Why You Must Write Original and Fresh Content

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Recently in one of the Telegram channels of which I am a regular contributor, there was a robust discussion about original content and how important it is.

I'm currently in the midst of re-tooling my auto-responder, so I have many emails I need to rewrite, and new material to write as well.

At first I was tempted to purchase an email series from one of the online sources I'd researched.

While this would have solved my problem of having plenty of content for my auto-responder, it would not have been my work or written in my style ... IE: my voice.

If you're going to succeed in this business, you MUST have your own unique voice.

I've boiled it down to these three points:


You Must Build Your Own Voice.

Of the email subscriptions that I regularly read online, it's the ones that are unique that I enjoy the most. I look forward to reading emails from some of my favorite marketers.

Why? Partially because I know their content will be unique.

I only have 1,440 minutes per day just like you. I would rather spend my time reading something that's not hackneyed or copied from someone else. What I want is original and fresh ideas to help me grow my business.

I've seen people who will copy\paste swipe file emails and use that as their entire auto-responder.

OK, I'll admit that I did that myself recently with an auto-responder I was using. The program I was using recommended that I use their preexisting emails to promote their product. My click through rate on those copied emails was almost zero. I'll cover why this cheapens your brand below.

In any case, you must build your own voice. People was something unique, whether they are being entertained or reading for education purposes. A fresh unique voice wins.

By writing your own emails, your subscribers are going to be yours and you'll experience a greater open rate and click through rate.

Your Unique Content Helps Build a Relationship.

Want proof?

Many of you reading this have seen my unique dad joke videos that I make with my son. I receive Facebook messages almost every day from people encouraging me to make more videos or to ask when the next one is coming out.

That's because they've begun to build a relationship with me.

The same thing occurs with emails. By writing and using your own voice your subscribers are beginning to know who you are and what you are about.

Remember: People buy from those online that they know, like, and trust.

If that's true, then why would you resort to use a bunch of swipe emails in an autoresponder?

How will your subscribers get to know the real YOU if they are reading copied emails that another marketer wrote?

The truth is they won't.

You aren't building up trust with your subscribers with copied emails.

Ask yourself this: what would happen if someone was reading your emails from your auto-responder, and they sign up to another list and receive the SAME emails? How do you think the subscriber is going to feel about either list?

I know how I've felt when I've seen the same email from multiple 'authors'. I felt frustrated and slightly ripped off.

Once I realized that the emails I was reading weren't original, I wondered how many other marketers used the same emails. I've even taken the subject like or a unique line from an email and searched in Google to see if I could find it in multiple places.

I've even found the site before where the swipe file of emails was located. How do you think I felt about both of the authors that had sent me the same email?

I unsubscribed.

Why bother reading their copy\paste emails any longer? If your subscribers get a whiff that you're doing that, they may do the same.

That's because by using an email swipe file, you're really not building a relationship with your subscribers. They are not discovering the real 'you'.

You Cheapen Your Brand with Copied Content.

Sure, it's a 'turn key' or 'done for you' system that provides you with a group of autoresponder messages.

However, how do you know if they will work? You are trusting that these emails are going to work for you because they worked for others (theoretically).

In essence though, you are hoping for a one time sale. Yeah, that's right. That's what I believe.

If you aren't willing to commit to writing your own emails for your list, then why should people read what you're publishing?

You've cheapened your brand.

Your content is copied.

It's not original.

Therefore why would you expect that your subscriber feels like you are building a relationship?

They won't, because you aren't building a relationship.

You're sending them copies of a marketing message someone else wrote in the hopes you will make a sale.

Do you really CARE about your subscriber if you are doing that, or do you just care that their money becomes your money? Ouch!

I should say that it IS ok to send a swipe email or two, and preface it by saying something like: "Dear Subscriber, I wanted to tell you about XYZ product, and here's a glowing email written by the makers of the product." Then finish with the swipe file email.

When you regularly write your own emails, you can occasionally use something like that as a 'full page ad'.

What Do I Do If I Can't Write Well?

Ahhh! So that's a different question. And can be solved in many ways.

Perhaps you don't have a great command of the English language, or don't write well.

Fair enough.

If that's the case and you really care about your subscribers, there's two ways you can overcome this.

Two Ways To Overcome the Inability To Write

A) Ask a close friend who is a good writer to go over what you've written and give you advice or help you rewrite them.

You may know someone who is a great writer who could give you pointers. Ask for their opinion and then educate yourself. Learn how to write better.

If you don't have the time or inclination to be a good writer, there's another option.

B) Hire someone to take your poorly written emails and make them better.

You can always find someone on Fiverr who would be willing to write your auto-responder emails for you. I've also included my info below since I write follow up and auto-responder series for my clients as well. :)


Original Content Wins.

In summary, it's original content that wins. Sure, you can copy the 'success' of others and use their swipe file emails. Just remember that by doing so you are short-changing yourself and your subscribers. They aren't getting fresh material and you're not taking advantage of the opportunity to improve your writing skills.

Start writing in your own voice. It wins. :)

Peace and Love,

-Rob

P.S. If you need help with getting some emails written, reach out to me using this form I created specifically for clients to request assistance. I'll be glad to assist you with your email writing.



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Something that works for me when I need some ideas for new content....

Reading!

I'll have a week's worth of content from reading a few chapters in a good book.

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Indeed. I have picked up several new book ideas from here, and it's really helped me to start reading new authors. You are right.... reading is a great way to overcome writer's block.

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Original Content Wins.

There is no doubt about this... "Content is the king"... I have been whining for years about my bad English, made up excuses to not write blog posts (I'm still an excuser about writing email series, but that will pass, eventually :) )

I was renting writers for my blogs and paying them for re-writing articles, but there was ZERO of ME inside those posts...

Joining Hive (actually the old blockchain), I have started with my content creation... I know that I have a lot of grammar mistakes, or whatsoever, but open-minded people can "forgive" that part as they check content for the same reasons as you said... To get new ideas for themselves, to "open" their views toward other opportunities and options out there, and for many other personal reasons...

Thanks for the outstanding post!



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"Content is the king"

So true. Your content can make or break your site. To create a brand, rank your website on Google, sell your products, or whatever you want to do online, you have to focus on your content. That's why fresh and original content is so important.

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Exactly... But, if you do original content, you can't BREAK the site... on the other side, doing copy/paste will kill it...

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Your english is fine. Your IDEAS are what matters and they come across perfectly. Besides, your English is WAAAY better than my Spanish. :)

-Rob

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Besides, your English is WAAAY better than my Spanish. :)

hahaha... Thanks... or? Is that a compliment? 🤣

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Yes that's a compliment. Your English is very understandable. I can barely ask for a beer in spanish. :)

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This is exactly what I was talking about when I had my rant about the lack of original content!

You have been included in today's "I Am Engaged" challenge which I will post in a few minutes. Watch for it @slackerman

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Much appreciated. Original content really is what works. My wife actually has a magazine subscription to Vanity Fair just for that reason. She likes to read that compared to all the articles on her phone that are copies and clones of one another.

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Thanks for the ad credits, Rob. Appreciate it. :)

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Yes, I just air dropped them. :)

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Great post!
I have been in many communities on Hive/Steem and I've read hundreds of posts. However there is a big distinction among them. There are the posts that are "cold" and there are the posts that are "warm". For me warm posts are articles that include the personal touch of the author, his life experience, his opinion, his insights...

All these warm aspects make a post interesting and I believe it's impossible to get such warmth with copied content. If we want to build our own brand, it's necessary to find our own voice and to create honest and trusworthy relationships with others based on who we really are....

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There are the posts that are "cold" and there are the posts that are "warm".

Yep. And that's the difference. We want Hive to be filled with 'warm' posts.

Thanks for your thoughts.

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Your own voice can differentiate you from the crowd. When you write your own content, readers will get used to reading this and instantly recognize you because of your writing style.

And if you publish a blog post, that's copy and paste, you are doing more harm than good. Your post will never rank on Google. It will definitely hurt your overall website ranking.

I like your post. Thank you @robwillmann for sharing this.

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And if you publish a blog post, that's copy and paste, you are doing more harm than good.

True. The google ranking is a good point. Having a post that ranks increases the size of Hive, which is a good thing.

Copy-pasta posts aren't enjoyable to read if you know they are copied. I would rather read the original.

-Rob

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