Wonderful cartoon from “marketoonist” Tom Fishburne to kick off 2012… “Product proliferation” or “line extension” is one of the biggest mistakes made in the conventional marketing arena… …and there are useful lessons for direct response marketers. Line extension sounds such as sensible and logical strategy. The justification is usually along the lines… 1. It’s a […]
It’s Not The Mousetrap…It’s All About The Marketing…
Great cartoon from Tom Fishburne sums up one of the biggest mistakes in business and marketing… The full article “a better mousetrap” contains a number of interesting points and well worth the read. Two big points to consider… 1. Is anyone going to care about your better mousetrap? Or from a marketing perspective, are […]
Key Question To Answer…
…before you write a single word of copy. As a direct response copywriter, I read an awful lot of sales letters and advertisements, as you can imagine. The ones that tend to stand out to me are those that follow the advice of copywriting great Robert Collier…