Yesterday I spent the afternoon looking around the Australian Fitness Expo down at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre in Darling Afternoon. A friend, Murray Priestley, had a stand to promote a rather amazing exercise machine, the ROM Cross Trainer. Shameless plug – you can get all the details at www.QuickGym.com.au. In just 4 minutes […]
Copywriting Notes – Makepeace And Bencivenga Part 6
Here’s the final segment of the interview between Clayton Makepeace and Gary Bencivenga. Gary reveals some of his secrets to creating a mutually profitable relationship between copywriters and clients. Let’s jump right in…
Copywriters – Are You Or Your Clients Making This Mistake?
“Every battle is won, before it is fought.” (From “The Art Of War” by Sun Tzu) I talked in a previous post about the dangers of complacency and underestimating the difficulty of a marketing project. Pete Godfrey, in his latest “Emotional Ad Writing And Marketing Letter” mentions the case of a pair of marketers who […]
Movies, Stories And Copywriting – Lessons From “There Will Be Blood”
I’ve mentioned previously that I love movies and recently went to see the new movie “There Will Be Blood”. Now, for copywriters and marketers movies and stories can contain many useful lessons. Why? Well because, used properly, stories can be employed in copywriting or your general marketing material to great effect. Basically, stories enable you to […]