With the year end approaching and thoughts turning to plans and goals for 2012, here’s a timely guest post from good friend and copywriting mentor Pete Godfrey. Some valuable tips from the “School Of Hard Knocks” about success and what to really focus on in an age where there never seems to be enough time. […]
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 […]
“Scientific Advertising In The 21st Century” – Part 15 “Test Campaigns”
If there is one idea that justifies the use of the title “Scientific Advertising” by copywriter Claude Hopkins it’s this… “Almost any question can be answered, cheaply, quickly and finally, by a test campaign. And that’s the way to answer them – not by arguments around a table. Go to the court of last resort […]
The Importance of Trust In Marketing And Copywriting
Yesterday I talked about the importance of proof elements in copywriting. Something that is closely linked, but a little different, is TRUST. You often see it said that lack of trust is one of the biggest obstacles to making a sale. In online marketing, it can be a particular problem. Hence the importance top marketers […]
Copywriters – Are You Missing Out By Not Using This Unusual Tactic?
Got your attention? Good, that kind of illustrates the topic of this post! Copywriter Pete Godfrey, Australia’s own “Wizard Of Words” has made a couple of interesting posts on his blog ( “The Fear Of Loss Is More Powerful Than The Hope For Gain!” and “Persuasion Power…The Two-Sided Coin”) about the use of “negative” emotions […]