This latest Tom Fishburne cartoon brought a smile to my face… …and an instant identification with the main character! Perhaps I don’t quite need a separate bag for my “loyalty” cards but there are enough of them. Which begs the question, of course, how effective are these cards really? When every retailer has a similar […]
Marketing And The Holy Groupon
Gee, is there any marketing problem that a Groupon promotion can’t solve?!? As always, Tom Fishburne provides a light-hearted and thought-provoking insight into an aspect of contemporary marketing with his post “holy groupon”. Here’s my take on how Groupon and it’s numerous competitors (I notice Google has a coupon program in beta right now) fit […]
Is Direct Response Meerkating Dangerous?
I recently enthused about the “Compare the Meerkat” campaign for the UK insurance site “Comparethe market.com” (in the post “Emotional Direct Response Meerkating?!?”). But are there dangers in an off-beat, somewhat zany campaign like this? I’ll consider this in a moment, but first another of the brilliant ads in the series… Wonderful! But are there […]
Drayton Bird On Copywriting And Marketing Today…
I’ve been coming across the name and work of copywriter and direct response marketing maven Drayton Bird a lot lately. That reminded me of an interview that Clayton Makepeace conducted with Drayton for the members of his copywriting membership program. It’s one of the best interviews on contemporary marketing that I’ve come across. I had […]