A HUGE smile and more than few chuckles when I saw this wonderful marketing cartoon from the incomparable Tom Fishburne… For those not familiar with the “post-production” reference… “In an ad shoot, we often hear someone say, “we’ll fix it in post-production”. This usually happens when there’s been a mistake, but not severe enough to […]
“Scientific Advertising In The 21st Century” – Part 12 “Strategy”
Welcome back to this series of articles discussing the copywriting classic “Scientific Advertising” by Claude Hopkins. Chapter 12 deals with the topic of “Strategy”. Hopkins clearly saw business and marketing as a highly competitive endeavour…
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 […]