…and what to do about it if you’re a copywriter or a serious marketer. Here’s an article from the great Drayton Bird that originally appeared over at Clayton Makepeace’s “The Total Package”. Titled “What Some Famous Copywriters Taught Me”… …with this subhead… “Few copywriters study enough. And many who commission copy study even less. So […]
Gary Halbert On Essential Copywriting Books
Seems like aeons ago, I wrote a couple of posts “Copywriting Books That Shaped The Business – Take 1” and “Copywriting Books That Shaped The Business – Take 2” where top copywriters shared their thoughts about which are the most influential books on copywriting. While adding to my already vast collection of copywriting resources, I […]
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 Mystery Finally Solved…
In Victor Schwab’s essential book about copywriting called “How To Write A Good Advertisement”, there is a list of 100 good headlines along with comments about why they were effective. You may have seen this list in other forms (“100 Greatest Headlines” etc) as, like many things, the original material has been recycled many times. […]