Small Business Marketing
Have you ever paid for an estimate? Neither have I. And yet the marketing universe is full of badges, buttons and starbursts proclaiming their benefits: Promoting free estimates is like boasting about offering a toll-free number. It’s simply a cost of…
Read MoreAt lunch yesterday, one of my favorite diners, The Echo, proclaimed some pretty extreme excitement over its new brunch cocktails. As you can see, there are exclamation points galore (Except for the Irish Coffee. Apparently, it doesn’t deserve any enthusiasm).…
Read MoreCoca-Cola has a bright new marketing campaign in Europe, demanding that people choose happiness over other mood states. As described in Adweek: “The 70-second anthem by Ogilvy & Mather Amsterdam (it’s the office’s first work for the brand) introduces a new…
Read MoreDescribing a product or service can often turn into a navel-gazing activity for marketing writers. When a business doesn’t understand their customers and what they care about, they usually engage in marketing that appeals to their own management. The problem…
Read MoreA Reminder to Always Proofread Your Marketing Copy When a business makes mistakes in their marketing communications, there are several problems: The business looks stupid. The business looks careless. The business’s marketing communications strategy to address the mistake is inevitably…
Read MoreListen to this marketing podcast to learn five great tips for writing marketing copy, whether you’re writing for print, radio or the web. I give real-life examples from real estate, technology and more. Listen or download below: Download the Marketing…
Read MoreAlthough marketers aren’t typically viewed as writers, every aspect of great marketing requires talented writing and precise editing. If there are any doubters, just observe this example from Starbucks: Not only is this poster confusing, it has a glaring typo.…
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