So the London 2012 Summer Olympics are over… …and by all accounts have been a great success. I confess that I’m not a great sports fan… …but once I started watching some of the events was quickly drawn in! As a strong advocate of event-driven marketing, you might be wondering why I haven’t been furiously […]
Serious Copywriting Point…
…to this delightful Tom Fishburne cartoon that lampoons the pretension behind so much mainstream marketing drivel. More about the marketing idea… “‘Brand Laddering’ is one of the most common marketing tools. To drive growth and loyalty, marketers frequently work to elevate benefits of the brand from technical to functional to emotional. But there’s a risk […]
Copywriting And Emotional Triggers
As a copywriter or marketer, you’ll be aware that much of the power of a sales letter comes from hitting the “emotional hot buttons” of the prospective customer. People buy primarily for emotional reasons, but may use logic to justify their decisions. Now, these “emotional hot buttons” or “triggers” aren’t just important in the sales […]