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Performance Marketing Checklist #7: Evaluating Your Copy.
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You did it! You have completed the greatest copywriting masterpiece of all time. You are overjoyed with the landing page, the letter, the video sales letter script, or the print ad. You are delighted with your persuasive arguments. The copy flow gives you a sense of sheer ecstasy.
You have only one problem: Where shall you put all the bags of money which this masterpiece of copywriting will certainly bring.
Stop for a moment and climb off that cloud. Look at your copy with a cold (and cruel) eye. Before you submit that copy, look at it again and ask these 50 questions:
Your Total Points:
Maximum Points: 150
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