During the recent Glazer-Kennedy InfoSUMMIT, an attendee came up to me to thank me for the recent success he had with using CopyDoodles® on a direct response marketing mail piece. He was excited that something as simple as adding a few handwritten CopyDoodles could bring new life (and response) to one of his existing direct
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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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Business thank you letters, at this time of the year, are more than appropriate to remind everybody of an extremely critical business (and life) principle - the power of gratitude. I don’t know about you, but lately it seems many people forget just how fortunate we are to be entrepreneurs who are able to add
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Smart marketers know having real testimonials is a powerful marketing strategy. What others say about you and your products and services is much more compelling and powerful than any marketing copy you could write for yourself. The important lesson here is the word “real.” Lately, I have seen an increase in a practice I personally
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Tear sheets are meant to look like a magazine or newspaper article that was written about you and your business and was literally torn out of the publication.They are a unique, fun way to grab attention, create instant credibility and expert branding and increase response to your marketing. Personally, I’ve used tear sheets in two
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