Copywriting Services for Websites & Campaigns
Proof-Backed Copywriting Services
We'll reply with a written proposal: the work, what we need from you and an estimated timeline.
Nice words can't fix an unclear offer or a promise you can't back up.
Before we assume a rewrite is the answer, we look at how buyers decide, what your product really does, what customers say, the claims and proof you use, the space the copy has to fit, how it goes live and what can and can't be measured.
The copy answers an internal brief, not a buyer's decision
People inside the business argue over wording while nobody has pinned down who the reader is, their situation, what they believe now, what they need to understand, how much proof they need, what worries them and what they should do next.
The offer changes from one place to the next
Ads, web pages, product screens, sales decks and welcome emails speak to different audiences and use different terms, promises, prices or next steps, because there is no single agreed version of the message and the facts.
Claims go further than the proof
Benefits, comparisons, performance figures, certifications, testimonials and "buy now" urgency appear with no product-specific source, context, permission, conditions, end date or person allowed to approve them.
Customer words are copied without context
One memorable call, review or survey answer is treated as what all customers think, even when nobody knows which customer group it came from, when it was said, how it was picked, whether it's private or whether it still applies.
Versions break once they leave the document
Headlines, descriptions, copy blocks, personalized fields and translations get cut off, shuffled or shown next to the wrong proof, small print or call to action (the button or link asking people to act).
Results are claimed without knowing who saw the copy
Teams compare one date range with another, or trust a platform's label, without a fixed ID for each piece of copy, a known audience, a record of who saw it, the right base number, safety checks or a comparison group. Then the wording gets credit for everything that happened afterwards.
What our copywriting services cover.
Help buyers understand what you sell, believe the proof you can back up and take a sensible next step. Softscotch turns what your customers, sales team and product tell us into an approved set of key messages, plus sample copy for the website, product, campaign or sales pieces in your plan. Wider strategy, new research, design, website building, ad buying, translation, expert review and unlimited revisions are separate unless your proposal lists them.
The first eight cards describe the copywriting work itself. Your proposal picks the pieces of copy, fields, versions, markets, research, reviewers, putting copy live and upkeep. The last two cards are related services: content strategy and blog writing.
Brief on your buyer, your offer and the reader's decision
We define your audiences, their situations, what they believe now, what you want them to understand or do, the true facts of your product and offer, the business goal, the risks, how much proof is needed, the pieces of copy, who owns what, what we depend on and where copy is not the right fix.
Customer research and message map
We study approved interviews, calls, reviews, surveys, search terms, support tickets, sales notes and performance data, noting where each came from, privacy limits, whether it reflects most customers and how far it can be trusted.
Claims, proof and sources
We set which sources count most, build one agreed set of facts, map your messages and the objections they answer, keep a log linking each claim to its proof, record permission to use each piece of proof, and set word rules, conditions and who signs off.
Website, product and sales page copy
We write the home, service, feature, use-case, comparison, landing, online store, product, pricing and form pages in your plan, plus buttons, calls to action and in-app wording, all within the real space each page and layout allows.
Campaign, customer email and sales packs
We create ready-to-use copy for emails, ads, social posts, direct-response pieces, launches, follow-up email series and sales materials, with notes on each piece's job, length limits, which pieces can go together, which must always appear together and how to hand them over.
Final checks, easy reading, other languages and live checks
Before sign-off we check facts, claims, voice, how easy it is to read, headings and labels, usage rights, page titles and descriptions, links, text that gets cut off, how it looks on phones and computers, other languages, backup text and whether the live version matches the approved one.
Versions, rules and upkeep pack
We hand over IDs for each piece of copy and each version, what each test is meant to learn, revisions, sign-offs, who owns each field, version history, records of any AI use, reuse rights, what should trigger an update, how to undo a change, the limits of the reports and when to retire old copy.
Brand voice guide
We write down how your brand should sound, with examples of words and phrases to use and avoid, how formal to be and how the voice adapts for different readers, so anyone writing for you later stays consistent.
We link every sentence to a buyer decision and an approved source.
What customers say, your product facts, the proof behind each claim, layout rules, different versions, sign-offs and live use all stay connected. That way your copy stays clear, easy to defend and easy to update long after the document is handed over.
We understand the buyer's decision before we write
The audience, their situation, what they believe, how much proof they need, the next step and where copy won't help are agreed before anyone's favorite headline or formula becomes the answer.
Customer words keep their source
For interviews, calls, reviews and what we see people do, we keep the source, customer group, date, context, permissions and how they were chosen, and we keep what was said separate from what we think it means.
Every important claim has an owner
The exact wording, what it suggests, the proof, the product version, conditions, small print, disclosures, end date and your reviewer stay linked through every revision and every change that goes live.
Copy is written for the space it will live in
We test page sections, character limits, layouts on different screen sizes, fields that fill in automatically, combinations of copy pieces, other languages and backup text, instead of leaving a designer or channel team to fix problems later.
AI help has limits and is checked
Approved source material, data kept out, recorded prompt (the instructions given to AI) and model versions, tests, human reviewers, logs and a way to stop it all support the work. Smooth-sounding AI text is never treated as true.
What we learn keeps its limits
We record copy IDs, audiences, versions, go-live dates and the right measures, and we keep customer feedback, results credited to the copy and proof from controlled tests separate.
The skills behind research-led copy that is ready to publish.
These 36 factors run from researching your audience and offer, through key messages, writing for each channel, checking claims, easy reading for everyone, reusable copy blocks, adapting for other countries and checking AI-assisted writing, to rules for keeping copy up to date.
Tools help us organize proof and deliver copy. They don't decide what is true.
We choose interview, analytics, website editing, design, testing and AI tools to suit the agreed way of working. Naming a tool does not mean we are partners with it, that it makes copy automatically compliant, that it reliably persuades people or that we own a special AI model.
Seven checks show where copy loses meaning, proof or control.
Each check links the source proof, decisions, fields, versions, reviewers, tests and limits to a signed-off record that someone owns.
Check of the buyer's decision, your offer and where copy can't help
We pin down the audience, the decision they face, the business goal and the true product facts before deciding whether the wording is really the problem.
This check can say "don't rewrite yet" when the product, offer, proof, availability, landing page or delivery process is still unclear.
Check of customer research, sources and privacy
We test whether the customer words we use come from approved, relevant and varied enough sources.
What customers actually said and did stays separate from the copywriter's reading of it, and personal data is only used for the purpose and with the tools you approved.
Check of messages, facts, claims and proof
We settle the order of your messages and the proof behind each promise before using it across lots of copy.
A testimonial, small print or a smooth AI rewrite is never accepted in place of product-specific proof and a decision from someone allowed to make it.
Check of website, product, campaign and page section copy
We write and review copy in the field, layout, platform and order where a buyer will actually see it.
Copy ready for a channel names what else is needed to use it, and does not mean page building, automation, ad setup or ongoing improvement is included.
Check of easy reading, translation and publishing
We check whether the people you're aiming at can understand the message, and whether the approved words still work once they appear on the real page.
Reading scores and machine translation only help. What decides sign-off is whether a fair mix of real readers understand it, what local experts say and how it looks in place.
Check of copy structure, AI use and rules
We look at how copy is stored, created, reused, tested, approved and changed when there's a lot of it.
Automation may only suggest or assemble copy using approved facts, settings and permissions. It is always clear which person decides what goes live.
Check of versions, results and upkeep
We make it clear which copy is which, who saw it and how decisions will be made, before reading anything into performance or ordering more versions.
What you see in performance data can tell you where to look. Saying the copy caused a result needs a fair split of visitors, a record of who saw what, comparable measures and enough data.
From rewrites based on opinion to a copy system with clear rules.
Your copy sounds polished, but the offer, the proof and the live versions don't agree across teams and channels.
- Opinion becomes the briefWhat people inside the business prefer replaces an agreed reader decision, a clear sense of how much proof is needed and a rule for where copy can't help.
- Proof is just decorationTestimonials, numbers, logos and comparisons are used without context for the claim, permission to use them, an end date or a reviewer.
- Publishing changes the meaningPage sections, text that gets cut off, combinations, other languages and fields that fill in automatically break the approved document after handover.
The approved message system links audience decisions, true offer facts, proof, objections, voice, claims, fields and sample copy for each piece of copy in your plan.
- The decision guides the messageThe audience, their situation, the offer, the proof, their worries and the next step are all written down.
- Claims keep their sourceThe exact wording stays linked to the right proof, conditions, usage rights, end date and sign-off.
- Copy fits where it livesSample page sections, combinations, screen sizes, other languages and backup text pass final publishing checks.
Checking that live copy matches, plus what customers actually do, helps the right owner decide whether to keep, revise, reuse or retire copy as products, channels and proof change.
- Changes reach every related piece of copyUpdates to products, prices, proof, policies and terms go to every affected copy block, version and language.
- AI stays within the proofApproved source material, tests, reviewers, logs and a way to stop it control any AI-assisted writing.
- Results keep their limitsKnowing which copy ran and who saw it helps you learn, without treating a pattern in the numbers as a promise of more sales.
Copywriting changes with your buyer, product, proof and what's at stake.
Our method always starts from real proof. What changes by type of business is how long people take to buy, how complex the product is, the limits of each channel, the rules you must follow, the country and language, how much review is needed and what a good result looks like.
Ecommerce and retail
Write truthful product, category, offer, promotion, comparison, cart and customer email copy across large catalogs, without making up product details or letting automatically filled versions contradict each other.
Software companies (SaaS)
Explain complex products across home, feature, use-case, integration (connections with other tools), comparison, pricing, onboarding (getting new users started) and sales copy, while keeping claims about current and future features up to date.
Business-to-business (B2B) and professional services
Speak to buying groups, long research periods, value that's hard to see, expertise and the handover to sales, without lumping every person involved into one generic decision-maker.
Local and multi-location
Keep services, who qualifies, location details, availability, reviews, calls and booking wording accurate for each branch, without publishing near-identical local copy that could be swapped between towns.
Healthcare and wellness
Write patient and buyer messages that everyone can read, while keeping control of stated and implied health claims, proof, use of testimonials, risk, privacy and clinical review.
Finance, insurance and legal
Explain products, who qualifies, costs, risks, comparisons and next steps across regulated markets, without promising approval, investment returns, savings or results the proof can't support.
Education and training
Make the program, who qualifies, accreditation, outcomes, how it's taught, costs, dates and how to apply clear for learners, parents, employers and admissions teams.
Travel and hospitality
Keep wording about destinations, properties, prices, what's included, availability, cancellation and seasons correct across channels, markets and every booking step.
Marketplaces and directories
Write separate messages about value, trust, listings, matching, fees, safety and disputes for each side of the marketplace, without suggesting results the platform can't make sure of.
Publishers, creators and media companies
Balance messages about subscriptions, memberships, advertising, sponsorships, newsletters, events and creators, while keeping disclosures, usage rights and your audience's trust intact.
Apps and digital products
Link app store listings, ads that bring in users, onboarding, permission requests, empty screens, error messages, upgrades, keeping users and support wording to what the product really does at each step.
Large and global organizations
Manage products, brands, business units, regions, website editor fields, agencies, claims, terms, translation and sign-offs, without making every change wait in one central queue.
We deliver the copy system in your plan. Your team stays in charge of product facts and decides what goes live.
The three columns split out our research and writing, the design and channel work we coordinate with others, and the business, legal, privacy, usage rights and product decisions that stay with you.
The research, message planning and finished copy that are listed in your proposal.
- Write down the buyer's decision, your offer, the pieces of copy, what we depend on and where copy won't help
- Research approved customer, sales, support, product, market and performance information
- Set up the messages, facts, claims, proof, voice, word rules and answers to objections
- Write the website, product, landing page, campaign, sales and interface copy in your plan
- Check facts, claims, usage rights, accessibility, page sections, other languages and publishing
- Deliver approved fields, versions, version history, handover notes, upkeep rules and a final list of next steps
The design, platform, channel and expert work that decides whether copy can be used safely.
- Work with your product, sales, support, customer, analytics and subject-matter experts
- Work with your brand, design system, user experience, development, website editor, product information system and translation owners
- Line up with content strategy, blog writing, content SEO, CRO (improving pages so more visitors act), email and paid ads work
- Arrange legal, medical, financial, regulatory, accessibility, privacy and usage-rights review
- Work within platform character limits, combination rules, product feed fields, personalization and backup text rules
- Organize test versions of the site, going live, handover for testing, checks for outdated copy, revisions and retiring old copy
Your organization keeps the final say on product facts, proof, usage rights and what goes live.
- Approve audiences, product and service facts, offers, prices, availability and how orders are delivered
- Give us approved access to research, customer permissions, experts, source material and the people who run your systems
- Approve factual and implied claims, the proof behind them, conditions, disclosures and end dates
- Approve testimonials, endorsements, logos, quotes, data, images and the rights to reuse them
- Approve legal, privacy, regulated-industry, language, product and go-live decisions
- Keep final control of your accounts, data, platforms, spend, source files and published copy
Copy stays useful when the proof, the fields and the places customers see it stay connected.
The system links buyer research, the facts of your offer, the order of your messages, claims, proof, voice, reusable blocks, other languages, versions, going live, measurement and upkeep.
Copywriting Services
The audience, their situation, what they believe now, what you want them to understand or do, how much proof they need, the value, the risk and where copy won't help.
Approved interviews, calls, reviews, surveys, search terms, support tickets, sales notes and performance data, with privacy protections.
Products, services, features, how they work, audiences, prices, units, availability, limits, sources and who owns each fact.
Positioning, message order, objections, voice, word rules, direct answers, proof and calls to action.
Stated and implied claims, proof, conditions, disclosures, testimonials, permissions, end dates and named reviewers.
Website, product, landing page, email, ad, social, sales and interface fields, sequences, limits and combinations.
Reusable blocks, fixed IDs, personalization rules, backup text, other languages, adapting for each country and tracing copy to its source.
Approved source material, prompts, AI models, tests, reviewers, versions, logs, live checks, undo and a way to stop it.
Whether people understand it, who saw it, what they did, limits on proving cause, outdated copy, upkeep, reuse and when to retire it.
The connected growth engine
Decisions about your overall content, audiences, the job of each page, channels and budget show where copy should exist and when another piece of copy isn't needed.
Article writing and search programs use the approved messages and facts, but keep separate ownership of search terms, editorial choices and the overall content plan.
Visual order, page parts and how people interact give copy its real setting, and show the limits on fields, accessibility and different screen sizes.
Page building, measurement and controlled tests use clearly labeled copy versions, without the writer claiming the copy caused a lift in results.
Channel teams own the audience, setup, sending, spend and ongoing improvement, while using the approved role for each piece of copy, its limits, pairings and landing pages.
Your business systems and approved reviewers stay in charge of current facts, claims, permissions, languages, personalization data, go-live and results.
One connected scope. Copywriting Services is coordinated with the strategy, creative, experience, data and reporting it depends on, so responsibilities and handoffs stay visible in one written plan.
A brief backed by real sources first, then sample copy your team can approve.
The brief and a map of the proof are usually prepared in days 1 to 5, the key messages are approved in week 1 and sample copy arrives in weeks 1 to 2, as long as the proof and reviewers are ready. More pieces of copy, new research, legal or regulated review, translation or putting copy live adds time.
Copywriting, from brief to going live
Decision and scope brief
Confirm audiences, their situations, the decisions you want them to make, the business goal, the pieces of copy, channels, markets, reviewers, what we depend on and where copy won't help.
KPI BriefCustomer and team research
Review approved interviews, calls, reviews, surveys, support tickets, sales notes and product information, following the agreed privacy rules and plan for choosing what to look at.
KPI ResearchKey messages and voice
Approve positioning, message order, objections, direct answers, word rules, voice, examples, limits and calls to action for each audience.
KPI Message mapCampaign and sales copy
Write the emails, ads, social posts, launch pieces, follow-up series, one-page summaries, decks or scripts in your plan, with each piece's job, limits, versions and handover notes.
KPI Copy packPublishing and live checks
Compare the approved fields with the design, website editor, phone and computer layouts, automatically filled fields, channels and sample live pages, and fix text that gets cut off or is paired wrongly.
KPI Go-live sign-offRules and upkeep
Hand over sources, copy blocks, versions, decisions, records of AI use, what triggers an update, response times, reuse rights, how to undo changes and who decides when to retire copy.
KPI HandoverOur full growth plan (all services together), month by month
Foundation and review
We review your whole website, where you rank and your competitors, agree how the site should be organized, and set up hosting, analytics (visitor tracking) and your GoHighLevel lead system. The first agreed pages start going live.
KPI pages liveBuild and launch
The site is built or rebuilt. Main, service and industry pages go live with on-page SEO, website labels and technical fixes. Your Google Business Profile is improved and lead follow-up automations are switched on.
KPI pages in GoogleEarly rankings, paid ads start
More pages built from templates (programmatic pages) start going live, paid ads and email follow-ups are switched on for early leads, and Google adds your pages to its results as the first rankings usually appear.
KPI search terms rankingMomentum builds
Rankings often start climbing, visits from free search begin to rise, ad spending is tuned to the return it brings (ROAS, return on ad spend), and groups of related articles and links from other sites build your reputation with Google.
KPI visits from searchResults start to show
Main search terms can move closer to page one, the first leads from free search often arrive, AI tools may begin to mention you, and testing improvements to your pages (CRO, conversion rate optimization) helps more visitors get in touch.
KPI leads from searchGrowth builds on itself
Pages that are working are protected and improved, template pages bring in visitors searching for very specific terms, and SEO, ads, email and automation work together to bring steadier leads and sales. Timing varies by market and competition, and no ranking is guaranteed.
KPI leads and salesGood copywriting is a system of proof and sign-off, not just rearranging words.
The difference shows in buyer research, knowing where each claim comes from, fitting the layout, tracking each version, easy reading for everyone, adapting for other countries, keeping AI in check, checking the live page and being honest about what results mean.
- Starts with what people inside the business like, or a favorite copywriting formula
- Treats one interview or review quote as what all your customers think
- Writes claims first and asks for proof after they're approved
- Uses testimonials, logos and comparisons without recording permission or context
- Delivers channel copy as plain text, with no rules for fields, length or combinations
- Treats a reading score, Google Ads' Ad Strength rating or an AI score as proof of quality
- Translates a document with no rules for each country, page layout or backup text
- Uses AI writing tools without approved sources, tests or limits on what data they can see
- Calls a before-and-after date comparison or a platform label an A/B test result (a fair test that splits visitors between two versions)
- Leaves source files, versions, updates and retiring copy to whoever happens to find the document
- Agrees the reader's decision, the offer, how much proof is needed and where copy won't help, first
- Keeps the source, customer group, date, privacy, how it was chosen and how far it can be trusted
- Links stated and implied claims to the right proof, conditions and named reviewer
- Tracks real proof, permissions, disclosures, where it's used, end dates and removal
- Supplies fixed field and version IDs, limits, copy that must go together and backup text
- Uses checks that people understand, publishing checks and the right results data, with clear limits
- Manages a word list, adapting copy for each country, reading direction, claims allowed in each market, local review and backup text
- Keeps AI within approved sources, versions, tests, human review, logs and a way to stop it
- Gives CRO or channel teams clear versions, how many people need to see them and honest notes on what can be proved
- Hands over where every fact came from, the files you own, versions, response times and who owns each piece going forward
Results from Softscotch client work.
These totals come from work for Softscotch clients across search, paid ads, websites and lead generation, as published on softscotch.com. Past results don't guarantee future results.
All six Softscotch client stories.
Every Quick Story currently published on Softscotch.com, covering education, ecommerce, healthcare and SaaS. Stock photography represents each client industry; the figures are reported historical results and do not guarantee future performance.
Education Ads + local SEO
183% more leads for an education consultancy
An education consulting business in India needed to build its digital presence and lead flow from scratch.
- Built a new WordPress website
- Used Quora ads to grow daily lead volume
- Added Local SEO and community engagement
Home solutions Shopify + SEO
Home-solutions ecommerce growth
A home-solutions business was dependent on business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces, losing sales and recovering from a Google penalty.
- Resolved the Google penalty
- Revamped the website and online store
- Improved organic visibility and Amazon campaign performance
Health consultant $20/day
Five booked calls a day for a health consultant
A Houston lactation consultant needed to recover a malware-damaged website and rebuild local patient acquisition.
- Rebuilt the hacked site and migrated it to secure hosting
- Ran targeted Facebook and Google campaigns
- Reached top-three local Google positions
Ecommerce 10 months
315% organic growth for an ecommerce site
Softscotch reports a 315% increase in ecommerce organic traffic over 10 months through focused on-page SEO.
- Optimized product and collection pages
- Improved the links between pages and the page addresses (URLs)
- Made the site easier for Google to explore and better matched to what people search for
SaaS platform Cold outreach
9% close rate for a transcription SaaS
A transcription platform needed a qualified prospect list and a reliable email-sending setup for outreach we managed.
- Built a comprehensive prospecting list
- Managed the cold outreach campaigns
- Set up reliable email-sending servers (SMTP)
Healthcare 6 months
182% organic growth for a healthcare clinic
A clinic in a competitive location needed to build organic search visibility from the ground up.
- Built the clinic's foundation for unpaid (organic) Google search
- Combined on-page and off-page SEO
- Reached top-five positions in Google Search
Teams that stopped leaving clicks on the table.
"The Softscotch team has been a solid partner as our business evolved over the last five years. Unlike most agencies, they have never charged us for work that falls outside the agreement. That is what sets them apart."
"Without their knowledge, we would be in a very different place than we are now. Whenever they find something that can be improved, they implement it quickly. I could not be happier with their performance and response time."
"Softscotch goes above and beyond the scope. The time, effort and dedication they put in is like having your own in-house marketing team. They are not just another marketing company."
"We are extremely happy with Softscotch, such an attentive team. No project is too small, and they give their 100%. We are extremely satisfied with their work."
"Softscotch is a great team to work with: transparent, reliable and genuinely invested in the growth of your company. They are good partners to have by your side."
"The Softscotch team has been a solid partner as our business evolved over the last five years. Unlike most agencies, they have never charged us for work that falls outside the agreement. That is what sets them apart."
"Without their knowledge, we would be in a very different place than we are now. Whenever they find something that can be improved, they implement it quickly. I could not be happier with their performance and response time."
"Softscotch goes above and beyond the scope. The time, effort and dedication they put in is like having your own in-house marketing team. They are not just another marketing company."
"We are extremely happy with Softscotch, such an attentive team. No project is too small, and they give their 100%. We are extremely satisfied with their work."
You'll always know exactly what we changed.
Plenty of agencies go quiet after the audit and you never quite know what you're paying for. We do the opposite. You get a live view of every change and what it moved, in plain language you can act on.
Live client dashboard
Every change, score and ranking in one place you can open any time, not a monthly PDF you wait around for.
Ready for your review
Weekly video summary
A short screen-recorded video (Loom) each week walking you through exactly what shipped and what it moved, so nothing is a mystery.
Before
After
Before/after score per page
See the exact lift on every page we touch, not a vague "it's improving" you have to take on faith.
Approved page updates are live.
Product details need a review.
Confirm the next priority pages.
Plain-English reporting
Clicks, rankings and revenue, explained in words you can act on, instead of a wall of charts about how often you were seen (impression charts.
Reports on demand
Ask for any cut of the data whenever you need it and get it, no waiting for the end of the month.
- ✓Proposed
Softscotch prepares the change.
- ✓Approved
Your team gives the go-ahead.
- ✓Published
Checked live and recorded.
Ethical, transparent, always on
One accountable team, strictly white-hat (only methods search engines and platforms allow), no shortcuts and no surprises. Support whenever you need it.
One Softscotch plan gives you access to the full service stack, coordinated around your priorities.
You do not need a separate agency or retainer for every channel. Your plan can draw from search, paid media, web, ecommerce, outreach, automation, lead generation, messaging, content, creative and operations. The agreed scope sets what is active, in what order and at what capacity.
One price for everything, not a stack of separate retainers.
You get one price for your whole marketing, not a separate retainer for every service. SEO, paid ads, your website, automations, cold email and newsletters, we run all of it as a single scope, so you get the most result for what you pay. Agencies sell each of these on its own, so the invoice climbs whether or not that line drives a single lead.
A different agency or retainer for each service. The bill stacks up fast, and keeps climbing whether or not each one moves a single lead.
Plus the one-off build, and a fresh contract, kickoff and onboarding delay for every new service you add.
We run your whole marketing as one engagement, so you get the most result for what you pay, not a pile of disconnected invoices.
- SEO: technical, on-page, content, local and AI search
- Template-built pages (programmatic SEO), links from other websites (backlinks) and authority
- CRO and landing pages
- Paid ads across Google and Meta
- Automations, cold email and newsletters
- WordPress build, setup and ongoing care
- One team, one roadmap and one point of contact
- Reporting tied to qualified leads and revenue
Priced to your site after the audit. No sticker price, and no per-service creep.
What to know before you hire a copywriter.
These answers cover what's included, research, customer interviews, what you get, SEO (showing up in Google search), AI, claims, proof, regulated industries, product copy, other languages, putting copy live, revisions, testing, timing, pricing, who owns the work and guarantees.
What's included in your copywriting services?
Your plan can include research into your buyers and offer, analysis of what customers say, key messages and answers to objections, control of sources and claims, voice and word rules, website, service, product, landing page, email, ad, sales and interface copy, versions, accessibility, translation and adapting for other countries, publishing checks, handover and upkeep. Your proposal names every piece of copy, field, market, research source, reviewer, revision round and who is responsible for putting copy live.
What access and input do you need from us?
We usually need your current pages and campaigns, product or service documents, offers and prices, sales and support information, approved customer research, analytics, brand guidelines, your website editor or design page parts, legal and policy rules, reviewers and the actions you want people to take. Your team approves product facts, permissions, claims, usage rights, regulated wording and what goes live.
How is copywriting different from content strategy or blog writing?
Copywriting focuses on the messages buyers see and the actions you want them to take on your website, product, campaigns, sales materials and in-app screens. Content strategy decides your overall content, audiences, the job of each page, formats and budget. Blog writing covers regular article research and writing. We coordinate all three but keep the search terms each one targets and what each one delivers separate.
Do you interview customers and review sales calls?
Yes, when access, permissions, privacy rules and time for research are part of your plan. We set the questions and who to talk to, study interviews, sales or support calls, reviews, surveys and other proof, keep track of the source and customer group and point out the limits of how people were chosen. A striking quote isn't treated as what most customers think just because it sounds persuasive.
What if we don't have any customer research yet?
We can start with product, sales, support, review, search, competitor and customer behavior information, and suggest interviews or tests where they would change the message. If the offer or the proof can't be pinned down, the right result may be a research plan or a decision that copy isn't the fix, rather than confident copy built on guesses.
Can one project cover website, landing page, product, email and ad copy?
Yes, as long as the pieces of copy, audiences, channels, fields and amount of review are named. The key messages can stay shared while each piece follows its own setting, character limits, combinations and next step. Design and building, campaign setup, automation, ad buying and ongoing improvement stay separate unless they're included.
Do you write copy for SEO, AEO or AI search?
We can write clear page titles, headings, direct answers, clear names of things, proof, examples, limits, links and page descriptions, following an approved search brief. Keyword plans, technical SEO, schema (hidden labels that describe your page to search engines), testing how AI tools find your pages and measuring AI visibility belong to our content SEO, AEO (answer engine optimization: getting your answers picked up by AI and answer boxes), GEO (generative engine optimization) or AI search visibility services, unless added to your plan. No format can guarantee rankings, featured snippets or mentions in AI answers.
Do you use AI to write copy?
AI may help organize research, suggest variations, rewrite or fill in fields in a controlled way, once we have agreed the approved sources, data kept out, prompt and model versions, output format, tests and human reviewers. We don't publish unchecked bulk AI output, and we don't treat search results or automatic scores as proof that copy is true, allowed to be used, compliant, on-brand or persuasive.
Can you write product descriptions for a large catalog?
Yes, when product details, source systems, fields, product options, claims, languages, exceptions and checks are reliable. Where relevant, we can prepare structured product copy and fill in current Google Merchant Center fields, such as the ones used to mark text written with AI and the newer optional question-and-answer style fields. Connecting to your product information system, AI catalog enrichment, building your Merchant Center product feed and fixing feed errors stay separate services unless included.
How do you handle claims, testimonials and regulated industries?
We link stated and implied claims to the right product-specific proof, conditions, small print, disclosures, usage rights, dates and approved reviewers. A testimonial is not a substitute for real proof. Your legal, medical, financial, regulatory and product owners make the final decisions. Softscotch does not give legal advice or make up supporting proof.
Can you match our brand voice, or create one?
Yes. We review approved examples of what to do and what not to do, set lasting voice traits, when the tone should shift, word rules, how to handle abbreviations and phrases that are too vague, and test the rules across sample copy. A voice guide can't make an unsupported claim safe. If your wider brand direction isn't settled, brand identity is a separate project.
Do you handle translation and adapting copy for other countries?
Yes, when the original language, markets, word list, terms that must not be translated, claims, units, dates, reading direction, page sections, backup text and local reviewers are named. We adapt the message to the local product and culture, and test that updates reach every language. Smooth machine translation is not accepted without the right local and expert review.
Will you put the copy into Figma, our website editor or our ad platform?
Your proposal states how we hand over the copy and who puts it live. We can deliver organized documents, maps of page sections or fields, copy ready to drop into Figma (a design tool), website editor fields or channel copy sheets, and we can add it to approved systems if that's included. Development, design, automation, campaign setup and platform access are not assumed to be part of a copywriting fee.
How many revisions are included, and what counts as approval?
Revision rounds, the people involved, response times and what counts as "done" are written into your proposal. Approval should cover the brief, product and offer facts, claims and proof, message direction, final fields, versions and the published result. A change to the product, offer, audience or regulations is a change of scope, not a small cosmetic revision.
Can you A/B test the copy?
We can create a current version and new versions with copy IDs, one changed message element, what we expect to happen, the audience, how many people need to see it, the main measure, safety measures and risks. Unless included, CRO or channel specialists handle measurement, splitting visitors, deciding how much traffic is needed, running the test and judging whether the copy caused the result. A simple before-and-after comparison is not an A/B test.
Can you guarantee more sales, higher rankings or more revenue?
No. Whether the product suits the buyer, the offer, price, traffic, audience, design, page speed, trust, how it is put live, measurement, sales, delivery and the market all affect results. We commit to the agreed research, proof, writing, controls, sign-off and reporting, and we avoid made-up results or promises we can't back up about sales, rankings or mentions in AI answers.
How long does a copywriting project take?
Expect the brief and a map of the proof in days 1 to 5, approval of the key messages in week 1 and sample copy in weeks 1 to 2, as long as the proof and reviewers are ready. More pieces of copy, new research, regulated-industry review, translation or putting copy live will add time.
How is copywriting priced, and who owns the work?
Pricing depends on the audiences, research, interviews, how complex the product is, claims, pieces of copy, fields, versions, channels, languages, how much review is needed, putting copy live, testing and upkeep, not just word count. Your proposal states fees, outside costs, revisions, usage rights and reuse. Your own sources and accounts and the agreed final copy are handed over with version history and named owners.