Why does so much business copy describe the sellerâs perspective when the reader only cares about their own?
“The brief is not bureaucracy. Itâs where I find out what the copy actually needs to do.”
I started OnTarget Copywriting in 2019 after several years working in growth and content roles for technology companies in Milan. What I kept observing was a specific pattern: copy that accurately described a product or service while completely failing to address what the buyer was actually trying to figure out. The product was real. The copy was speaking to no one in particular.
Performance copywriting is a different discipline from content writing or editorial work. It starts from a question: what does this reader need to believe to take action, and in what order do those beliefs have to be established? The structure and language of the copy that results from that question is not arbitrary. It follows the readerâs decision-making process, not the sellerâs preferred sequence of information.
This studio specialises in copy where the outcome is measurable. Conversion rate, reply rate, trial activation rate, cart abandonment, return rate. I am interested in the copy that moves these numbers because it is the only feedback mechanism that reliably distinguishes good copy from good-looking copy. Six disciplines, all built around this principle. Fixed quotes, digital delivery from Puglia.