Many direct response marketers and copywriters make use of stories in both sales copy and marketing in general. The advantages are many… It helps cut through the marketing clutter You can create a stronger emotional connection with your market It helps create the conditions for a successful sale Also…it makes the copy and marketing a […]
GKIC London Chapter – Meeting 19 November 2013
A quick note on yesterday’s (19 November 2013) meeting of the GKIC London Chapter. Ably hosted by David White as usual, another afternoon of great marketing information, updates and simply the opportunity to chat and swap ideas with like-minded marketers. David kicked off the afternoon with a tremendous presentation on creating your own info product, […]
Why Do Big Financial Institutions Have Such Dumb Advertising?
In the City today I couldn’t help notice a new advertising campaign from BT Financial Group, one of the big local funds managers. It’s promoting their superannuation (retirement savings) products and the part that I saw was the outdoor display ads. There’s a whole series of these advertisements and they all have a question theme […]
Thoughts On Traffic…And Copywriting
I’ve commented in the past about the importance of traffic for any business and observed how some businesses are very vulnerable to changes outside of their control. I mentioned the impact on my local Starbucks and a small bakery shop of the relocation of a big corporate headquarters away from the area. Fortunately, business seems […]
What Copywriters Can Learn From Supermarket Queues (…And Airports!)
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 […]