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Why Exchanging Hooks for Invitations Makes Your Copy More Trustworthy

I remember when I first learned the basic structure of writing copy. It was mid-2020, and I was taking a simple course that taught the typical copy framework—headline, sub-headline, body copy. When the teacher of my course started talking about how to create headlines, though, I started to feel a little queasy. The main way […]

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