Great cartoon from Tom Fishburne about a current fad in mainstream marketing-land… “Marketers are in a mad rush to target Millennials. They are the largest consumer group in history and expected to spend more than Baby Boomers by 2017. Millennials also came of age with a different relationship to marketing and brands. This creates tension […]
Facebook Business Pages…Build It…
Just because you build a Facebook business page doesn’t mean anyone will show up…
The Peril Of The “Shiny Object” For Copywriters…
…and marketers especially. Seems to be a thought on a few people’s mind lately. We’ve had Lawrence Bernstein telling us to “Beware Of Shiny Objects”… …and my good mate copywriter Pete Godfrey is forever reminding his readers about this trap. (By the way, Pete’s recently relaunched his “Emotional Ad Writing & Marketing Letter” with a […]
Crocodile Marketing Conference – Saturday Morning Session
OK, I’m here this weekend at the last ever Crocodile Marketing Inner Sanctum conference at the Watermark Hotel in Surfer’s Paradise. Getting up at 4am to catch the first flight up to the Gold Coast wasn’t too bad as it turned out… …but I wouldn’t want to do it everyday! Morning session kicked off with […]