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A Guide to Writing Long-Form Copy
Long-form copy is just what it sounds like: a long form version of a standard article of piece of information. There’s this idea that adults don’t have the attention span to read, but they do.
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Long-form copy is just what it sounds like: a long form version of a standard article of piece of information. There’s this idea that adults don’t have the attention span to read, but they do.
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