Attended the last-ever EADIM (“European Academy Of Direct And Interactive Marketing”) conference from October 10-12, 2013. Presented by the great Drayton Bird, this was a three day event choc-full of stimulating, insightful and entertaining presentations highly relevant to anyone involved in direct response marketing. I confess that my main reason for attending was simply to […]
How Almost Any Copywriter Can Instantly Double Their Reading Speed
As a copywriter, I read an enormous amount of material. I’m going to take a wild guess and say that’s the case for most copywriters (and many business people as well). Now, I have looked into ways to increase the speed at which I read. I’ve got books about speed reading (even “Speed Learning”). I […]
Copywriters – Are You Or Your Clients Making This Mistake?
“Every battle is won, before it is fought.” (From “The Art Of War” by Sun Tzu) I talked in a previous post about the dangers of complacency and underestimating the difficulty of a marketing project. Pete Godfrey, in his latest “Emotional Ad Writing And Marketing Letter” mentions the case of a pair of marketers who […]