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A Direct Mail Package So Bad They Had to Send It Twice

I recently received two copies of the same direct mail package on the same day. When I opened the first package and pulled out the letter, I discovered that two gentlemen named Jeff Vacek and Ken Preuss had “reserved a free seat” for me to “personally attend” their “Info Marketing Millions Ultimate Blueprint Event.” I […]

Auto-Tune Your Sales Copy!

Have you noticed how many singers are using auto-tune these days? I think it all started with Cher and her hit single “Believe.” (“Do you believe in life after love?”) Now, everybody’s using auto-tune. And while some music purists hate it, the singers love it! After all, auto-tune makes them sound good even if they […]

Are You Accidentally Missing Out?

If you were to go to CopywritingCode.com and look at the lessons on the home page, they would probably look like any other blog posts: a few paragraphs with a link to read more if you want. But what you wouldn’t see is how long each lesson actually is… or the level of detail each […]

Paid Links Constitute “Black Hat SEO”? Hardly…

This week, J.C. Penney was blasted for buying links to increase their search engine rankings. The NY Times said buying links is a black hat SEO technique. I thought that was a little strange. Paid links are hardly black hat. As Fred Black pointed out in his article about the J.C. Penney link buying scandal: […]

Why You Should Never Claim You’re the Best

You should never claim you’re the best in your ads. Here’s why… Reason #1: It’s difficult, if not impossible, to prove anything is “the best.” Reason #2: Even if you could “prove” it, most people would still be skeptical. Reason #3: Blatant boasting is always a turn-off. Reason #4: It does nothing to further the […]

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