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Assignment: As a copywriter for ______, you have been assigned to compose a two-step space ad.

First, write a 20-30 word small space ad that contains one headline, one or two lines of body copy, and a call to action.

Second, write a 250-350 word, full-page ad that

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  sells benefits, not features

  
  


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  organizes ad copy using the AIDA motivational sequence (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action)

  
  


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  stands upon a foundation of easy-to-read copy that earns a Flesch-Kincaid reading ease score of 80+

  
  


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  rests upon a solid bedrock of emotionally engaging copy

  
  


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  includes a visual, a caption, a headline, body copy, subheadings within the body copy, a call-to-action, and a signature.

  
  

The artistic director on the project will, of course, be responsible for laying out and creating the visual for the final advertisement. Still, you prepare yourself to work with an artistic director by formatting your copy using the copywriter’s manuscript format and opening your copy with a copywriter’s rough.

Strategy

Before your start composing your two-step space ad, write down the elements of your strategy. Writing down your strategic markers does not commit you to using them. In the process of writing your ad, if you discover a better approach to writing your two-step space ad, you may come back here, update the elements of your strategy to match the substance of your two-step space ad, and compose an ad that is in keeping with the elements of your copywriting strategy.

Rule of One Touchstones

Product Category: Fad, Commodity, Brand, Love Mark

Copy Length: Long Copy or Short Copy