direct response copywriting
A couple of years ago, I bought a computer from a big box chain. It’s had a few glitches, so I took it to get serviced last weekend… as a part of a plan I had purchased. Anyway, while I was there I needed a couple of sets of earphones for my iPhone (I have […]
There are unseen marketing angles in almost any industry, if we’re willing to think deeply enough and think outside the box. For instance, over Xmas we got our windows cleaned. They looked great. But… In late January, we got spiders in the house, and called in a pest control company. The pest control company sprayed […]
I used to think marketing was powerful, but with what I’ve seen in recent years I now have a new saying: Propaganda eats marketing for breakfast So what is propaganda? According to the dictionary definition, it means: “information, ideas, opinions, or images that give one part of an argument, which are broadcast, published, etc. in order to […]
Turn the results into a case study. That’s right, make your client the HERO. For example, if I was a real estate agent like Adam Nobel at Hugo Alexander Group in Brisbane… Instead of doing what most agents are doing, and running ads along the lines of: John Stuart, Been in the Industry for X […]
Something that would make their jaw drop, which you’d like to warn them about? Then “the shock ahead” headline is the perfect hook… For instance, imagine you sell air-conditioners. You’ve done your research and can see this is going to be one of the hottest summers on record. A headline along the lines of: “The […]
Sometimes your potential client has tried to do all the right things but still failed to achieve their objectives. And they’re literally fed up. They’ve had enough. So when you enter this conversation, by calling it out, youcan instantly resonate with them. For instance, imagine you’re a fitness expert like Zac Mason Your headline could read: […]
There is a time and place to compare yourself to the competition and it will quickly set a superior product or service apart. Here’s the thing: our mind doesn’t think technically, it thinks in images. It also thinks in terms of what it’s familiar with, so if you want to explain that something is 57,600 […]
I felt the pain instantly. Even though I’d dove into the rock pool dozens of times before, when I pushed my feet down… I ended up with a “rock splinter” in my big toe. It hurt. And if I had seen an ad on the way home which read: “If you have a rock splinter, […]
I was chatting with a builder recently. He’s extremely knowledgeable, and I would say the top 1% at what he does. But he does, at times, lose work to cheaper competitors. That’s why we have not only redone the copy on his web site, we’re also creating a regular flow of blog content… Which is then cut […]
While they love the promise, they could get blinded by scepticism. One of the best ways is to address the issue head-on, via the “what if” technique… It works a treat when you want to introduce something which nobody believes is possible. For example… “What if there was a Cure for Alzheimer’s, and No One […]
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