Originally Posted by CYF

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Copywriting is the use of words to promote a person, business, opinion or idea. Although the word copy may be applied to any content intended for printing (as in the body of a newspaper article or book), the term copywriter is generally limited to promotional situations, regardless of the medium (as advertisements for print, television, radio or other media). The word copywriting is regularly used as a noun or gerund, and copywrite is sometimes used as a verb by professionals. The author of newspaper or magazine copy, for example, is generally called a reporter or writer or a copywriter.
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