Comments on: Conversations with Parrots and the Dangers of a Swipe File http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/ Online marketing that works Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frankie Cooper http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-976414 Frankie Cooper Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:32:06 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-976414 Using a swipe file this is an interesting concept that can be very useful. Using a swipe file this is an interesting concept that can be very useful.

]]> By: Holy f***! A New Post on Dosh Dosh http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-762981 Holy f***! A New Post on Dosh Dosh Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:40:52 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-762981 [...] how we surf the web, and how to spend use that time more productively by keeping an all purpose swipe file, which is basically just a big list of things that you use for inspiration when you write [...] [...] how we surf the web, and how to spend use that time more productively by keeping an all purpose swipe file, which is basically just a big list of things that you use for inspiration when you write [...]

]]> By: How To Get Great Copywriters to Mentor You For Free — Copyblogger http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-609277 How To Get Great Copywriters to Mentor You For Free — Copyblogger Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:28:17 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-609277 [...] point of copying down other people’s writing isn’t to become a parrot – instead, it’s to evaluate why your copywriting peers and “superiors” write like they do. [...] [...] point of copying down other people’s writing isn’t to become a parrot – instead, it’s to evaluate why your copywriting peers and “superiors” write like they do. [...]

]]> By: Hmmm.Hm » The Zig-Zag Method for… http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-508162 Hmmm.Hm » The Zig-Zag Method for… Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:34:42 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-508162 [...] The problem for some content marketers and copywriters is that they’re always chasing what’s worked, instead of looking for what will work next. Sometimes that can be a safe and effective strategy, and that’s why we look to past winning tactics for guidance. But if you’re focusing on temporary tactics instead of winning fundamentals when browsing your swipe file, you may end up parroting something that no longer works. [...] [...] The problem for some content marketers and copywriters is that they’re always chasing what’s worked, instead of looking for what will work next. Sometimes that can be a safe and effective strategy, and that’s why we look to past winning tactics for guidance. But if you’re focusing on temporary tactics instead of winning fundamentals when browsing your swipe file, you may end up parroting something that no longer works. [...]

]]> By: The Zig-Zag Method for Catching Attention and Building Credibility | Copyblogger http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-465037 The Zig-Zag Method for Catching Attention and Building Credibility | Copyblogger Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:42:13 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-465037 [...] The problem for some content marketers and copywriters is that they’re always chasing what’s worked, instead of looking for what will work next. Sometimes that can be a safe and effective strategy, and that’s why we look to past winning tactics for guidance. But if you’re focusing on temporary tactics instead of winning fundamentals when browsing your swipe file, you may end up parroting something that no longer works. [...] [...] The problem for some content marketers and copywriters is that they’re always chasing what’s worked, instead of looking for what will work next. Sometimes that can be a safe and effective strategy, and that’s why we look to past winning tactics for guidance. But if you’re focusing on temporary tactics instead of winning fundamentals when browsing your swipe file, you may end up parroting something that no longer works. [...]

]]> By: A Guide to Better Travel Writing (Part 2): 20 Time-Tested Techniques and Essential Exercises http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-186940 A Guide to Better Travel Writing (Part 2): 20 Time-Tested Techniques and Essential Exercises Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:57:04 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-186940 [...] the swipe file: A swipe file is simply a folder, real or electronic, containing examples of good copy. You might [...] [...] the swipe file: A swipe file is simply a folder, real or electronic, containing examples of good copy. You might [...]

]]> By: Vin Montello http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-182303 Vin Montello Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:19:51 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-182303 Funny to see Barry Gluck talking about swiping... and how others use it as a crutch. Funny because I just caught him using my copy, word for word on his own copywriting services site. Literally took entire hunks of my own words... concepts of copywriting I created and named... and even stole quotes from Joe Sugarman and Michel Fortin, I (an ethical copywriter) got permission to use. When I contacted Barry, he was taken aback. He couldn't understand my problem with his thievery. Funny how people sometimes talk like they know something... when in fact they're just posers. I mean, a copywriter using another copywriter's words to sell himself as the guy who should write YOUR copy? How many layers of irony are in that? Barry Gluck is a hack who can't even write his own words. He's finally taken my words off his site, but still... the scummiest copywriter I've ever heard of. Funny to see Barry Gluck talking about swiping… and how others use it as a crutch. Funny because I just caught him using my copy, word for word on his own copywriting services site.

Literally took entire hunks of my own words… concepts of copywriting I created and named… and even stole quotes from Joe Sugarman and Michel Fortin, I (an ethical copywriter) got permission to use.

When I contacted Barry, he was taken aback. He couldn’t understand my problem with his thievery.

Funny how people sometimes talk like they know something… when in fact they’re just posers.

I mean, a copywriter using another copywriter’s words to sell himself as the guy who should write YOUR copy? How many layers of irony are in that?

Barry Gluck is a hack who can’t even write his own words.

He’s finally taken my words off his site, but still… the scummiest copywriter I’ve ever heard of.

]]> By: Doppler Duck http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-119432 Doppler Duck Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:10:11 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-119432 Err.., You need a parrot update. Over the past 2 decades there had been a suspicion that parrots do understand stuff. Over the last 2 years, it has been proven beyond doubt that they can not only express themselves but also create words that need some brainwork by us - top hominids, to put meaning to. To parrots, of course, the new words and its syntax is but obvious. Alex is the name of the top research parrot and he's looking for us hominids to give him banerries. Err.., You need a parrot update. Over the past 2 decades there had been a suspicion that parrots do understand stuff. Over the last 2 years, it has been proven beyond doubt that they can not only express themselves but also create words that need some brainwork by us – top hominids, to put meaning to. To parrots, of course, the new words and its syntax is but obvious.
Alex is the name of the top research parrot and he’s looking for us hominids to give him banerries.

]]> By: Jamin http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-96394 Jamin Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:29:36 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-96394 Way to encourage originality! I try to use my "swipe file" (google notes + a temp folder on my bookmarks toolbar) more for inspiration and learning from others than as a direct source of ideas for content. I also put my own ideas down as I think of them--they may be headlines I dreamed up without an accompanying article, stories that need fleshing out, or the first two items of a list that may be worth completing for an article. Way to encourage originality! I try to use my “swipe file” (google notes + a temp folder on my bookmarks toolbar) more for inspiration and learning from others than as a direct source of ideas for content.

I also put my own ideas down as I think of them–they may be headlines I dreamed up without an accompanying article, stories that need fleshing out, or the first two items of a list that may be worth completing for an article.

]]> By: Motivational Quotes @ chrisg.com http://www.copyblogger.com/swipe-file-danger/#comment-95966 Motivational Quotes @ chrisg.com Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:12:05 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/conversations-with-parrots-and-the-dangers-of-a-swipe-file/#comment-95966 [...] thing I like to collect in my swipe file is quotes. Quotes make you look more intelligent than you really are because you can borrow someone [...] [...] thing I like to collect in my swipe file is quotes. Quotes make you look more intelligent than you really are because you can borrow someone [...]

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