Halloween is here once again… …and this is traditionally a time when it’s believed the spirit world draws closer to our own world. So, if we could communicate with some of the marketing giants of the past who have passed over… …what might they have to say? What wisdom might they remind us of… …and […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar August 2014
Welcome to this month’s “Looking Ahead” feature. Here we’ll review events, occasions, holidays and anniversaries that you can use in an event-driven marketing promotion or campaign in August 2014. The calendar is pretty threadbare this month when it comes to major holidays. In the northern hemisphere it’s the dog days of summer. In the south […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar August 2013
Welcome to this month’s “Looking Ahead” feature. Here we’ll review events, occasions, holidays and anniversaries that you can use in an event-driven marketing promotion or campaign in August 2013. It’s a pretty barren month for major holidays. In the northern hemisphere it’s the dog days of summer. In the south it’s the tail-end of winter. […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar August 2012
Welcome to this months “Looking Ahead” feature where we’ll review events, occasions, holidays and anniversaries that you can use in an event-driven marketing promotion or campaign. Main event is the 2012 Summer Olympics in London which will be in full swing… …having started on July 27 and running (no pun intended!) until August 12. Looking […]
Copywriting Mystery Finally Solved…
In Victor Schwab’s essential book about copywriting called “How To Write A Good Advertisement”, there is a list of 100 good headlines along with comments about why they were effective. You may have seen this list in other forms (“100 Greatest Headlines” etc) as, like many things, the original material has been recycled many times. […]