Your marketing will achieve higher response when you combine powerful content with direct response copy. I always encourage companies to add value to their marketing…and they achieve better, higher results. Take Chevron. Chevron approached me with a marketing problem. When [...]
Through the years, we have found the response between genders can sometimes be surprisingly different depending on the look and copy content of an advertising campaign. Males and females usually respond differently to format, creative approach, color, pictures, offer, benefits [...]
Many box subscription services are booming… but some are failing or are stagnant. Why? Because they do their marketing wrong. Here is a basic rule: Great product ideas can stumble and fail with mediocre or poor marketing or advertising. And, [...]
Let me tell you about an incredible, new product launch that pulled in over half a million new customers… during a recession! What made it so successful? Three words — Direct marketing strategies. The product was a nutritional supplement popular [...]
800 Direct needed to get its message into the hands of key telemarketing managers and marketing directors of companies nationwide. The problem was (and remains) that these guys are extremely busy, hard to reach, and inundated with promotional materials. And [...]
Programmatic ad buys are easy but costly in ad spend and result in less response. In fact, marketers could save, at minimum, $13 billion by cutting click-bait websites from their ad spends using programmatic ad buys. Here is the problem. [...]
What works best: text messages or email? Here are some great test results. The marketer is a direct to consumer wine company. First, most D2C wine marketers have an email list of around 10,000. The latest test results show of [...]
Let me tell you about an incredible, new product launch that pulled in over half a million new customers… even during a recession! What made it so successful? Three words — Direct response strategies. The product is a nutritional supplement [...]
There’s been an explosion in new subscription box services. In terms of marketing, a lot can be learned from those who have been around for a while. Wine of the Month Club has been around for over 40 years. They’re a [...]
Selling only by retail is dangerous to your bottom line. Why? Because you miss out on so many prospects and lose potential sales. It’s like being in chains, totally dependent on retail decision. Breaking free is good for the bottom [...]
