What are the main differences between a content writer and a copywriter?

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June 19, 2016, 11:10 am

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What are the main differences between a content writer and a copywriter?

They both have the word writer within them, but the terms mean different things. First of all a content writer is a writer who writes pages for websites. Basically you need to add as many keywords as possible for SEO purposes, while also ensuring that it is readable and as interesting as can be. The word counts are longer.

Copywriters are more concerned about the promotional aspect of the content. The briefer and more catchy it is the better, although it is not about a few sentences either. You basically try to sell something with copywriting, whereas with content writing it is more about explanatory elements.

Having said that they complement one another in my opinion? What do you think?

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anwebservices

anwebservices

Interesting subject. I actually never thought about it's differences. It's similar as we discussed about differences between programmers and coders just days ago, but now it makes more sense to me that there is difference, after reading your discussion.

8 years ago

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maruco

maruco

in my country some people use copywriter to be contributor on their site, translator english article to native language.

and content writer is special for SEO optimization i think...

8 years ago

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overcast

overcast

Copywriter does the job of writing the copy that makes people want to buy things. In case of the writers, you may find that they have general content writing experience. And they may not have much experience with the content headlines. And this is where the copywriter comes in. They focus on the clickbait type of the content. And that's how it converts there as well.

7 years ago

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Corzhens

Corzhens

From what I understand, a copywriter is a text artist. That means the writer is writing something to appear as graphical in description. You need to be that creative as a copywriter for most of what you write are products or services. A content writer is someone who can write with good grammar and sentence construction and has the skill to write with a good flow that is not only understandable to the reader but interesting as well. That’s my description of a copywriter against an ordinary content writer.

6 years ago

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Kakashi2020

Kakashi2020

Content Writers write articles and Blogs while Copywriters write adverts, snippets and product descriptions for advertising and marketing purposes.

6 years ago

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Murphy123

Murphy123

Oh really,is this the real difference between the both terms?I did not know before even I have been writing successfully for Edubirdie for so long.I would like to share this information with my collegues as well.

5 years ago

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DenialSom

DenialSom

I think that the main difference between them is that the copywriter works most often with commercial text. For example, you need content on your website that will explain what the company does, generate leads, and sell your services. An ordinary author can't make a commercially correct text,but a copywriter can. You can learn more about our copywriter services here.

4 years ago

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