The movie Prometheus from Ridley Scott (Director of “Alien” and “Bladerunner”, amongst many others) is about to be released in the US and Australia (I believe it’s already showing in Europe). I confess that I have been eagerly looking forward to this ever since I heard about the project. “Alien” and “Bladerunner” are […]
How The CIA And Dastardly Villains Can Help Your Copywriting
As a copywriter this recent headline made me smile and caught my attention… “French bread spiked with LSD in CIA experiment” I imagine there would be a fairly large proportion of the population who had their curiosity aroused and had to find out more. Which, of course, is what makes a great headline…inflaming that desire […]
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 […]
Use And Abuse Of THIS Famous Headline
Recently invested in “The Secrets Of Emotional, HOT-Button Copywriting” by Denny Hatch. Highly recommended by copywriting giants such as Drayton Bird and David Garfinkel and so far I can only agree with them. Now, in the introduction, Denny revisits the famous headline written by Maxwell Sackheim for the Sherwin Cody School Of English… “Do You […]
Copywriting Secrets – Vatican’s Hidden Stash?
Devastatingly effective copywriting secrets concealed from the world and only used for the Vatican’s own questionable purposes? Evidence that pioneering copywriters were persecuted because they knew too much? Those were some of the thoughts that came to mind when I saw this on the “Economist” newspaper’s website… “The Vatican Secret Archives: Past Papers” OK, I […]