It’s critical to test subject lines. The goal of a subject line is to create curiosity about content, to entice your prospect to read it further. Even the most experienced direct response marketer can guess wrong. But the market place [...]
As a marketer, it is key that you understand your prospects by anticipating their needs, objections and apprehensions. Often, when a prospect hears of a new product, he’s thinking of a reason not to buy it. Your challenge is to [...]
In the eyes of your best prospects, you can’t afford to be boring. Dull copy doesn’t grab anyone. Drab copy doesn’t add anything to your marketing. This is where the EBC Principle comes in. To get that sale or lead, [...]
Danger, Will Robinson, danger! Robby the Robot from the baby boomer TV show “Lost in Space” could have easily been talking about the use of asterisks*. If you have a disclaimer or minor copy point, an asterisk may not be [...]
This simple copy rule can make or break your campaign. It’s a punctuation rule: Use exclamation points sparingly! Sometimes you do need to punctuate your excitement. But be careful not to go overboard. Too many exclamation points make your copy [...]
