Here’s a mini case study of social media marketing in action that I think contains a number of marketing lessons. It starts with me logging in to my personal Facebook account to check up on a couple of social activities I’m involved with. And on my wall I notice this… “The Rolling Stones – Here […]
Archives for 2012
Ad Great David Ogilvy On Copywriting
Came across a fascinating post about advertising legend David Ogilvy… …at a rather interesting site called “Letters Of Note – Correspondence Deserving Of A Wider Audience”. The post is titled… “I am a lousy copywriter” …and covers a letter that Ogilvy wrote in 1955 in reply to a question asking for details about how he […]
Lot Of People Seem To Be Lovin’ McDonald’s
McDonald’s recently announced their financial results for 2012… “The company, which has enjoyed a stellar few years following the economic crisis, said that its turnover had increased by 12pc to $27bn, with net income increasing 11pc to $5.5bn. This is the ninth consecutive year that sales have increased after it suffered from a crisis of […]
Not Every Award Is Helpful In Your Advertising
The discipline of marketing and advertising is hardly new. The classic text on direct response marketing, “Scientific Advertising” was published as long ago as 1923. So it is something of a puzzle as to why large companies, who spend large sums on their marketing, often make what appear to be elementary blunders. A recent case […]
Keep This In Mind For Killer Copywriting Results…
In emotional direct response marketing and copywriting, it’s a central principle to focus not only the results that people will get from your product or service… …but also the feelings they will experience. While left-brain types like myself may not necessarily like it… ..the fact is that we humans are very much emotionally driven and […]