The movie Prometheus from Ridley Scott (Director of “Alien” and “Bladerunner”, amongst many others) is about to be released in the US and Australia (I believe it’s already showing in Europe). I confess that I have been eagerly looking forward to this ever since I heard about the project. “Alien” and “Bladerunner” are […]
“Scientific Advertising In The 21st Century” – Part 16 “Leaning On Dealers”
Couple of points about Chapter 16 of Claude Hopkins’ “Scientific Advertising”… Firstly, when Hopkins talks about “Leaning On Dealers” he is not referring to the use of coercion or other standover tactics to get dealers to stock product! This isn’t meant to be about “Scientific Advertising For Organized Crime!” Rather, Hopkins is talking about relying […]
“Scientific Advertising In The 21st Century” – Part 14 “Getting Distribution”
Chapter 14 of the Claude Hopkins copywriting classic “Scientific Advertising” is all about getting the product to the customer – “Getting Distribution”. Now, for the classic direct response marketer or someone doing business on the internet, this subject may seem of little or no interest. But there are 2 reasons why this may be useful…
Example Of An Old Idea To Increase Sales…
There’s a local chain of bakery shops in Australia called “Bakers Delight” (I believe they’ve expanded overseas but trade under a different name…a Canadian correspondent recently informed me of her first experience of Vegemite at one of their shops!). Anyway, they are currently running a promotion with the theme of…