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Thursday, July 3, 2008
HOW DOES VIRAL MARKETING REALLY WORK?
For sure there are several types.
First is more correctly “buzz” marketing. Something so interesting it gets passed on! - The problem is - howdo you carry a message in an advert that is purely interesting?
Second...
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Split testing is one of the most important ideas in marketing
Split testing was introduced all the way back at the time of “claude hopkins” in scientific advertising - one of the best books ever written on sales copy
In its simplest form,...
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Why small business advertising fails
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Last updated: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
I visit many forums, and it saddens me as a direct response marketer to see so many comments that say:
Either “print advertising doesnt work” , or ” yellow pages is a waste of time” or “dont waste your time on flyers”
It...
How to write a reference letter
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Last updated: Sunday, August 26, 2007
I recently had a real shock! When I found something out about reference letters.
But before I get on to that, lets just have a little background.
One of the tasks that you are obliged to do as a frequent employer of people - is you are asked to write...
Google proxy hacking
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Last updated: Monday, August 20, 2007
Extremely worrying news ! If brad fallon can get caught by these hackers what hope for the rest of us?
So you get your site to #1 or #2 for your main keyword phrase and BLAM!!!!
The next day you are gone, so far down in the rankings, that nobody sees...
An experiment on blog ranking
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Last updated: Sunday, August 19, 2007
I am interested in discovering which platform is best for hosting your new blog.
And the question I am asking - is which platform gets ranked fastest, and which gives the highest position
So I targetted a phrase found with google trends: and prepared...
The power of Amazon Book Reviews
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Last updated: Sunday, August 19, 2007
Every once in a while I re-read the best om my marketing and copy books - the cream of the cream
By kennedy,abraham, sugarman,nicholas - and all the old favourites like collier,hopkins and caples.
So then I got round to read “ogilvy on advertising”...
Gary Halbert - Golden Nuggets from the Boron Letters
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Last updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Golden Nuggets from the Boron Letters
As Ed dale said the Boron Lettersby Gary Halbert
are on of the best educations a direct marketer can ever get. Written to his son bond at a difficult time in Garys life
the letters sum up a philosophy on direct marketing...
A way to find a successful niche
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Last updated: Monday, August 13, 2007
Niche websites
Ed dale and the Thirty Day Challenge has stimulated a lot of interest in niches
It is well worth looking at the website if you have not already seen it Thirty day challenge
Here we present another way to search for a successful niche ,...
Writers Block - How to Start
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Last updated: Saturday, August 4, 2007
Writers Block and how to avoid it
Sell with emotion, Justify with Logic
The answer to Writers Block kills two birds with one stone.
Selling is all about appealing to powerful emotions - people buy with emotion, and only when they have decided to purchase...
Kill your sales if you ever use this single word.
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Last updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Dont ever use this word when selling !
A true story
An insurance company couldnt work out why some of their salesman were consistent high flyers and others never seemed to get off first base.
So they looked, they tested , they analysed and trained.
But...
Satisfaction Conviction - How do you know when a salesman
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Last updated: Thursday, July 26, 2007
Satisfaction conviction
An old joke, with a vital message
“How do you know when a salesman is lying?”
“Whenever they open their mouths!”Or so the old joke goes - probably made about a used car salesman somewhere.
But is that...