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Positing language emits the latter, negative language the former. It’s an intangible I think a lot of copywriters don’t give enough credence to (I fully include myself in that crew).

Interesting approach to a “soft writing skill” most are unaware of.

Yuwanda

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“Let’s talk” is too casual and doesn’t sound professional – also, what if the client doesn’t want to talk? What about email or IM? “Let’s talk” is also one of my least preferred phrases as a Canadian – it puts me off from the start and comes off as pushy.

“Give me a call or drop me some electrons” would immediately signal a casual attitude and someone who doesn’t take work seriously. I don’t recommend this either.

The important thing is to remember that if you’re writing for someone else, you want to always – ALWAYS – convey professionalism. If I hired someone who wrote content like that for me, the person would find the work landing right back on the desk for a revision.

(Even worse on the list of no-no in communication is “Let’s do it!!” Um, no. I ain’t doin’ you, buddy.)

Something anyhow! I end with “Let’s talk.”

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Note the link to “the right questions to ask buyers” is not working

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Ruben

That was totally me today, actually. I needed to modify an image at work, I was using The GIMP because work is too cheap to buy me a proper graphics package… I could have read the instructions on how to do a gradient fill – nah!

*poke poke* ta-da!

@John & Harry,

That’s just it. James knows this stuff cold, you can see it. I’ve had to go back and re-read the older posts as there is a lot of rich material here. *very* good stuff, James.

@James,

Thank you, my friend, that’s a really nice compliment. I find it much easier to tell stories than write how-to’s – the stories just sort of come to me. I was going to write something else (still will be doing it shortly), but that one just jumped out of my mind and onto the page. I had to write it.

I appreciate that very much – thanks for the encouragement.

Brett Legree’s last blog post..the forever people.