I’ve mentioned before my somewhat unfashionable admiration for the supermarket giant Tesco… …and lately they do seem to have slipped a little. From the US debacle of “Fresh and Easy”… …to lagging sales and profits. There are some serious concerns that they have ended up in the worst of all business positions…”stuck in the middle”. […]
Direct Response Meerkating – Latest
I’ve commented before about the zany, but highly effective, marketing campaign featuring superstar meerkat “Aleksandr Orlov” and his “Compare The Meerkat” site… “Emotional Direct Response Meerkating?!?” So I was interested in this recent article… “Comparethemarket warns Google to play fair” …and decided to take a look at the what’s been happening with the campaign. The […]
Emotional Direct Response Meerkating?!?
The great Drayton Bird, direct response marketing and copywriting maven par excellence, recently held a free webinar for his subscribers. The topic was the “10 Best Ads Of The Last 10 Years”. The ads were selected primarily on the basis of how effective they were and the results they produced. One of the ads (campaign, […]
Marketing Lessons From The Demise Of General Motors
You’re most probably aware that on June 1, General Motors filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors, triggering “the biggest industrial bankruptcy in history”. (There’s a good briefing in “The Economist” – “The Bankruptcy Of General Motors”.) Hard to believe now, but GM was once seen as a paragon of managerial and business excellence. Alfred […]
Could 2009 Be A Great Year For Copywriters?
The answer is a resounding “Yes” according to copywriting giant Clayton Makepeace. And Clayton has solid reasons to back up his case, despite (or maybe because of) the gloomy outlook. Read Clayton’s post…