Riffing off of the recent sale of the painting “The Scream”… “Edvard Munch’s The Scream Sells For Record $119.9 Million” …here’s another great marketing cartoon from Tom Fishburne… Full post at “marketing clutter”. From the post… “There has never been a greater level of marketing clutter. Yankelovich Consumer Research charts that “we’ve gone from being […]
More Thoughts On Marketing Via Groupon
I’ve discussed using Groupon as a marketing channel in previous posts… “Marketing And The Holy Groupon” “When ‘Success’ Might Put You Out Of Business” “Before Running A Groupon Promotion, Read This…” However, as it seems that running a Groupon (or other “daily deal”) promotion is the latest “hot” trend in marketing… …I feel obliged to […]
Farewell To A Great Modern Pitch Man – Billy Mays
Sad…shocked really…to hear the news of the death of Billy Mays on June 28. I confess that living in Australia and not watching a great deal of TV, I was not familiar with Billy and his ads until recently. When I started to look more closely at marketing with video, the name Billy Mays came […]
The Secret Copywriting “Code”…
If you’ve been studying copywriting and direct response marketing for any length of time, you’ve probably come across… 1. The technique of using stories in your copy; and 2. The idea that “secrets” are a powerful device to attract the attention of your prospect. I was reminded of these 2 things over the last couple […]