Testing is critical, but it can seem overwhelming to many marketers. It is important that you don’t have to completely overhaul your control piece to create a valuable test. We ran a simple test on a reference website, where the [...]
Ad growth for 2023-2024 is strong The U.S. advertising industry will grow 5% in 2023 to $360 billion and increase another 4.2% (excluding political advertising) in 2024. Including political advertising, ad revenue is forecast to grow 8.1% in 2024. Digital [...]
Sometimes you do need to punctuate your excitement and use an exclamation mark! But be careful not to go overboard. Too many exclamation points make your copy sound cheesy or even worse – unbelievable. On rare occasions, they are needed [...]
TDM could be your secret weapon to increasing profits in 2023-24. Let me share a powerful way to enlarge your universe of quality prospects… increase your response and generate more prospects and clients. Transactional Data Modeling (TDM) is the latest, [...]
Inflation… recession… politics… bad weather…? These are challenging times. These 11 direct response copy rules will get you through any external (or internal) challenge that may come your way… and help you increase response. Remember, great copy improves your response. [...]
Subscription services are continuing to launch and grow. Despite some failures, many services are seeing 50% to 200% growth in the last two years. One of the big differences is their marketing. Today growth continues despite the fear of a [...]
Avoid the fear factor when prompting your prospects to buy… It’s common to finish a survey or shopping cart information gathering field with a “Submit” button using the word “Submit.” It’s used ubiquitously and many would assume that’s because it [...]
How you start your direct mail letter, your email, your landing page or, for that matter, any other direct response piece could mean the difference between success and failure. Consider what I call the “three-paragraph rule.” This direct response copywriting [...]
How do you get new prospects and customers when companies and people are pulling back on spending in a recession — when businesses are laying people off or stopping their hiring process when the economy is uncertain? Many CEOs, vice [...]
Lead generation and conversion of ultra-wealthy prospects – often classified as accredited investors – is a significantly different process from traditional business-to-business marketing or D2C lead-generation marketing. Why? Because the accredited investor requires important and unique marketing and advertising tactics. [...]
