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The Two Most Important Words

By Patsi Krakoff in Writing Great Copy

…are the words ‘you’, and ‘because.’ Read this great post by copywriter Brian Clark over at Copyblogger.

Apparently, we are all self-focused, and want to read what’s in it for us…but you knew that. What you might not know is how important it is to give your readers a ‘reason why.’

A study by a social psychologist shows that everything is better when you explain why you are doing something, even if the explanation is lame. Read about this on Brain’s post…because I told you to…and it will make you smarter when writing your newsletters and blogs.

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