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No-Brainer Copywriting Technique

October 8th, 2009 by Bob Bly

Here’s a no-brainer copywriting technique that works like gangbusters:

If you want someone to read and pay attention to your copy, put that copy in LARGE BOLDFACE TYPE.

When a law required NYC fast food restaurants to post the calorie content of meals on signs in larger type, the number of customers aware of the calories in burgers and other fast food went from 16% to 54%.

But big bold graphics apparently do not increase persuasion: despite the increased awareness, the calorie consumption of customers at these fast food joints slightly increased.

To improve persuasion in copy, you need to change the words, not just the size of the words.

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  5. Lou Wasser said:

    Bob:

    A friend of mine and her husband are opening a restaurant in February centered around a very fatty type of food that everyone loves.

    I’ve used your blog post to try and persuade her that (1)People who love the food will flock to her restaurant and (2)Many who claim to be health food nuts will also flock to her restaurant. Inside every thin person is a fat person dying to escape.

    Dontcha’ just love the rationalizations chocolate addicts use about anti-oxidants? I’ll bet it was a very talented copywriter who first pushed that idea home.

  6. Kamil said:

    This is very very interesting. Also for me as a graphic designer that’s really good example to persuade the clients that CAPITALS in bold don’t mean “this is very important”.

    Thanks for sharing!

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