A favorite pastime of mine is cooking. While I don’t have any sort of specialty, I enjoy experimenting and trying new recipes out. The only thing I like better than cooking is actually eating the food I make. If you’re like me and enjoy food, you naturally understand the value and importance of enhancing the
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With all the whiz-bang technology and gadgets, it’s interesting that many marketers advertising a business tend to forget some of the fundamentals of good, direct-response marketing. Today, unfortunately, many marketers thumb their noses at the timeless and proven strategies used by the legends of direct response marketing like John Caples, David Ogilvy and others in
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These days few things stand out on many business web sites and it's as if many sites come from the same cookie-cutter mold. Business owners and entrepreneurs are missing out on relationship-building and income-producing opportunities, simply because their web sites fail to grab the attention of viewers. Smart marketers use a collection of proven response-boosting
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I just received an unexpected fax from Dan Kennedy who wanted to know if I was interested in rewriting the chapter on 'graphic enhancements' in his classic book, The Ultimate Sales Letter. My fax back was short and to the point… HELL YEAH!!! I own the very first edition (1990) of The Ultimate Sales Letter
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Last week I was in Cleveland, Ohio as a guest of world-famous copywriter Dan Kennedy for his Business of Copywriting Academy. Dan asked me to speak on the topic of copy cosmetics and how copywriters can increase their value to clients by learning how to improve response with copy cosmetics (“copy cosmetics” are timeless design
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If you want to quickly and easily improve the effectiveness of your marketing, whether online or offline, you need to understand the critical relationship between how your copy looks "copy cosmetics" and the response it generates. Back in April of 1998, marketing guru and master copywriter, Dan S. Kennedy wrote in his newsletter… “Cosmetics Matter!”
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Yesterday, I passed the 100 hour mark on the research and compilation of my upcoming presentation at next week's Glazer-Kennedy Insider's Circle SuperConference. I believe I am working on one of the most comprehensive and in-depth looks into "copywriting cosmetics" and how they can improve response when used correctly. How their copywriting and marketing projects
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On Thursday, March 12, 2009, legendary copywriter and direct marketing guru Dan S. Kennedy visited GKIC-Philly. More than 320 local entrepreneurs and business owners packed the room to hear Dan's wisdom on thriving during these tough economic times. Dan's presentation was not only full of useful wisdom and actionable items, but it also delivered in
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