…or how to infuriate your customers and followers in one easy lesson. (NOTE: “Mal-Marketing” – a term of my own creation denoting marketing action so poor that not only does it fail to achieve the objective, it actually has damaging business consequences. “Mis-Marketing” or “Dys-Marketing” might also be used.) In the world of personal development, […]
Better Website Conversion Tips – Recap And Summary
Time to bring this somewhat sprawling series on “Better Website Conversion Tips” to a close. Below are the links to the individual posts in the series to make it easy for you to review and revisit particular sections. To summarise the key points… 1) Design your pages with the principles of direct response marketing in […]
Better Website Conversion Tips – Part 5
Better Conversion Tip #5 – Create Redirect Links If you’re promoting a product on your site, and your site is a database-driven shopping cart e-commerce system, then you probably have links like the following for each product page: http://www.mysite.com/store/products.php?id=28475&desc=product%20description%20here&cat=980&refer=477840 Often times when sending a link out like that in an email, it gets chopped up. […]
No Such Thing As Poor Publicity For Jack Wills
This story caught my eye and demonstrates, among other things, the enduring power of (1) controversy and (2) sex… “Jack Wills censured for ‘overtly sexual’ catalogue” There’s also a “Royal” connection (apparently Prince Harry is a fan of the label) which always adds spice to stories like this. And to support my argument about the […]
The Secret Copywriting “Code”…
If you’ve been studying copywriting and direct response marketing for any length of time, you’ve probably come across… 1. The technique of using stories in your copy; and 2. The idea that “secrets” are a powerful device to attract the attention of your prospect. I was reminded of these 2 things over the last couple […]