Advertisers are struggling with the level of resistance, and stubborn refusal, of people to respond to their ads. People are fed up with being bombarded with messages that have nothing of value to offer them. Cynicism of advertising is now a badge of pride worn to show
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Brian Clark released his ‘Teaching Sells’ report last week on the internet’s potential as a training medium and as a call up for freelance copywriters to think about creating and charging for educational content. No doubt the report will have got entrepreneurial brains racing on how they
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Ever since I started learning about the rapidly evolving world of internet copywriting, Brian Clark’s Copyblogger has always been at the top of my reading list. He has finger on the pulse more than most and always gives the impression that he knows more than what he
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Languages are constantly evolving as new words are created or take on a new meaning to reflect the issues of the day. Suzie Dent of ‘Countdown‘ fame (a UK quiz show which splices the word game ‘Boggle’ with mental arithmetic, and is almost required viewing for many
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Regular readers of the Copywriter’s Crucible will be aware of my ongoing theme: businesses need to invest in well written, informative and useful content if they want to convert browsers into buyers. In an ad averse culture, marketing is no longer about carpet bombing sales messages. But
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Last week, many people started to question whether the earth orbited the sun and if thunder wasn’t created by the hammer of Thor when they woke to discover that the British Prime Minister doesn’t write his own speeches. It would appear that in a schedule that includes
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Includes advice on writing headlines, how to structure a sales letter and how to make your copywriting punchy:
Includes advice on writing headlines, how to structure a sales letter and how to make your copywriting punchy:
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