Many direct response marketers and copywriters make use of stories in both sales copy and marketing in general. The advantages are many… It helps cut through the marketing clutter You can create a stronger emotional connection with your market It helps create the conditions for a successful sale Also…it makes the copy and marketing a […]
So, Have Tesco Made A Marketing Mistake?
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”. […]
3 Points For More Persuasive Copy
When you write copy, you are first and foremost looking to make a sale. And often in looking to make the sale, we need to persuade the person that we are addressing that they need to make a change. That’s most obviously the case when selling any kind of personal development product… …but it applies […]
Olympic Copywriting Lessons
So the London 2012 Summer Olympics are over… …and by all accounts have been a great success. I confess that I’m not a great sports fan… …but once I started watching some of the events was quickly drawn in! As a strong advocate of event-driven marketing, you might be wondering why I haven’t been furiously […]