Courtney James Houde / Copywriter

If you’ve ever had to write your own copy then you’ll enjoy this collection of copywriting quotes from The Robert Collier Letterbook.

(Even if you’ve already read this gem of a book.)

I know they’ve been friends of mine on my own personal journey to wealth and abundance. And I’d like to share them with you.

“Study your reader first– your product second. If you understand his reactions, and present those phases or your product that relate to his needs, then you cannot help but write a good letter.”

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So I get ready to go for a walk last night… it’s raining which is fine with me.

I just need the exercise because I’ve been getting a little chubby lately. Gotta watch that.

Like usual… I put on my ipod and listen to Gary Halbert speak about copywriting… it’s almost like Gary’s a dearly missed uncle. Because Gary’s been in my life for about three years now so he kind of feels like family even though I never met the guy in person.
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Have you heard of this guy — Ben Settle?

He’s been ROCKIN’ the copywriting and marketing world for years now and I really think you need to get on this guy’s mailing list.

Man, he’s written for Ken McKarthy, Michael Senoff and more marketing big-wigs than I can remember…

Now, I personally have 137 reasons why you should get your butt on Ben’s mailing list…
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I’m going to give you a $535 website template FREE OF CHARGE.

You don’t even have to OPT-IN.

Just scroll down to the bottom of this post and steal the whole darn thing by right clicking and choosing “save as”.

It’s that easy.

Now, it’s coded in HTML and CSS so it’s really easy to customize if you know a little bit about that. But if you don’t have those skills it shouldn’t be too hard to bribe some teenage kid with some pizza and get him to put it up for you.

I’ve used it myself.

So it actually works.

You see, not many people know this but I actually started out life as a designer.

Strangely enough, I went through three years of Graphic Design (which I rocked at) and then went on to learn web-design (you wouldn’t know it) and ran my own one man small-town design agency.

I made my living as a web-designer before templates got so darn easy to find… These days I wouldn’t even think of designing a web page if I could find a free template but back then I’d charge $535 dollars for a four page web-site.

However, I’ve had a hard time finding simple templates for sales letter websites. It’s almost as though no one wants to give these away free.

So I ended up coding and designing one for my own personal use a while back and I thought you’d appreciate it if I gave you this template too.

It’s just my way of thanking you for putting up with me… and if I found useful then I’m sure you will too.

And it’s free of course. No charge.

Heck… you can even give or sell it to other people if you find someone willing to pay you. I don’t really care because I intend to alter it for my own use anyway.

Just use it.

Now, it’s four pages and it would have cost you $535 dollar value if you asked me to design it for you, but because you didn’t– IT’S FREE

Here’s what you get:

• The sales letter (It’s a simple one column html and css layout)
• The order form page (It’s a simple one so you may want to use your own)
• The thank you page (This would be a great place for an upsell)
• The download page (Also great place to sell another product)

And you can download the whole folder right here with NO OPT-IN

Let me know what you think.

Your obvious friend,

Courtney James
Obvious Writer

P.S. Actually, there is one little catch. If you download it please let me know what you think. You don’t have to give me a testimonial… just let me know what you think by leaving a comment on this post.