Archive for November 7th, 2009
Copywriting 101: Meet AIDA, Up Close And Personal
Posted by: thefeeder in Uncategorized on November 7th, 2009
AIDA who? If you’re thinking about the beautiful chick standing on the street corner, you’re on the wrong webpage. But if you want to skyrocket your copywriting skills to the highest level, AIDA is worth knowing, up close and personal.
In fact, AIDA is a superb advertising copywriter’s best friend.
This principle works for any situation, from buying a can of soda or a brand new house.
It works for press releases, print ads, jingles, billboards, sales letters, brochures, newsletters and any other form of advertising media.
And yes, it can definitely work on your website.
AIDA is the most primitive yet most effective principle when it comes to advertising.
It stands for Attention, Interest, Desire and Action.
It summarizes the goal of every copywriter, to catch attention, draw an interest, impact and raise response through firing up feelings with the use of words.
Each component is necessary in creating sales-pulling copy. If you want to write the most effective, most persuasive and most powerful content, let’s get to know AIDA up close.
Attention. If your copy can’t grab a reader’s attention it’s practically useless copy. This is the reason why a striking headline matters, striking enough to get the reader to stay on your site longer and interesting enough for the reader to read some more.
Power words work magic if you want to get noticed. If used the right way and placed in a strategic location, these words can make your reader spellbound.
Interest. Since you already grabbed attention, it is essential to keep interest before your reader hits the order button. If you’re selling something, carry on with the benefits and give more reasons why purchasing is a must. If you want to inform, provide relevant facts and assure the reader that you can provide solutions.
The key is to make the reader feel you are concerned and that you are willing to help them out. This is when empathy counts.
Desire. If you want your readers to be compelled with what you are offering, you must be able to connect with their feelings. Be realistic and make the readers understand how you can make life easier them.
Make your offer so irresistible, that you’ll get hooked if you read through it yourself. If your content makes you yawn, your reader must be snoring by now.
Action. This is the final and most important component in becoming an effective copywriter. A good copywriter is able to draw the reader to a call for action and to click the buy button.
This is what separates you from other copywriters. If you want to make money online or in direct mail… become acquainted with AIDA, she might give you the breakthrough necessary
Intestinal Candida: The gut pain
Posted by: thefeeder in Uncategorized on November 7th, 2009
Too much of a good thing is bad and the same goes for the friendly bacteria or yeast residing in our intestines. These Candida albicans is the generally the main cause of intestinal candida.
Yeast is a normal part of our intestinal flora; however it is kept in check by the other organisms present in the gut. Women more than men are generally afflicted with intestinal candida and most of them will at least face this problem once in their life time. The reason for this is simple. Candida albicans is a natural inhabitant in the vaginal area of women and quite a peace loving organism most of the time. However, some times due to certain triggers, these organisms may multiply and can cause problems in the vagina and the intestines as well.
These triggers include problems like diabetes mellitus, antibiotics and using birth control pills or other kinds of contraceptives. Vaginal irritation, itching in the vulva, a thick curdy discharge or a discharge which has a breadish smell are some of the classic symptoms of a candida infection.
Though there are a lot of over the counter medications for this problem, nature has some of the best cures. One of the most well known cures is applying unsweetened yogurt to the vagina or eating a lot of yogurt. The lactobacillus bacteria present in yogurt can kill and inhabit the vaginal growth. Garlic is also a well known way to tackle this problem. You can crush some garlic cloves and apply them to the vagina. A natural disinfectant, boric acid powder can also be used by inserting it into the vaginal in gel caps for about four nights.
These home cures can help in getting rid of intestinal candida at the onset. However, if Candidiasis is left unchecked then it can grow out of proportions and can cause a myriad of problems. Hence, a candida infection, however small should never be taken lightly and along with these cures a lot of other holistic treatment measures need to be followed. Most of these holistic methods also include a change in lifestyle and eating habits.
Diet is an important part of the candida treatment. It is common known fact that certain foods can help in enhancing the growth of the yeast which causes intestinal candida and there are some other foods which actually inhabit the growth. Hence, it is important to avoid those foods which can worsen the infection.
There are three classes of foods which are to be avoided if you want to get rid of your candida infection naturally:
Sugar: Avoid sugar in all shapes, forms and sizes. This means you need to avoid anything which is naturally or artificially sweet including sweet fruits, chocolates, dried fruit and all kinds of sweet additives.
Yeast: Whether it is the yeast containing spreads like Marmite, vegemite and promote or foods containing bakers yeast like breads or pastries, all these yeast containing products are to be completely kept away from.
Refined carbohydrates: These include the typical fast foods like pastas, cookies, potatoes and breads.
On the other hand you need to get generous with garlic, olive oil, fish and whole grain foods to inhabit the growth of yeast and prevent the reoccurrence of intestinal candida.

