Writing sales letters can be more challenging than you think. There are certain formats to be followed, or you can risk tricking your potential customers into thinking that you are a disorganized bully who does not know what he or she is writing about. There is a certain respectful writing style that has to be used: one that is straight to the point and concise without being boring or commonplace. There is also the need creation to be thought of, as you make your potential customers realize that they are in desperate need of something. You also need to make a sales pitch and ultimately move your customers to pull their wallets out and buy your product or service.
There is also the challenge of confining all these to, at most, a sheet and a half of paper. Writing sales letters, in this age of instant messaging and digital communication, is fast becoming an art form. You need to blend in brevity and spunk without sounding like a hyperactive door-to-door salesman; you need to be fresh and new without sounding like a blubbering marketing novice. How can you go about writing sales letters with all these challenges in mind?
The first rule in writing any letter is to...