Daniel Throssell – Market Detective

Neat, hey? But hang on. Before I tell you what Market Detective is about, a word of warning:

It is a rather expensive course (it costs $1500, which is not exactly a spare change by most people?s standards).

Also, it is not ?serious? or ?professional?. (In fact, I frequently crack stupid jokes ? and at one point I literally stop to abuse a pair of larrikin Australian crows cawing outside my window.)

And WORST of all ? it is only available on a smartphone or iPad, via my Learnistic mobile app. And that is utterly non-negotiable.

All right. That?s the bad news.

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So ? what is this course about?

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And, why is it one of the first courses I would buy as a new copywriter?

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Well, as the name hints at, Market Detective is a course on ??

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? market research.

?Huh?? you say in disgust. ?Market research? That?s not my problem. I want to learn how to write SaLeS pAgEs!!!?

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Yeah ? right.

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Everyone thinks all they need to learn is sales pages. (Or emails.)

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But, listen:

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If you feel like a faker who?s making this ?freelance copywriting? thing all up as you go along ? odds are, it?s because your market research process sucks.

Seriously. If you?re not feeling confident when you hand your copy in ?

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It means ? you didn?t do the right research for the job.

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It means ? you didn?t find out what your client really wanted* before you started writing.

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(*Yes, there are ways to find this out, down to the very FONT SIZE they secretly prefer your draft to have. And no, it is not as simple as ?just ask them? or ?always use size 18? ? I show you how to actually do it in Market Detective)

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It means ? you don?t actually know if your copy will resonate with the target audience.

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And it means ? you might even have said something the market would never say, and your client will realise you have NO IDEA what you?re talking about.

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So, forget buying yet another ?sales page? course.

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If you still feel like a copywriting fraud, even when you?ve already taken a bunch of ?how to write copy? courses, fix the ROOT PROBLEM: your market research process.

And, admit it: right now, you hardly have a ?process? in place. Right?

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Well, let me flex a little and show my market research skills ?

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? by talking about what I think your current market research process is like.

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(This is an aggregate of most freelance copywriters, so maybe not every point is you ? but I reckon most will be.)

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You tell me how this sounds, okay?

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So you get a new copywriting job.

If you?re like most copywriters here?s what you do?

You start with those things everyone says you ?should? do, like ??

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Reddit. That?s a good place to start, right? You go to Reddit and search ? but there?s no subreddit for this market. Hm. So much for that suggestion.

Next you try Amazon. But ? the thing you?re selling doesn?t even exist on Amazon. Instead, your search just brings up a list of Chinese gadgets. Oops.

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Okay ? what about Quora? Everyone says Quora. But ? Quora proves to be as helpful as a punch in the eye. It?s just a bunch of answers. Who even said this was a good idea???

Sales Page: https://anon.to/QK2qjt