…from HSBC in Australia? Financial copywriting and advertising is a specialised niche. The fundamental principles apply, of course… …but the context means that there are nuances that need to be considered and taken into account. Many years ago, Ogilvy and Mather ran a classic series of ads for their own services. One of them was […]
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 […]
It’s Not The Mousetrap…It’s All About The Marketing…
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 […]
Pete Godfrey’s Marketing Newsletter – 5th Anniversary
Received my copy of Pete Godfrey’s “Emotional Ad Writing & Marketing Letter” the other day. The May 2011 issue is issue #60 and marks the 5th anniversary of the newsletter. A big “Congratulations” to Pete, not many newsletters make it this far. As always, plenty of good material in this issue including the “Big Lesson” […]
What Happened To The Blog?!*?
If you’ve been wondering what’s been going on here at “Maximum Results Copywriting” with the blog… …lack of posting, posts disappearing etc… …well unfortunately the site got hacked. If you found your browser being hijacked and directed away to another site… …or you were alerted to a virus threat… …many apologies. After being alerted to […]