I enjoy copywriting for brochures. Most of the brochure copy I’ve written has been on behalf of design agencies, which invariably means working with fun people with a highly creative approach to problem solving. I still get a tremendous rush when someone comes up with an idea I’ve never seen before.
Brochure copy writing involves pitch and tone; at its best there really is a musical quality to it, a rhythm that makes it easy to read on. Of course most brochures are trying to sell someone something, whether it be a product, a service, or a concept. Here, the challenge is to match the visual execution with words that will seduce. Occasionally, however, the message needs to be more subtle: reassuring rather than overt, as was the case with this brochure copywriting example, written on behalf of a local design agency and their client, a wonderful nursing home in Bolton, Lancashire.
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Andy Sivell, our brochure copywriter, spent a day conducting ten-minute interviews with a stream of people, most of whom he was only introduced to as they sat down. Yet out of that he got the most beautiful quotes. One lady poured her heart out to him. As she stood up at the end of it she actually wiped a tear from her eye. The introduction he subsequently wrote for the brochure was very moving.