Hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas! At the end of the year and especially in the lull between Christmas and New Year… …it’s a good time to take a little time to reflect on what major trends might impact on marketers and marketing in the coming year. Hopefully, you’ve already mapped out your Marketing Calendar […]
Serious Copywriting Point…
…to this delightful Tom Fishburne cartoon that lampoons the pretension behind so much mainstream marketing drivel. More about the marketing idea… “‘Brand Laddering’ is one of the most common marketing tools. To drive growth and loyalty, marketers frequently work to elevate benefits of the brand from technical to functional to emotional. But there’s a risk […]
Turning Marketing Trash Into Cash
Guest post from my good mate Pete Godfrey… …with some killer marketing tips on making the most of those old leads you might have hanging around. One tip of my own, from painful marketing experience, is that if you haven’t contacted these old leads for while… ..warm them up with a little relationship building, ideally […]
Don’t Fall For These Myths About Business Failure
Came across this interesting post in the “Financial Times”… “Five Myths About Business Failure In A Downturn” …and there are some relevant points for business owners in Australia. Plus, the proper use of direct response marketing would have prevented many problems arising in the first place. The five myths are…
Marketing And How The Mega-Rich Get “Satisfaction”
Noticed this in the local paper today…“Rolling Stones’ $7.2m Gig”. “The Rolling Stones have been named the world’s highest-paid private performers. The band, fronted by Sir Mick Jagger, command a staggering GBP 3.5 million (A$7.2million) per private performance a new book has revealed.” The book in question is “Pop Babylon” by Imogen Edward-Jones. Wonder if […]