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    The 12 Best Copywriting Books & Courses (to help you become a better copywriter)

    Copywriting Books

     

    You've just discovered copywriting and want to get better.  GOOD.  Well here's my top advice and books for getting better at copywriting. These copywriting books are ranked in the order you should get them:

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    Let's go through each of them and discuss:
    • What I love about the book
    • What skills you'll learn from the book
    • Who it's for (beginner or experienced writers)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     Here's a helpful list of all the books and courses mentioned:

    Book Author Price Level
    The Boron Letters Gary Halbert Free online Beginner
    Adweek Copywriting Handbook Joseph Sugarman $16 Beginner
    Ogilvy on Advertising David Ogilvy $19 Beginner
    Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got Jay Abraham $11 Medium
    This Book Will Teach You How To Write Better Neville Medhora $5 Beginner
    Save The Cat Blake Snyder $16 Medium
    A Whack on the Side of the Head Roger Von Oech $13 Beginner
    Breakthrough Advertising Eugene Schwartz $249 Advanced
    How To Make Maximum Money In Minimum Time Gary Halbert $20 Beginner
    Free Copywriting Guides Neville Medhora Free Beginner
    The Copywriting Course Neville Medhora Monthly Pay Beginner
    Free Freelance Writing Course Neville Medhora Free Beginner

     

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    While it's not necessarily a strictly copywriting book, one of my favorite books of all time is called This Is Earl Nightingale.

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    I've mentioned in the past this book was written by Earl Nightingale who kind of "by accident" founded the self help book industry. 

    I LOVE this book, and feel it's helped me immensely over the years.

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    The best part is each chapter is between 2 and 4 pages, so you can open up the glossary to any issue you're having and read about it:

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    Me and @Sam Parr go over some more copywriting books (as well as other genres) that have massively impacted our lives:

    Here's a list of the books mentioned throughout the interview:

    LIFE BOOKS:
    • How to Get Rich: https://amzn.to/3mHT7Uq
    • This Is Earl Nightingale: https://amzn.to/3lAcWxN
    • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: https://amzn.to/3FOw8zH
    • Courage to Be Disliked: https://amzn.to/3j5xFb5
    • Endurance: https://amzn.to/3vdsuKY
    • Man’s Search for Meaning: https://amzn.to/30xoDNx
    • Empire of The Summer Moon: https://amzn.to/30x9w6M
    • How to Think Like A Roman Emperor: https://amzn.to/3lK4kVe
    • Think and Grow Rich: https://amzn.to/3pbQzRd
    • Kitchen Confidential: https://amzn.to/3ATIgMn
    • The 5 Love Languages: https://amzn.to/3lR5Ch6

    BUSINESS BOOKS:
    • Influence: https://amzn.to/3DNYfxo
    • The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: https://amzn.to/3DOSijF
    • Built To Sell: https://amzn.to/3AX8e1k
    • Essays of Warren Buffet: https://amzn.to/3pb5rQ7
    • The Snowball: https://amzn.to/2XmZvYw

    FUN READS:
    • The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band: https://amzn.to/3BXeeIW
    • The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists: https://amzn.to/3DJr5yO
    • Rise of Theodore Roosevelt: https://amzn.to/3AO5JOR
    • Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller: https://amzn.to/3p6BX5z
    • Sam Walton, Made in America My Story: https://amzn.to/3FYXTWf
    • Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography: https://amzn.to/3j7rYcr
    • Elon Musk: https://amzn.to/3FUwCEK
    • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life: https://amzn.to/3lSjUhN
    • The Return to the Little Kingdom: https://amzn.to/3lU6Poc
    • Travels with Charley in Search of America: https://amzn.to/3DHI04I
    • The Martian: https://amzn.to/3ASREjd
    • Project Hail Mary: https://amzn.to/3ayPACm
    • Seed: https://amzn.to/3aMpqMz

    WRITING BOOKS:
    • On Writing: https://amzn.to/2Z2n1uw
    • Ogilvy On Advertising: https://amzn.to/3ACmegX  
    • Confessions of an Advertising Man: https://amzn.to/3AO42AR
    • Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got: https://amzn.to/3BQ7Nr7
    • The Boron Letters: https://amzn.to/3paHmsB

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