85: 3 quick tips to stop procrastinating writing your weekly newsletter [WRITING PROMPT]
Ready to stop procrastinating in writing your weekly newsletter? I have you covered!
In this episode of ill communication, I’m sharing a brilliant writing prompt with you that can be used in your weekly newsletter, blog post, social content, or to inspire a podcast episode.
This episode is short, sweet, and actionable so grab your notebook or a fresh Google Doc and get ready to start writing!
Topics We Cover in This Episode:
What this prompt is and why you’ll love it
How to use this writing prompt effectively to engage your audience
A quick example of how to craft this type of message
You're ready! Go now and write your weekly email or create that social post using this simple and effective writing prompt.
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[00:00:03] Welcome to ill communication, copywriting tips and sales strategies for small business. I'm your host, Kim Keel. I'm a copy coach, sales strategist, and direct response copywriter. It's my mission to help women leaders and change makers amplify their voices through copy. It's why I'm dishing out all the juicy tips, writing prompts, and sales formulas to help you generate more leads, book more calls, and get more high value clients on repeat. Sounds pretty good. It's time to ditch the overwhelm you might be feeling and find confidence in your copywriting so you can get your message out there and attract more soulmate clients. Let's get started. Hey, hey. So glad you're here. Joining me for episode 85 of the Ill Communication Podcast. Today's episode is short, sweet, and immediately actionable, which means after you hear today's episode, you can grab your notebook or a fresh Google Doc and start writing. Because today I'm sharing a brilliant writing prompt with you. Use this writing prompt for your weekly email newsletter, a blog post, your social content, or to inspire a podcast episode. The writing prompt is number of quick tips to stop X or the thing your audience doesn't want. Or another variation is number of quick tips to improve y or the thing your audience really desires. So first, talk about something your audience is struggling and pick something specific like writing weekly emails, making a meal plan, people pleasing, closing sales, booking clients, hosting a great board meeting. Next, share three, 5 or 7 quick tips, hacks or strategies to help them solve that problem or achieve the result they want. And one of those tips can be to work with you or to buy your solution.
[00:02:05] You can make this super quick short form content for a real or a social post, or you can make it more of a core content piece where you really dig into and flesh out each of the tips and strategies. So here's a quick example of how you might craft this kind of a message. A lot of women in business struggle with starting or maintaining a weekly newsletter. We tend to overthink and procrastinate and put off writing our newsletter list. So here are three surprising tips to help you stop procrastinating writing your weekly emails. Tip number one follow the rule of one. A lot of business owners get overwhelmed by all the things we want to share with our audience. We often have too many ideas and don't know how to put it all down onto digital paper. It's why I remind writers to follow the rule of one, which means you write one email about one thing with one primary goal or one call to action. It keeps you focused on one simple message, which means you're probably going to write a little faster and you'll be more likely to send it. Plus, when you follow the rule of one, you might end up taking what you thought was one super long email and chopping it up into 2 or 3 emails. Win, win. Tip number two use a writing prompt. Instead of coming up with an idea from your own head, use a writing prompt to inspire you to write. When you outsource the inspiration to something like a writing or content prompt, you don't have to overthink it.
[00:03:36] You can just pick a prompt and write the dang email. It's why members of the Joy of Copy Club get for fresh writing prompts each and every month, so they're never wondering what the heck to write. Tip number three. Trust your gut. I'm sure it's happened to you. Or you get that little ping, a little idea or a little nudge to write an email about something. Trust it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That idea came to you for a reason. So trust your gut and intuition that tells you when something would be great content. Don't overthink it. Just write it and send it. That idea was floating around, waiting for someone to hear it and take action on it, and that someone might as well be you. So there you have it. Three surprising tips to stop procrastinating writing your weekly emails. If you need a little more hands on help with this, please reach out to me. Okay, so do you see how simple and easy this writing prompt is and it works! This prompt positions you as an expert, builds authority and know, like and trust it delivers value. So it's really a fabulous weekly nurture email or social post. Now I'll leave you with a few subject line ideas to further inspire you and get your creative juices flowing. Three quick tips to stop people pleasing five surprising ways to declutter your kitchen. Maintain your weight loss in three simple steps three insider Hacks to close more sales. Now, before I go, if you're wondering why I'm using a lot of the number three, I've recorded a really great podcast episode all about the rule of three.
[00:05:14] I'll drop the link in the show notes and you should definitely go listen to it. It's a really fun episode and a great reminder, but my friend, that's it. You're ready. Go now and write your weekly email or create that social post using this writing prompt. Number of quick tips to stop the thing they don't want or improve the thing they do want. If you need a little help, please reach out to me. There are a few ways I can help you build that writing muscle and create more writing momentum. Thanks for joining me today. I'll see you next week. Hey, would you like to hang out with me and other women business owners doing rad things in the world, just like you? Then you should join the Joy of Copy Club. It's a group copy coaching experience where you receive access to all my sales templates, writing prompts, and copy recipes so you're never wondering what or how to write. Once a week, you can pop into my open office hours, where we'll live, review and edit any kind of copy you've written. Seriously, you can bring a social post, an email, or even some edits to your home page, and I'll help you optimize it before you send it out into the world. The Joy of Copy Club gives you the tools and the confidence to get your message out there so you can grow your impact and your revenue. Find out more at Kim Kilcommon Copy Club. I'll see you next week.
Resources Mentioned
Learn more about the Rule of 1 in Episode 15: How to simplify copywriting AND get more sales
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