Direct Response Marketing: Personalize and Profit!

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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Advertising a Business: How to Grab Attention & Boost Response with Personalized Comics & Cartoons!

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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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Testimonial Strategies-The Temptation of “Testiphonials”

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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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