Long-copy versus short-copy seems to be a perennial debate in the world of marketing. When I first started out in direct response copywriting back in 2004 (and that seems a very long time ago!)… …the topic was being debated vigorously. Then as now, the evidence supports the effectiveness of long copy over short… …BUT the […]
Copywriting Horrors And Scary Marketing Blunders
The witching hour is fast approaching on this Halloween… …and it would remiss of this humble scribe to not take the opportunity to write a post riffing on the theme of contemporary horror in the fields of marketing and copywriting. Here, in no particular order, are 7 things that have scared me recently! 1. Ignorance […]
Masters Of Marketing And Copywriting That Really Sells
Attended the “Masters Of Marketing Masterclass” in Sydney the other day (October 25). Put on by the folks at “The Marketing Campus” it was billed as… “How to write content that really sells. Everything you must know to thrive and survive in today’s over-heated and over-hyped marketing environment” …the main attraction for me was to […]
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 […]
Serious Copywriting Point…
…to this delightful Tom Fishburne cartoon that lampoons the pretension behind so much mainstream marketing drivel. More about the marketing idea… “‘Brand Laddering’ is one of the most common marketing tools. To drive growth and loyalty, marketers frequently work to elevate benefits of the brand from technical to functional to emotional. But there’s a risk […]
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