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Beginner, intermediate, and advanced copywriters

Train yourself to write six & seven figure copy in the next 90 days

Join 4000+ students inside CopyHour — the world's simplest, fastest, and most effective copywriting training system.

Join 4000+ students

Ian Stanley

Before CopyHour I was living in a dumpy apartment trying to make ends meet. Since CopyHour, I've sold over $100mm worth of products and services with sales letters and email. CopyHour is the foundation that got me here.

Ian StanleySold over $100mm with copy

Dan Ferrari

My return on investment with CopyHour has been over 15,000x, starting from scratch. I know a lot of folks who have done CopyHour and also all gotten scary good in a short amount of time.

Dan FerrariSold over $100mm with copy

Ning Li

Before CopyHour I was on track to get a PhD in biology. With the help of CopyHour, I quit and became the copy chief for PaleoHacks, a multi-million dollar health business… making BANK, working when I want and where I want.

Ning LiSold over $50mm with copy

If you're a brand new copywriter, an experienced copywriter stuck in a rut, or an entrepreneur struggling to move your business to the next level... listen up.

There's one thing I guarantee will solve all your problems: the ability to recognize and write good sales copy.

If you can write a great sales message, you're set for life.

It's one of, if not the most, valuable skills on the planet — whether you're freelancing or writing for your own business.

There's nothing quite like having an idea on a Friday, writing a sales letter by Sunday, and seeing sales come in on Monday.

For more than a decade I've trained some of the world's best copywriters — people who have gone on to generate more than $100mm each with their copy for themselves and other businesses — and I can tell you confidently that learning to write six and seven figure sales letters is actually really easy.

I know that sounds ridiculous, but it's true for one simple reason: because good copy is extremely formulaic.

In fact, some of the most successful letters ever written are some of the most "boring". The reason they work so well is they just follow the same simple persuasion formulas.

If you "hard-wire" those same persuasive fundamentals into your head to the point that they're as natural to you as speaking, you can do the same.

Now, I obviously can't promise you any results.

But yes, it's that easy. I've seen it work again and again.

And I've been teaching it all these years with just three simple steps.

Don't be fooled by how simple this is. That's the point:

  1. Set aside 90 days

    In order for this method to work, you need to treat it like a part time job. You mark off time on the calendar, you don't skip days, and you don't do it just when you "feel like it". The reason this method works is because of the compounding effect of each day — putting your reps in day after day. So, no excuses. This isn't too much to ask, though. 90 days really isn't a lot of time to set aside to build one of the most valuable skills on the planet — and as you'll see in a moment, you only need to spend 1 hour per day.

  2. Start from scratch

    Here's a bit of tough love: if you're not already writing six and seven figure sales letters, you likely don't know as much about copy fundamentals as you think you do. So it's extremely important you drop any ego you may have, clear your brain entirely, and come in with a beginner's mind — open to learning the fundamentals of six and seven figure copy from scratch.

  3. Handwrite & study proven copy for 1 hour/day

    And here's the secret sauce: every day for 90 days, as you learn copy fundamentals, you should also set aside 1 hour to handwrite proven copy that demonstrates those fundamentals. Yes, hand copying... with paper and pen. This is where the magic happens — and where your brain actually "hard wires" the lesson you've learned.

    Then, new this round, you put it to work. You take the same section you just handwrote, have AI write it for your own product, and do the job that actually pays now: read the draft, see what's wrong with it, and write the note that gets a better one back. Every assignment includes my answer key so you can check your read against mine.

That's it. Really.

But I want to take a second to expand on that last step.

You know... the handwriting part.

If you've spent any time in copywriting circles, you've likely heard old head gurus say that the best way to get good at writing copy is to write out proven sales letters by hand.

I remember hearing that advice long ago and thinking it was a joke — "yeah right, no one actually does that."

But... turns out they actually do do that.

In fact many of the world's best copywriters started with it.

And after more than a decade teaching, I've personally never seen anything develop six and seven figure copywriters faster.

The reason it works is simple:

When you're studying copy fundamentals, handwriting a piece of copy that demonstrates those fundamentals forces you to slow down and allows your brain to actually hard wire how they're used in the real world.

Instead of just reading and immediately forgetting what you've read, you're actively programming muscle memory associated with those lessons into your head.

It's reinforcement.

So when you sit down to write your own copy, it just comes out naturally like a second language. And I've found one hour per day for about 90 days to be all you need to get this effect.

It programs your brain to think in winning copy.

Like I said, it's simple... but it works like nothing else.

And I've got over $1B+ in student results to prove it.

That's it — I've just given you the formula for training yourself to write six and seven figure copy in the next 90 days.

Focus on the fundamentals, handwrite proven copy that demonstrates them, then chief an AI draft of the same thing for your own offer.

Yes, it's absolutely this simple. I've got the results to prove it.

And there's nothing stopping you from going out and doing it yourself right now. Some of the most successful copywriters I've ever met got that way by doing exactly that.

But why not follow a proven plan?

One that has been proven to work for more than a decade?

And whose students have collectively generated more than $1B+ with their copy?

Whether you're a business owner, a struggling freelancer, or you're just getting started — as long as you can spare one hour per day over the next 90 days, I want to help you.

Introducing

CopyHour

Join 4000+ students inside CopyHour — the world's simplest, fastest, and most effective copywriting training system.

The CopyHour course
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CopyHour is a 90 day copywriting training system that takes you from wherever you are now — complete beginner, experienced copywriter, and everything in-between — and rapidly hard-wires the fundamental skills for writing six and seven figure copy into your head.

It's not easy, but nothing else delivers the results it does.

When you join, the way it works is very simple:

  1. Daily emails

    After you sign up, you'll begin receiving an email at 6pm (your local time) every night that contains one piece of curated, proven sales copy — and a lesson grounded in copy fundamentals about why that copy works so well.

  2. One hour handwriting

    The next day, you'll set a timer for one hour and write out that copy by hand. (My recommendation is to do it first thing in the morning.)

  3. Chief the draft

    After the handwriting, each assignment gives you a prompt to run against your own product. You get a draft back, you write your notes, you get a revision. Then you compare your notes to my answer key for that day. This is the part of copywriting that pays in 2026, and it's built into every assignment.

  4. Rinse and repeat for 90 days

    Then just keep doing it every day to hard-wire the rhythms and patterns of the copy into your head.

Don't be fooled by how simple this system is.

That's by design.

Over a decade of design, in fact.

The entire point of this system is to force you to not just put in the reps over 90 days, but put in the right reps, and give your brain no choice but to "hard-wire" the fundamentals of winning copy...

So when you sit down to write, you don't wonder what to say.

Persuasive copy comes out like a fluent language.

Yes, you'll get your ass kicked over these 90 days.

90 days straight of 1 hour handwriting sessions is draining.

But stick with it and you'll be rewarded with the fundamental tools and mental models to write six and seven figure letters yourself — either for your own business, or for others.

And I can prove it to you.

CopyHour students have generated more than $1B+ in sales for businesses in dozens of verticals.

CopyHour has trained some of today's best copywriters

Austin Lee

CopyHour was my on ramp into the world of direct response marketing. Derek's course blew open the doors to a world of unrestricted freedom, fun, and earnings. I've now written financial sales letters grossing in excess of $25 million, along with 60,000 names on the front end. When someone asks me the best way to learn copy, I always tell them CopyHour.

Austin LeeSold over $25mm with copy

Chris Orzechowski

I was a struggling school teacher and wrestling coach when I enrolled in CopyHour. It was at that moment that the trajectory of my life changed. I owe a lot to CopyHour.

Chris OrzechowskiSold over $100mm with copy

Sam Parr

I spent an hour every day for 6 months (called CopyHour) rewriting the best sales pages of all time. And it worked. I started a newsletter business (The Hustle) and sold it for tens of millions of dollars.

Sam ParrMy First Million podcast

What you get when you join

Five modules, delivered daily, for 90 days. Each module covers one essential fundamental of six and seven figure copy, along with daily pieces of curated copy that you will hand-write to hard wire the lessons.

Module 1

Research

Learn how to gather all the information you'll need to write sales copy. Updated for 2026 and the way AI is actually used now.

  • How to start a copywriting project from scratch (including exactly what to do if you don't have a product or service to write a sales letter or email sequence for right now).
  • How to apply the research process to different types of products (lead generation, books, courses, physical products, services, coaching, B2B, low-ticket, high-ticket, etc.).
  • How to research for email copy.
  • How to build a swipe file & use it ethically & responsibly.
  • How to use AI to come up with incredible ideas, learn customer pain points and save hours of time in the process.
  • What is a "Unique Mechanism" & how to find it (AI helps with this).
  • How to use "Market Sophistication" & "Awareness Levels" to speak directly to your customer's wants.
  • How to find find direct and indirect competitors and extract ideas from "holes" in their copy.
  • Why building a customer avatar slows you down & what to do instead.
Module 1: Research

Module 2

The Offer

The Offer is not just the product you're selling... it's how you describe that product's benefit to your prospect. Learn how to uncover all the necessary features and benefits (plus: write sales-generating bullets).

  • Win-in-Advance by making sure your Offer is "correct". If you get this wrong, no amount of clever copywriting will save you.
  • What exactly is a feature (including all the different kinds listed out)?
  • How do you determine the benefit of a feature?
  • How to cut to your customer's core by "dimensionalizing" your benefits.
  • What kinds of bonuses should you add to your Offer.
  • How do you pitch a bundle of products or a sale?
  • How to connect your mechanisms.
Module 2: The Offer

Module 3

Headlines & Leads

Learn how to start a sales letter with compelling headlines and hooks. Discover the 80/20 of sales copy — the "Lead".

  • What exactly is a Lead?
  • Pick from one of 8 different types of "leads" to start your sales message.
  • Lead checklist. Make sure each lead has these key components.
  • The "Seven Figure Sales Message Framework": All you need is these 4 sections to write a winner.
  • How to find modern gold in old headlines.
  • What's a Big Idea?
  • What's a Hook?
  • How to use a Big Idea, Hook, & Unique Mechanism in each different type of Lead.
  • The biggest mistake new copywriters make when it comes to opening sentences.
  • How to use the Neural Networks to capture attention right from the start.
Module 3: Headlines & Leads

Module 4

Sales Arguments

Learn how to write the "middle" or meat of a sales message.

  • What exactly is a Sales Argument?
  • Why are some Sales Arguments so long?
  • The difference between "pro-level", seven figure, copy and amateur-level copy is often simply the use (or lack of use) of 9 different types of proof.
  • How to quickly figure out the "myths" your prospects are clinging to (and the formulas to create "aha" moments).
  • How to write stories that both entertain and sell.
  • How to write a Creation Story and where to put it in your sales copy.
  • How to write transitions.
  • The difference between a claim and a promise.
Module 4: Sales Arguments

Module 5

The Close

Learn positioning, sales tactics, and how to get the sale.

  • The checklist of everything you need at the very end of a sales letter to knock prospects "off the fence" and get them to buy.
  • The simplest way to present the price and make the sale.
  • High-ticket vs lower-ticket positioning secrets.
  • How to sell but not sound cheesy.
  • How to write copy for bonuses.
  • What's a "Call to Action" and common mistakes to avoid when writing one.
  • What to include in an FAQ.
  • How to ethically use Scarcity.
Module 5: The Close

Plus extras to keep you on track

The Dropbox swipe file

Proven Sales Copy

The Infamous Dropbox Swipe File

It's "infamous" because it's HUGE and hasn't stopped growing.

Almost no copywriter writes from scratch.

Instead, nearly every piece of copy they write starts by looking at a swipe file... and, well, swiping its structure and theme.

When I say that the most successful copy is extremely formulaic, I'm not joking. Don't make this harder on yourself. It's NORMAL to use other copy to write your own copy.

When you join CopyHour, you get immediate access to my Dropbox swipe file of literally thousands of proven ads.

And this round it does double duty. Every ad in there is fuel for the chiefing step: you hand AI a proven structure from the file, it drafts your version for your product, you fix what's wrong. The draft is only as good as what you feed it. This is what you feed it.

This is something you'll hold onto your entire career.

Pro copywriter interviews

Candid Calls With Copywriters

Pro Copywriter Interviews

One of my favorite things to do is sit around a table and talk "shop" with other copywriters. Often I'll walk away from conversations like these with just one little nugget that puts some extra cash in my bank account.

I want to bring that same experience to you in podcast format. I've interviewed a whole lot of copywriters over the years including...

  • Ben Settle
  • Ian Stanley
  • Dan Ferrari
  • Ashley Ambirge
  • Justin Goff

Join CopyHour to unlock some fun convos and learn how the pros think about, and write, sales copy.

And exclusive bonuses

Sales copy breakdowns

Exclusive Bonus Videos

Sales Copy Breakdowns

In CopyHour, you're already getting 90 lessons on how to write six and seven figure copy.

In this bonus, I'll take you even deeper into the structure and persuasion principles behind some of the highest grossing sales letters and emails in history.

You'll learn...

  • Why the Offer worked.
  • The Big Idea, Hooks, and Mechanisms.
  • The Headline formula and Lead type in action.
  • How the Sales Argument flows.
  • And the components of the Close.

I'll then show you how to apply what you've learned to your own, modern, copy.

Value: $348 FREE - Included with CopyHour

Start your journey today

Enroll in CopyHour now and become a top 1% copywriter

30 day 100% guarantee
$997$197

One-time payment

  • 90 email assignments
  • 5 online training modules
  • NEW: AI chiefing step on every assignment, with my answer key
  • Research Guide (Updated for AI)
  • Dropbox swipe file
  • Pro copywriter interviews
  • BONUS: Sales copy breakdowns
Get it now

or pay in 2 monthly installments of $99

CopyHour has trained some of today's best copywriters

Jamie Lynch

7 months ago, when I started CopyHour, I'd made zero dollars with my copywriting. Now I've made $11k in 1 month.

Jamie LynchFreelance copywriter

Randall Pruitt

CopyHour got me started as a copywriter, and frankly I still do it to this day. If you're new, do it. If you're a veteran, it's still great practice. I couldn't recommend it any more highly.

Randall PruittFreelance copywriter

Rob Allen

After CopyHour, I started writing entire launch sequences for I Will Teach You To Be Rich. Then later, I was able to get a senior copywriting job at DrAxe.com — and after went on to work with dozens more brands (Agora, Jumpcut and others). I don't know what would have happened had I never got access to CopyHour.

Rob AllenFreelance copywriter

Learning to write six and seven figure copy is a superpower that will pay off for the rest of your life.

Real copywriting skills unlock doors you can't imagine.

First of all — you're always employable no matter the economy. Not just that, but since you're writing six and seven figure copy, you're also able to command huge paydays from business owners who are desperate for your skills.

Second of all, AI changed the job and the people getting paid are the ones who can run it. Anyone can get a draft now. Very few people can look at that draft and know what's wrong with it, and fewer still can write the note that fixes it. That's the divide, and after 90 days you'll be on the right side of it.

Third of all — copywriting is skill #1 for running your own business successfully. You don't depend on other people to make money — you have every skill you need to build something to seven figures and beyond.

Even if you've already got a career you love — being able to write great copy only enhances what you do.

This is literally the most valuable skill on the planet.

Learn it well, as in don't half-ass it...

And it will pay you massive dividends for a lifetime.

CopyHour is the fastest and most effective way to learn it. Thousands of students can testify. And it is the single most lucrative investment you will make for yourself this year.

I look forward to seeing you inside.

Frequently asked questions

How is the course delivered?

After you purchase CopyHour, you'll be set to start the course on the following Monday. We do this so you can start fresh on a weekday. Your first email assignment will show up on Sunday evening at around 6pm because I want you to read that email and ad or sales letter and then go to sleep. You wake up in the morning to complete the handwriting and any task that is assigned.

You'll get an email each evening for 90 days.

On top of the email assignments, you'll also get a login to an online portal with 5 modules of copywriting training. These modules supplement and support the email assignments.

Each assignment also links to the chiefing exercise and my answer key for that day.

Does this course matter if AI can write copy now?

Yes, and more than it used to.

AI writes first drafts now. I use it every day. What it can't do is tell you whether the draft is any good, and that's the whole game. A weak lead, a claim with no proof, an offer buried in paragraph six: the draft doesn't know. You have to.

That judgment comes from the same place it always did, which is having the fundamentals hard-wired. That's what the handwriting builds. This round, every assignment adds a second step where you take what you handwrote, have AI draft it for your own product, and practice reading and fixing it against my answer key.

So if your goal is to make money with copy in 2026, you need both halves. This is the only place I know of that trains them together.

What happens if I miss a day?

Listen, life gets in the way. We totally expect you to miss a day here and there in the 90 days. Just keep going forward if that happens — don't try to "make up" for it.

But for best results, I recommend setting up your "CopyHour ritual" to be first thing in the morning, every morning.

One hour immediately after waking up is surprisingly easy.

And it makes this process completely routine — a habit.

After 90 days, you'll be glad you built the habit.

What makes this course better than other copywriting courses?

CopyHour is the best ground zero (or complete reset) for your copywriting career because it's designed specifically to hard-wire the fundamentals in a way no other course does.

Most other copywriting courses are simply focused on giving you lessons that go in one ear and out the other...

But CopyHour is built around you doing exercises that reinforce those lessons — and make them muscle memory.

With that said, I always recommend investing in yourself as much as possible. I've bought lots of copywriting courses over the years. And so do the best copywriters and business owners I know.

So consider CopyHour the base you need — but never stop investing in yourself after that.

Do I have to handwrite the ads? Could I just type them out or even skip the handwriting portion altogether?

The entire reason this system works so well is because of the handwriting. Most courses are entirely passive — they teach you lessons that sound great, but then when you sit down to apply them, you have no idea what to actually do.

By learning a lesson and then specifically handwriting copy that reinforces that lesson, your brain is forced to slow down and actually build muscle memory that internalizes what you've learned.

If you skip the handwriting, your brain has no trigger to "hard-wire" those lessons and keep them around.

And if you replace the handwriting with something far more passive, like typing, the effect is gone as well.

Just trust the system for 90 days.

The results will blow you away, I promise.

The handwriting builds the taste. The chiefing step, which you'll type, is where you use it.

Is this course focused on "old" copy or do we study newer copy?

We study a mixture of the two. The older copy is strictly limited to letters that have generated hundreds of millions or more in revenue and are now considered "classics", where the fundamentals apply exactly the same as they do today. You'll walk out of CopyHour knowing how to write six and seven figure copy that converts today.

Is there any training on email copywriting?

Yes, we look at quite a bit of email copy. The idea of CopyHour is to give you a general foundation and to teach you the overall skill of copywriting. You can easily apply this foundational knowledge to any type of copy you might be writing -- including emails.

Does CopyHour show me how to get copywriting clients?

In my opinion, too many newbie copywriters put the cart before the horse. They're so worried about finding clients that they forget the best way to get clients in the first place is to be really freaking good at copywriting.

It sounds unbelievable... but if you're actually good you'll figure out a way to make yourself known to clients.

The focus of CopyHour is on learning the skill of copywriting, and embedding it deep into your brain, so you can write six and seven figure copy on demand.

My goal is to get you to the point where your copy is "good enough" to get work if you'd like, in 90 days.

In order to not distract from this mission... this particular course does not teach you how to get copywriting clients.

However, I do have an extremely reasonably priced one-time offer available after you purchase CopyHour that you'll want to checkout if you're looking for a system and support for getting clients.

Is there a money-back guarantee?

Absolutely — if CopyHour isn't right for you, ask for a refund any time within the first 30 days of purchase and you'll get your money back, no questions asked. This should be more than enough time to see how the course works and if it's right for you.

It's up to me to prove to you this course works — not the other way around. And I don't want you to feel stuck with it if you discover it's not what you were looking for.

I'm confident CopyHour will change your life, and I want you to feel safe seeing that for yourself.

I have more questions. Where can I ask them?

Send a message to my team at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you!

Change your life with CopyHour

John McIntyre

Since completing CopyHour, way back in 2012, my life has been a near fairy-tale ever since. Where many people get stuck in business, not knowing how to bring in sales when it really counts, I've been able to turn on the 'money tap' any time I like.

John McIntyreFreelance copywriter

Lindsay Sacks

I have made 400x my original investment.

Lindsay SacksEntrepreneur

Elyse Savaki

CopyHour is some of the absolute best money I've spent on copy training over the past 12 years. I recommend it all the time, and I still reference the originals today.

Elyse SavakiFreelance copywriter

Start your journey today

Enroll in CopyHour now and become a top 1% copywriter

30 day 100% guarantee
$997$197

One-time payment

  • 90 email assignments
  • 5 online training modules
  • NEW: AI chiefing step on every assignment, with my answer key
  • Research Guide (Updated for AI)
  • Dropbox swipe file
  • Pro copywriter interviews
  • BONUS: Sales copy breakdowns
Get it now

or pay in 2 monthly installments of $99

Hey, I'm Derek.

I originally created CopyHour completely by accident. More than a decade ago, a business I'd been building imploded — and my partner ran off with all the money (a story for another day).

So I was broke and needed a way to pay my bills fast.

I turned to freelance copywriting — but needed to level up my skills and I kept hearing that the best way to learn was "the handwriting exercise". It sounded weird, but I figured what the hell, let's give it a shot.

I recruited a tiny group of entrepreneurs to do it with me... and the results were unreal. I kept running those groups, the results got even crazier... and that is the CopyHour you know today.

Outside of CopyHour, I've spent the last 16 years writing copy and building businesses in a variety of verticals — from organic skin care, to helping Hollywood actors get gigs, to advanced yoga workshops, and more.

I'm looking forward to seeing you inside the course — and seeing how it can transform your life.

Derek JohansonCreator, CopyHour

Derek Johanson

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