Comments on: Couch Potato Copywriting Secrets http://bensettle.com/blog/couch-potato-copywriting-secrets/ Easy, Ethical & Profitable Sales Tips For Serious Entrepreneurs Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:12:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Note Taking Nerd 2 http://bensettle.com/blog/couch-potato-copywriting-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Note Taking Nerd 2 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:09:40 +0000 http://bensettle.com/blog/?p=1215#comment-555 I'm with Ben all the way on this. Watching TV can help you keep your finger on the pulse of society. Funny ass shows can also relieve any tension you've built up from rarin' all day while working. But when you use TV to distract yourself from important issues you've been neglecting in your life, that's when you need a boob tube intervention. Maybe some of you have seen the movie "Taladega Nights" and some of you haven't. In this show Will Ferrel is a race car driver with an ego bigger than Trumps. He has a best friend who also races with him but always settles for 2nd place. He helps Will's character by keeping any other racer from passing him. One time after celebrating a victory, Will's best friend mentions that sometimes he feels like he'd like to win a race. Will responds by telling him that this is a bad idea. He tells him to bury it deep down inside himself and don't let it come out again. I've let TV do this with issues in my life before. I've laid for hours on the couch repressing the messages from my mind that were trying to get me to reach toward my higher self and become a better person. To do what ordinary people won't. To make tough decisions and risk failure. If you're watching TV for extended of periods just so you don't have to face reality... you've got a problem. If zoning out is your reward for handling business and you use this time for the dual purpose of loading up your subconscious with great lingo and references for either how to act or not to act I believe you're letting TV serve you. Yes, I said how to act. If I'm watching a cooking show, I can model the behavior and become a better chef for myself. If I watch biographies of amazing people I can stock away references of what it takes to become extraordinary. And some fictional TV shows can offer you copywriting wisdom. One I have in mind is Boston Legal. Remember, everything said on screen was written first. It flowed from the finger tips of a writer not too unlike you. The writer had to sit and contemplate what words would move their audience into a trance. Sound familiar? If there was only one thing you paid attention to in this show it would be the language used by the lawyers to make their arguments in court. The words and phrases they use to persuade a jury and judge are the same ones you can plug into your copy to bring the tone of conviction and authority to it. Let TV help you. Note Taking Nerd #2 www.mynotetakingnerd.wordpress.com<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('555','Note Taking Nerd 2'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('555','Note Taking Nerd 2','I\'m with Ben all the way on this.\r\n\r\nWatching TV can help you keep your finger on the pulse of society. \r\n\r\nFunny ass shows can also relieve any tension you\'ve built up from rarin\' all day while working. \r\n\r\nBut when you use TV to distract yourself from important issues you\'ve been neglecting in your life, that\'s when you need a boob tube intervention. \r\n\r\nMaybe some of you have seen the movie \"Taladega Nights\" and some of you haven\'t. In this show Will Ferrel is a race car driver with an ego bigger than Trumps. He has a best friend who also races with him but always settles for 2nd place.\r\n\r\nHe helps Will\'s character by keeping any other racer from passing him. One time after celebrating a victory, Will\'s best friend mentions that sometimes he feels like he\'d like to win a race. \r\n\r\nWill responds by telling him that this is a bad idea. He tells him to bury it deep down inside himself and don\'t let it come out again.\r\n\r\nI\'ve let TV do this with issues in my life before. \r\n\r\nI\'ve laid for hours on the couch repressing the messages from my mind that were trying to get me to reach toward my higher self and become a better person. To do what ordinary people won\'t. To make tough decisions and risk failure. \r\n\r\nIf you\'re watching TV for extended of periods just so you don\'t have to face reality... you\'ve got a problem. If zoning out is your reward for handling business and you use this time for the dual purpose of loading up your subconscious with great lingo and references for either how to act or not to act I believe you\'re letting TV serve you. \r\n\r\nYes, I said how to act. \r\n\r\nIf I\'m watching a cooking show, I can model the behavior and become a better chef for myself. If I watch biographies of amazing people I can stock away references of what it takes to become extraordinary. And some fictional TV shows can offer you copywriting wisdom.\r\n\r\nOne I have in mind is Boston Legal. Remember, everything said on screen was written first. It flowed from the finger tips of a writer not too unlike you. The writer had to sit and contemplate what words would move their audience into a trance.\r\n\r\nSound familiar?\r\n\r\nIf there was only one thing you paid attention to in this show it would be the language used by the lawyers to make their arguments in court. The words and phrases they use to persuade a jury and judge are the same ones you can plug into your copy to bring the tone of conviction and authority to it.\r\n\r\nLet TV help you. \r\n\r\nNote Taking Nerd #2\r\nwww.mynotetakingnerd.wordpress.com'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m with Ben all the way on this.

Watching TV can help you keep your finger on the pulse of society.

Funny ass shows can also relieve any tension you’ve built up from rarin’ all day while working.

But when you use TV to distract yourself from important issues you’ve been neglecting in your life, that’s when you need a boob tube intervention.

Maybe some of you have seen the movie “Taladega Nights” and some of you haven’t. In this show Will Ferrel is a race car driver with an ego bigger than Trumps. He has a best friend who also races with him but always settles for 2nd place.

He helps Will’s character by keeping any other racer from passing him. One time after celebrating a victory, Will’s best friend mentions that sometimes he feels like he’d like to win a race.

Will responds by telling him that this is a bad idea. He tells him to bury it deep down inside himself and don’t let it come out again.

I’ve let TV do this with issues in my life before.

I’ve laid for hours on the couch repressing the messages from my mind that were trying to get me to reach toward my higher self and become a better person. To do what ordinary people won’t. To make tough decisions and risk failure.

If you’re watching TV for extended of periods just so you don’t have to face reality… you’ve got a problem. If zoning out is your reward for handling business and you use this time for the dual purpose of loading up your subconscious with great lingo and references for either how to act or not to act I believe you’re letting TV serve you.

Yes, I said how to act.

If I’m watching a cooking show, I can model the behavior and become a better chef for myself. If I watch biographies of amazing people I can stock away references of what it takes to become extraordinary. And some fictional TV shows can offer you copywriting wisdom.

One I have in mind is Boston Legal. Remember, everything said on screen was written first. It flowed from the finger tips of a writer not too unlike you. The writer had to sit and contemplate what words would move their audience into a trance.

Sound familiar?

If there was only one thing you paid attention to in this show it would be the language used by the lawyers to make their arguments in court. The words and phrases they use to persuade a jury and judge are the same ones you can plug into your copy to bring the tone of conviction and authority to it.

Let TV help you.

Note Taking Nerd #2
http://www.mynotetakingnerd.wordpress.com

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