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         How To Write Persuasively
       by Jennifer Stewart

When writing an advertisement, your aim is to persuade your readers to follow a particular course of action - willingly.
There are three elements in this process:
1. You must win the trust of your audience.
2. You must appeal to their emotions.
3. You must rationalise their decision for them, so that they feel     comfortable in making it.
If you succeed in all three areas, you will have engineered their consent to buy your product or service.
Here are some tips to help you to achieve this desirable state of affairs:



1) Win the Trust of Your Audience.

The first step is to show that you are a person who can be trusted - so try to give your audience something of value - advice, interesting "inside" information or helpful tips. Indicate why your opinion here should be valued - give a little detail about your background and your credentials.
To win their trust, you must know something about your audience:
What sort of people are they? How old are they? What are their special interests?
You must also try to find some common ground with your audience:
Begin with a point of common interest e.g. "I'm sure we all want to give our kids the best start possible..." Anticipate their responses by using rhetorical questions e.g. "You're probably wondering where you'll find the time to ..."
Use generalisations to persuade your audience to agree with you - people feel more comfortable when they know that, "80% of families use ..." or that "8 out of 10 teachers state that parental interest improves student grades ...".



2) Appeal to the Emotions

Now that you have collated all the relevant facts and figures, the next step is to identify the "angle" or headline of your story. A good story angle must have the following three attributes:

- It must be the most important fact in your story.
- It must be timely.
- It must be unique, newsworthy or contrary to industry norms and trends.

This story angle must be presented in the first paragraph as well as the headline of your press release. Most newspapers employ an "inverted pyramid" format that presents the most important information in the opening paragraph, followed by other information that supports or develops the key points raised in the first paragraph.



3) Rationalise

This is giving people good reasons to believe what you're telling them. We all do this to ourselves everyday. How many times have you said something like this to yourself, "My old car is going to start costing me money soon; I'd be better off buying a new one now"?
Tell your would-be customers that they'll save money in the long run by spending it now and you've given them a reason to act immediately.
Summary:
* Emphasise and repeat your key points
* Be convincing in your presentation
* Use plenty of emotional words and focus on the audience
Consider how you can use these persuasive techniques to sell your products or services.
N.B. If the spelling of words like "utilise" in this article worried you, please read this:
http://www.write101.com/aus.htm



Jennifer Stewart offers professional writing services for web pages, press releases, advertising material, business reports, content for autoresponders, technical booklets and articles for newsletters.
Fee Schedule: wfees@SmartBotPRO.net?subject=Feesus. Website:www.write101.com



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Sincerely,
The How To Write Persuasively Team