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The Home Run Formula to Better Copywriting with Kaleigh Moore

When we recorded this, Kaleigh Moore was writing eCommerce for Forbes, Shopify, Vogue Business and Adweek. She's since moved on to a harder problem — getting content retrieved by AI answer engines — which turns out to rest on the same thing this episode is about: deciding what's good enough to publish.

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What’s in this one

We’d been following Kaleigh for years before this recording — she’s consistently early on eCommerce trends and treated as a mentor in DTC circles on what makes copy work. Bylines in Forbes, Shopify, Vogue Business and Adweek, plus 75+ articles that ranked #1 for the keyword the client asked for.

This one is about craft, not tactics. Why copy carries more of the acquisition load than most brands admit, how to build a writing practice that compounds, and the PAS formula — Pain, Agitate, Solve — applied to selling.

What you’ll take away

1A writing practice that compounds — reps in styles that aren't yours, and reading as the shortest path to writing better.
2PAS — Pain, Agitate, Solve — a structure you can run on a product page, a landing page, or an email without starting from a blank screen.
3Where psychology and emotion actually do the persuading — and how to tease them without tipping into manipulation.

Chapters

TIME → TOPIC
03:04Why copywriting carries more of the acquisition load in eCommerce
07:08Building a writing practice: trying styles that aren't yours
11:35Reading more as the shortest path to writing better
15:18Psychology and emotion, and why they do the persuading
17:55The PAS formula — Pain, Agitate, Solve
21:20Strategic ways to cultivate self-growth as a writer
24:20The advantage of being early with campaigns
25:21Making the most of your eCommerce experience
25:58Influencers showing products in real life

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