Archive for November, 2010

Do You Know These 3 Secrets Of A Copywriting Giant?

First up, a “Happy Thanksgiving” to everyone in the USA! Now, possibly the world’s greatest living copywriter is the legendary Gary Bencivenga. And over at “The Total Package” Gary has just guested with a post titled… “The 3 Greatest Copywriting Lessons I Ever Learned” So what are the 3 lessons? Here in Gary’s own words, [...]

Embarrassed By The Ugly State Of Your Keyboard?

It’s an occupational hazard of using a computer… …over time your keyboard is likely to get a little…messy. And because keyboards can be fiddly things (all those moving keys and little nooks and crannies)… …they can be difficult to clean properly. I’ve certainly found it a problem… …so I was very interested when my good [...]

Brain Boosters For Copywriters…

…and marketers…in fact, pretty much anyone! Let’s face it, copywriting and creating effective direct response marketing campaigns can be mentally gruelling at times. So, I was most interested in a recent article in the Australian edition of “Men’s Health” with the title… “Choosing Sides – Harness the hidden power of your brain’s separate hemispheres to [...]

Marketing And Copywriting With The Beatles

You’ve probably noticed that The Beatles are back in the news… …with the announcement last week that their catalogue of songs is now available through iTunes. As you might expect, there’s been enormous interest and The Beatles currently dominate the iTunes charts. So, how does this help you as a marketer or copywriter? Well, as [...]

The Social Media Marketing Delusion…

Couple of excellent cartoons from Tom Fishburne that make very pertinent points about the use of social media in marketing… and…

Use And Abuse Of THIS Famous Headline

Recently invested in “The Secrets Of Emotional, HOT-Button Copywriting” by Denny Hatch. Highly recommended by copywriting giants such as Drayton Bird and David Garfinkel and so far I can only agree with them. Now, in the introduction, Denny revisits the famous headline written by Maxwell Sackheim for the Sherwin Cody School Of English… “Do You [...]

Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar December 2010

Christmas and New Year are clearly the big events in December for marketers to focus on. In Australia we also have the official first day of summer (December 1st) and the end of the school year. Elsewhere, there is the usual selection of more “off-beat” holidays listed over at www.BlueMountain.com including… 14 December – DNA [...]

Another Reason Why Marketing Promotions Linked To Events Succeed

This week saw the “Melbourne Cup” horse race here in Australia. (No luck for me in picking the winner, I’m afraid!) It’s a big event and known as “The Race That Stops A Nation”. Even though it’s an official holiday only in Melbourne… …it might as well be a national holiday for all the work [...]

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