Tourism Australia has just launched a new advertising campaign and the style reverts to a more traditional format after the somewhat arthouse style of the previous Baz Luhrmann created ads. Unsurprisingly, there’s been a chorus of complaints from sections of the intelligentsia bewailing the “unsophisticated” image the ad presents. Here’s the ad “There’s Nothing Like […]
Copywriting Books That Shaped The Business – Take 2
In the second of this series about the books and thinkers who have shaped copywriting and direct response marketing as we know it today… …I am delighted to have the thoughts of David Garfinkel. David is not only a master copywriter in his own right, but probably the #1 copywriting teacher and coach in the […]
Copywriting Books That Shaped The Business – Take 1
Penguin Books in the UK have a “Great Ideas” series of books that they describe as… “…the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.” It occurred to me that it would be useful to have a similar list of the books that […]
Copywriting Notes – Makepeace And Bencivenga Part 2
Here’s the second part of the interview between copywriting giants Clayton Makepeace and Gary Bencivenga. It continues with more about Gary’s early days as a writer and his early mentors – people like copywriting legend John Caples and the great David Ogilvy. Notice also some of the “mindset” points that Gary makes early on. By […]
Copywriting Notes – Makepeace And Bencivenga Part 1
One of the aims of the “Copywriting Notes” series of posts is to look further into the mindset that’s required to be a successful copywriter. You see, to be a successful copywriter yourself, you need to be able to think the way top copywriters do. The best way to learn to do that is to […]