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In a previous post I included a video clip from copywriting giant John Carlton. Although this wasn’t the main point from the video, something he mentioned is highly relevant to copywriters. That is, the need to have a large vocabulary at your disposal. And it has to be made up of the right kind of [...]
“Celebrity Beauty Secrets” They can take their pick but what do celebrities really have in their make-up bags? The above was the headline and the “teaser” for an article in today’s UK “Daily Telegraph”. Now, dear reader, you might wonder why I am so interested in celebrity beauty secrets! While I might have some “Metrosexual” [...]
OK, bit of an experiment today. Having been looking into exactly what the WordPress blogging platform can do, I am pretty impressed. Even for a non-technical person like me, it’s easy to add video from places like YouTube. Here’s something from John Carlton on the basics of a sales message. It includes a very good [...]
Have I mentioned I’m a big movie fan? Very excited about a couple of upcoming new movies. The new “Indiana Jones” episode and the “Iron Man” movie (yup, I’m a big comic book fan too!). Interesting, of course, to observe the build up to a big movie release. Marketing lessons there for product launches and [...]
Came across a great blog post today from Mark Widawer. The kind of post that made me think “Gee, I wish I’d written that!” Anyway, it’s titled “Bad Advertising – Ford Needs To ‘Learn One’” and it’s all about the latest strategic marketing campaign just announced by the Ford Motor Company in North America (I hope for [...]
I noted in a previous post the anniversary of the death of legendary copywriter Gary Halbert. Gary was widely regarded as one of the best copywriters in the world and I’d certainly regard him as one of the 3 “Giants” of the Direct Response Marketing world in the second half of the 20th century (the [...]
Had to smile when this article (“Advertisers: Men Are Not Idiots“) from Advertising Age came to my attention… Bashing Fathers and Husbands Isn’t the Right Way for Marketers to Sell Products The way the advertising industry portrays men has drawn increasing scrutiny in both the trade press and the mainstream media. Defenders of the status [...]
“Every battle is won, before it is fought.” (From “The Art Of War” by Sun Tzu) I talked in a previous post about the dangers of complacency and underestimating the difficulty of a marketing project. Pete Godfrey, in his latest “Emotional Ad Writing And Marketing Letter” mentions the case of a pair of marketers who [...]
Master copywriter John Carlton is holding a workshop this coming May 2-4. What’s interesting is the way he and his business partner Stan Dahl have chosen to market the event. They’ve decided to auction off the 20 available places on eBay. They are using a “Dutch Auction” process. How this works is that if you [...]
Just received an email from Bond Halbert, son of the late, great Gary Halbert. It’s a year since Gary passed away. Can’t believe it. Cliche, I know, but it really is amazing how quickly time passes. Another sign of advancing years, I guess! Anyway, to mark the occasion, there’s a new article up at the [...]
Had to go into the city today for an adjustment at my chiropractor. On the way back I had to pop into a supermarket to pick up some groceries (ah…the exciting life of a freelance copywriter). Because it was lunchtime, there was a huge queue and I ended up having to wait about 10 minutes to [...]
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