Business Creativity Guru Reveals 2 Step “Knockout” Headline Strategy….

August 13, 2010

The headline is a vital part of any advertisement  because it’s what gets people to read it.
This is a BIG deal because we get roughly 4000 marketing messages a day and 99% of them go right into our ‘mental junk mail folder’.
The headline also creates the ‘lens’ through which your prospects read your ad – [...]

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A Surprising Productivity Booster (The Most Important One?)

August 11, 2010

Alot of folks enjoyed my post yesterday on productivity boosters.
And frankly I understand why…It was brilliant.
Just kiiidddding…
Anyway I realised today I forgot one of the most important productivity tools of all.
A Stop Watch.
That’s right – the humble stop watch.
Put a stop watch on your desk and give yourself 30 minutes to do [...]

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12 Productivity Boosters That Have Helped Me….

August 10, 2010

Here are 12 Productivity Profit Boosters that help me to get more productivity and richness out of life out of each day.
1. Block of 3 hours a day at the start of the day for my ‘highest dollar zone’ activities – which for me is copywriting.
This means no facebook, emails etc. untill this is done. [...]

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The Long Sales Letter is DEAD?

August 5, 2010

The Long Sales Letter is DEAD….
If you don’t know how to write sales copy….
If you have a product that no one wants…
Or If you are not attracting highly qualified prospects to your sales page…
If you ticked any of these boxes then it’s dead as a DODO.
If on the other hand, you have a well thought [...]

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10,000 Responses to 1 Ad!

August 4, 2010

You want to know how to be more successful in business and life?
Look at what most folks are doing…then do the exact opposite.
This applies to Wealth Creation.
Most folks tend to be in the ‘looking good but go nowhere financially’ bracket because they buy expensive consumer goods to ‘keep up appearances’ without amassing any real assets.
Whereas [...]

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The Lazy Way to Skyrocket Your Sales Results….

August 2, 2010

“I wrote a script and gave it to a guy that reads scripts.
And he read it and said he really likes it, but he thinks I need to rewrite it.
I said, “F#%k that, I’ll just make a copy.”
Ok, this is another classic line from Mitch Hedburg – yes I am a fan!
And it [...]

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Easy Peasy Profits…(The Super-Size Secret)

July 30, 2010

Just got a phone call from a happy client.
We are launching a new product and we decided to do something new.
We added a ‘one time only offer’ upsell page.
In other words  once people pressed ‘add to cart’ for the first product they are taken to another page offering a discount on a related product…
But they [...]

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How Much Should You Charge?

July 29, 2010

“I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring”
This  very funny Mitch Hedburg joke points to a fundamental business truth. People respect what they invest in.
That’s why you’re doing your clients a service by asking for a fair price for your service.
For example say you’re naturopath [...]

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How to Avoid Dangerous Marketing “Advice”…

July 27, 2010

Have you ever wondered who to get marketing advice from for your business?
What qualifies someone to give you advice in a certain area? And what advice is ‘risky’ or dangerous to take?
It’s an important point because advice that comes from the ’shoes of experience’ can fast-track your business success and help you avoid [...]

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Branding vs Direct Response….(Controversy Erupts?)

July 26, 2010

I read an excellent copywriting blog this morning “Pro Copy Tips” and a guy named Igor said this about ‘direct response copy’ specifically referring to John Caples headlines:

“All the big agencies – DDB, W+K, Saatchi & Saatchi and such – have moved beyond hard sell. And all the books written by agency copywriters today, [...]

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