Great cartoon from Tom Fishburne sums up one of the biggest mistakes in business and marketing… The full article “a better mousetrap” contains a number of interesting points and well worth the read. Two big points to consider… 1. Is anyone going to care about your better mousetrap? Or from a marketing perspective, are […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar June 2010
Almost half way through 2010 and time to look ahead to June at events and occasions that could be used to build a marketing promotion around. Here in Australia, it’s Winter (June 1 being the “official” start to the season). The Queen’s Birthday long weekend falls on 12-14 June. The Winter solstice occurs this year […]
Copywriters, Please Don’t Use Words Like This…
In recent posts I’ve been talking about the need to use words carefully. Now it’s amazing that when you direct your attention to a topic, all of a sudden all sorts of examples and items related to that topic appear. It’s your “Reticular Activating System” in operation (more on that some other time, perhaps…Oops! Perhaps […]
A Marketing Lesson From Master Yoda
Have I mentioned I’m a big movie fan? Very excited about a couple of upcoming new movies. The new “Indiana Jones” episode and the “Iron Man” movie (yup, I’m a big comic book fan too!). Interesting, of course, to observe the build up to a big movie release. Marketing lessons there for product launches and […]