Here are some of the most impactful habits you can build to become a world-class sales-enablement copywriter:
Start with the Buyer’s POV Every Day
Kick off each project by revisiting your persona profiles and real customer feedback. Keep a running “pain-point swipe file” of fresh quotes, questions, and objections you hear on calls.
Read (and Annotate) One Sales Email or Page Daily
Pick a high-performing sequence or one-pager—yours or a peer’s—and highlight what makes it work (headlines, benefit hooks, social-proof placement). Note lessons learned in a shared “copy insights” doc.
Keep a Modular Snippet Library Updated
Whenever you write a compelling sentence or data point, save it as a reusable block categorized by persona/industry/pain point. Review and prune this library weekly to retire dated stats or stale language.
Block “Deep-Work” Time for Research & Drafting
Carve out uninterrupted 60–90 minute sessions (no meetings!) for persona interviews, competitive scans, or initial draft writing. Use the Pomodoro technique or time-boxing to protect creative flow.
Daily A/B Testing Mindset
Treat every subject line, email intro, or headline as a mini experiment: jot down your hypothesis before launch (“Shorter = higher open?”). Log results in a shared dashboard—even if it’s just “Test A: 18% open vs. Test B: 21% open.”
Practice “One-Sentence Value Props”
At least once a week, challenge yourself to distill a feature-set or case into a single crisp sentence (“We help X save Y by doing Z”). Share with peers for rapid feedback—this hones clarity and focus.
Scan Industry News & Competitor Messaging
Spend 10–15 minutes daily on relevant blogs, LinkedIn feeds, or newsletters to spot emerging buzzwords, data points, or proof angles. Archive any new stats or quotes for your assets.
Solicit Rep Feedback Immediately
After you ship a new email template or one-pager, schedule 5–10 min “office hours” with a couple of reps. Ask: “Where do prospects still push back?” and “Which lines landed or fell flat?”
Read Aloud & Role-Play
Before finalizing copy, read it out as if you’re on a call or in an email thread. Role-play objection scenarios using your battle-card scripts to ensure the language flows naturally.
Weekly “Copy Clinic” Reviews
Hold a short team huddle to review one piece of live outreach that performed exceptionally well (or poorly). Analyze what worked—or didn’t—and capture the learnings in your style guide.
Document & Share Best Practices
Maintain a living playbook of effective frameworks, CTAs, subject-line formulas, and social-proof templates. Update it monthly and celebrate when new tactics get adopted.
Reflect & Iterate Monthly
At month’s end, review your tests, rep feedback, and performance metrics. Identify one habit to double down on (e.g., deeper personalization) and one to retire or refine.
Adopting these habits will keep your work buyer-focused, data-driven, and continually improving. So your sales team always has the sharpest, most effective copy in their toolkit.
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