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Marketing and Baseball

I had the great fortune about 14 months ago to meet a childhood hero of mine, Cal Ripken, Jr. at a seminar in Baltimore, MD.


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Only Results Matter in Direct Mail

As I was watching SportsCenter one evening a few days before the college football national championship game, the same reporter asked both coaches, Les Miles of LSU and Nick Saban of Alabama, in separate interview (and I’m paraphrasing), “What outside criticism has affected you and your team the most.”


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Message in a Bottle Direct Mailer

It always amazes me at how few people do real, proactive marketing to trade show attendees at the events they attend. 


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A 25% Response Rate? It' True!

I catch some flack every now and again that all I show are consumer examples in this newsletter.  Frankly, that’s just not true.  A lot of examples come from my own businesses, all of which are B2B.  Given that this month’s new item is in the B2C world, I thought I’d throw you B2B’ers this one. 


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Being Believable in Your Direct Mail

Whenever you make an offer, you want it to be believable.  People are naturally skeptical, especially when it appears that an offer is too good to be true.  You’ll often hear this referred to as “reason why” copy in this newsletter. 


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3D Mail and Double Readeship Path



We’re going to talk about double readership path and copy cosmetic together this month, as they go hand-in-hand.  For both items, it doesn’t matter if you’re using a 4” x 6” postcard, a one page sales letter, or a 48 page magalog, these techniques still apply



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Money in the bank



This month’s S&D example comes from Inner Circle Member Pete Mitchell.  Pete is a master at product launches, and he’s incredible at creating celebrity status, big pay days, and PR awareness.  If you’re interested in a product launch, visit www.BustOutTheBigGuns.com



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Gary Halbert = Genius



What you’re about to read was first published in my monthly newsletter, The Copywriter’s Corner, to get more information on it.  Visit this link.



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Follow a direct mail legend



What you’re about to read was first published in my monthly newsletter, The Copywriter’s Corner, to get more information on it, visit this link.



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Back to School



It’s the back to school time around the country.  But school is never NOT in session around here.  What are you going to do this month to improve yourself and your business?



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