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Here’s an excerpt from our copywriting course. I thought you might find it to be useful …

… So - in a sales letter or ad or any other piece of marketing material include a “call to action”. A “call to action” asks the reader to take the next step – to call, email, write, register for a seminar, buy, make an appointment etc.

The act of asking for the sale or asking for the next step is something that can be applied very successfully to all areas of a person’s life.

Many people simply don’t ask for fear of offending someone … putting them out … interrupting them. And with that, they often don’t get what they want in life. Simply because they don’t ask.

So – start asking your people for commitment to the next step. Start asking people to complete tasks for you and gain their commitment to a completion time. Start delegating even more of your work to others. Approach leaders and mentors and ask them questions. Read the rest of this entry »