The July meeting of the GKIC London Chapter took place on 21 July, 2015 at our current home of “The Happenstance” on Ludgate Hill. David White took the first session titled… “3 Ways To Avoid Becoming A Commodity And Gaining Price Elasticity”. Being seen as offering a commodity product or service is…BAD! That’s mainly because […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar January 2015
2014 (where did the year go?!?) is almost over and the coming year of 2015 is fast approaching. So let’s take a look ahead at the month of January 2015… …and events, anniversaries and other occasions that we can put to use for an event-driven marketing event or promotion. Of course, the New Year itself […]
If You Can Fake Marketing Authenticity…
…then you’ve probably got it made! Great marketing cartoon from Tom Fishburne… There’s a famous quote that goes… “The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made.” Originally from Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944) a French diplomat, dramatist and novelist (although I’m guessing the very first version would have been in…French!)… […]
Lead Generation The Direct Response Way – Part 1
Some direct response marketing topics bear regular review. Lead generation is one of them. Gaining a new customer is widely regarded as one of the hardest and most expensive marketing tasks to accomplish. So here’s a guest post from fellow copywriter Troy White. I’ve posted guest articles from Troy before. At the much missed “Makepeace […]
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 […]