because

When a stranger asked people waiting in a copy shop if he could go before them "because I have to copy something" no-one answered "well, duh, it's a copy shop!" but instead let the man go first.

Without the "because" clause? Not so.

"Because" signifies such a strong causal, rational relationship that even when the logic is far gone, our minds go like "well ... that made sorta sense, doesn't it?"

"... Because You Deserve It"

Handing reasons to a prospect on why to buy something is not easy, especially not in copy.

Because offers a natural way to play it broad. To tell the story. Which is interesting because...

"... Because You Can Hear The Difference"

Compare:

  • "People care"
  • "Because people care"

     

  • "Money matters"
  • "Because money matters"

     

  • "Google knows search"
  • "Because Google knows search"

The statements with a because in it seem to matter more. They imply some sort of added value.

They form the end of a story.

Things have been brought to their logical conclusion.

Because words matter.

(If you liked this you might enjoy How To Write So It Matters )

About the Author: Ruud Hein

I love helping to make web sites make it. From the ground up if needed. CSS challenges, server-side scripting, user and device friendly JavaScript tricks search engines have no problems with. Tracking how the sites perform and then figuring out how to make that performance and the tracking better. I'm passionate about information. No matter how often I trim my feeds in my feed readers (yes, I use more than one), I always have a couple of hundred in there covering topics ranging from design to usability, from SEO to SEM, from life hacks to productivity blogs, from.... Well, you get the idea, I guess. Knowledge and information management is close to my heart. Has to be with the amount of information I track. My "trusted system" is usually in flux but always at hand and fully searchable. My paid passion job at Search Engine People sees me applying my passions and knowledge to a wide array of problems, ones I usually experience as challenges. It's good to have you here: pleased to meet you!