Welcome to Part 2 of this series “Scientific Advertising In The 21st Century”. Hopkins begins the second chapter (“Just Salesmanship”) as follows… “To properly understand advertising or to learn even its rudiments one must start with the right conception. Advertising is salesmanship. Its principles are the principles of salesmanship. Success and failures in both lines […]
Copywriters – Are You Or Your Clients Making This Mistake?
“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 […]
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 […]
Copywriters – Amazing FREE Tutorial On Marketing Membership Sites
Over at John Carlton’s Blog there are a couple of posts that provide an amazing tutorial for copywriters on marketing membership sites and coaching clubs. In the post titled “Something To Chew On While You Suffer”, John put out a request to those readers who aren’t a member of his “Radio Rant Coaching Club” to […]
Movies, Stories And Copywriting – Lessons From “There Will Be Blood”
I’ve mentioned previously that I love movies and recently went to see the new movie “There Will Be Blood”. Now, for copywriters and marketers movies and stories can contain many useful lessons. Why? Well because, used properly, stories can be employed in copywriting or your general marketing material to great effect. Basically, stories enable you to […]
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