…but I like it! The Rolling Stones (well, Mick Jagger, at least) have long paid close attention to the money-making side of rock ‘n roll. Not surprising I guess, given their financial problems in the early 70s when they had to flee the UK to avoid the tax man. I’ve made mention of this before… […]
How To Reapply Content To Create A New Product
Received this marketing piece with a recent issue of Australian “Men’s Health”… It’s for a product called… “The Men’s Health Big Book Of 15-Minute Workouts”. Now it caught my attention as being both… 1) A good example of re-purposing and re-using content; and 2) Also a good example of an attractive product idea. The monthly […]
Crocodile Marketing Conference – Saturday Morning Session
OK, I’m here this weekend at the last ever Crocodile Marketing Inner Sanctum conference at the Watermark Hotel in Surfer’s Paradise. Getting up at 4am to catch the first flight up to the Gold Coast wasn’t too bad as it turned out… …but I wouldn’t want to do it everyday! Morning session kicked off with […]
“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 […]