Book & Product Reviews
Opportunities for quiet reading seem to have vanished the last couple of months. But yesterday I took a couple of hours and read a book on SEO Copywriting.
Jon states that his book is:
- The complete SEO Copywriting Guide for Search Engine Rankings and Sales Conversion
What You Get Out Of This Book
At first, it was hard to situate this book. I already have some SEO copywriting skills. What else could this book offer?
As I flipped through it, a few of the chapter titles are similar to what you would expect for Search Engine Optimization:
- Keyword Research
- Optimizing Your Site Content
But most of the book is about writing content for good Search Engine Optimization. It is a copywriting book.
Jon caught my attention right from the beginning, my back straightened up. This book offers more than copywriting.
In the first couple of chapters I found:
- Some really useful strategies for content creation.
Now, I have spent a lot of time working on my own strategies for content creation. And Jon actually taught me two very useful things:
- How to analyze your web copy
- How to prioritize which type of content you need to get what you want out of being online
This might seem easy for you. But I have not run across these clear tactics before. And these tactics are:
- Easy
- Relevant
- Measurable
If you are in any way involved in writing for the web, the first few chapters alone are worth the price of the book.
The cover of the book promises copywriting for sales conversion, and Jon shows you how.
These first chapters are good examples of what happens as you read the whole book. There are little nuggets throughout the book. Nuggets to help you get maximum value out of your online content. Nuggets that come from experience.
At first, I thought I would skim through the chapters on subjects that are familiar to me.
But the book was well worth a full read. It is obvious that Jon has the experience and knows what he is talking about. He knows how to improve your web copy for better SEO for both humans and search engines.
Who Is This Book For?
Well, the book is definitely about copywriting. SEO copywriting. There are chapters for different types of online copywriting:
- Web copy
- Articles
- Press releases
- Viral copy for blogs, RSS, and Wikis
- Pay per click, landing pages and banner ads
- Emails and newsletters
Jon also explains the differences in copywriting between small companies and large corporations. There are case studies. And there is also a wealth of information on how to become a SEO Copywriter.
This book is great for anyone involved in web content:
- Marketers, writers, and even technical web users.
What I most appreciated was how it is easy to see the strategies that go with the “how-to’s”. It’s not often you find this mix in a book. This makes it easier to see the whole picture of writing the content and using your content to get the results you want.
Read more Book Reviews:
Communication For International Sales
Here are reviews of the books I have read recently to help me with communication for international sales:
- A Writer’s Guide To Powerful Paragraphs By Victor C. Pellegrino
- Content Rich By Jon Wuebben
- Get Content Get Customers by Joe Pulizzi & Newt Barrett
- Letting Go Of The Words – Writing Web Content That Works By Janice Redish
- Stories That Sell By Casey Hibbard
- The Culturally Customized Web Site By Nitish Singh And Arun Pereira
- The Magic Of Pre-Writing By Steven Osborne
- The Secret To Writing A Successful And Outstanding Blog By Liz Strauss
International Sales
Here are reviews of the books I have read recently to help me with international sales:
- All of the Little Sales Books by Jeffrey Gitomer
- Asinine Advertising By Herschell Gordon Lewis
- Influencer: The Power To Change Anything by Kerry Patterson – Joseph Grenny – David Maxfield – Ron McMillian & Al Switzler
- Sales Strategy From The Inside Out By Duane Sparks
International Web Marketing
Here are reviews of the books I have read recently to help me with international web marketing:
- Bit Literacy Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload By Mark Hurst
- Dotcomology The Science Of Making Money Online By Stone Evans
- How The Internet Works By Preston Gralla
- How to Win Sales & Influence Spiders By Catherine Seda
- Landing Page Optimization By Tim Ash
- Mastering Online Marketing By Mitch Meyerson
- Multichannel Marketing By Akin Arikan
- Online Competitive Intelligence By Helen P. Burwell
- ProBlogger by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett
- Stats Faceslap By Ed Rivis
- The Ultimate Web Marketing Strategy By Ed Rivis
- Website Optimization by Andrew B. King
Here are some Product Reviews:
- Ed Rivis’ Stats Faceslap
- Success Chef’s Marketing E.S.P.
- The Management Tools I Use For Content Created To Be Re-Packaged
- The Ultimate Desktop Copy Coach By Tony Flores
- Web Video University And International Marketing
All of the book and product reviews here are totally unsolicited… spontaneous …and without affiliate links. These are books I have read recently and only the ones that I share with friends. So all of the reviews you find here are on books and products that I highly recommend.
Also, as these are books and products that I have recently read since, this is not a list of my all-time favorite books. Hopefully I will get around to reviewing my favorite culture and international business books sometime soon.
She is who I turn to when I have questions and you should too"
-- Chris Garrett, co-author of the "Problogger" book


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