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Free Targeted Traffic with New Twitter Tool
As Google Adwords becomes less viable for your average direct response marketer, it only makes sense to look for alternative sources of targeted traffic. After all, the more diversified your sources of traffic, the less any single source of traffic can negatively impact your business. If 90% or more of your sales come from Google […]
Continue readingHas Netflix Gotten Bored of Its Own Advertising?
Unlike my copywriting colleague, Ben Settle, I actually did respond to a Netflix ad. That was a few years ago now. At the time, they were doing a bunch of print advertising. Mostly blow-ins included with the grocery store flyers delivered by mail once a week. Those little ads were brilliant. They demonstrated — in […]
Continue readingStuck on a Sales Letter? Then Do This…
Have you ever been trying to write an ad or sales letter and just gotten stuck? Have you ever written headline after headline after headline… and still come up empty? Or have you ever completed a sales letter only to discover that it lacks that gut-level punch you know it needs to have? If you […]
Continue readingWhy You Need Another Pair of Eyeballs
I’ve been part of a meet-when-we-feel-like-it mastermind group for two or three years now. One way that we help each other is by critiquing each other’s letters and ads. There are no formal rules or expectations. If we have time to critique an ad, we do. And if we don’t have time, we don’t. Pretty […]
Continue readingBen Settle Bares It All (Well, Almost)
Today I’ve got a special written interview with Ben Settle — 12 questions, 12 answers, and a goldmine of valuable information for copywriters, marketers, and online entrepreneurs. In addition to being the most committed member of our meet-when-we-feel-like-it mastermind group (he actually gets the “shakes” if we don’t meet every month or so), Ben is […]
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