and answer them simply, you’ve just about sold your product.
- A special offer – eg a discount for an immediate order – is a real inducement to buy.
- SEO – since nearly all brochures these days go online, as well as into print.
Print brochures – a couple of extra points:
- Add a letter – inside or separately. Addressed to the customer (‘Dear Dog Owner’) and signed by a real person (‘Fred Nurk, Managing Director’), to help make customers feel specifically addressed.
- Give it a different shape. A long, tall brochure, for example, can really stand out from the pack. It might cost more, but the results are often worth it.
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