Over at Clayton Makepeace’s blog, there is a special guest post from marketing maven Rich Schefren. It’s all about TV pitchman Billy Mays and the marketing lessons to be learned from his work. In a nutshell… “…Billy knew how to do something that very few marketers realize is even possible. He knew how to create […]
Farewell To A Great Modern Pitch Man – Billy Mays
Sad…shocked really…to hear the news of the death of Billy Mays on June 28. I confess that living in Australia and not watching a great deal of TV, I was not familiar with Billy and his ads until recently. When I started to look more closely at marketing with video, the name Billy Mays came […]
Looking Ahead – Marketing Calendar May 2009
It’s that time of the month again where we take a look at coming events in May that can provide the focus for a promotion or marketing campaign to give your business a cash boost. Before I get to that…
Copywriting Notes – Makepeace And Kent Komae Part 2
Here’s the second part of the interview between copywriters Clayton Makepeace and Kent Komae. In the first part, one of the stand out points was the emphasis Kent places on research. In the second part, there are more great tips and advice for copywriters including… …how to really inject emotional power into copy and… …Kent’s […]