How to use a nudge in your email marketing strategy
AdvertisingTigger bounces piglet. Tigger is neither subtle nor gentle and it leaves poor piglet feeling baffled and overwhelmed. A nudge empowers where a bounce leaves no free will.This is especially true when it comes to email marketing strategy.To…
Copywriting: how to write a powerful USP that attracts customers and prospects
Advertising Copywriting SkillsEspecially – but not only – if you run an SME business, do you know how to express your “USP?” (Unique Selling Proposition/Point?) And do you know why your USP is so important to support your brand?Recently this topic came up at…
The Evolution of Advertising
AdvertisingWhat are some of the biggest changes in advertising in the last decade? Advertising has changed drastically during the last few decades, from the printing press to pop-up ads, everything has changed. Apart from that, the evolution of advertising…
Over Branding and Over Marketing
AdvertisingI wanted to briefly discuss what I would like to call OVER BRANDING or OVER MARKETING. As we all know it is important to generate a buzz about a product, film, song or something new. But there is a line that one can cross when too much is simply…
Beauty Copywriting…More Than Just Pretty Words
Advertising Content & StrategyHow many times have you read the words: Gorgeous, Luminous, Effervescent on a beauty product you purchased? These words have become synonymous with beauty related copywriting. When writing for health and beauty, there needs to be more of an…
6 ridiculously awesome email copywriting tips that convert
Advertising Copywriting SkillsEmail copywriting has become an essential part of every company’s marketing campaign, especially when there are more than 3.9 Billion active email users. The task of promoting their business through emails is often handed out to freelance…
5 Digital marketing trends for freelancers
Advertising Marketing & PROne of the most diverse industries today is none other than digital marketing. It is exciting to watch digital marketing trends because this world experiences fast-paced changes. There has been a dramatic increase in digital marketing jobs for…
Has Digital Marketing Killed Off Branding & Creativity?
Advertising BrandingHow has digital marketing affected branding? Q&A with Chris Bullick, MD of The Pull Agency.
Bill Gates – somewhat belatedly – said ‘The Internet changes everything’. In reality, Microsoft was late to the party but Gates nailed…
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Advertising Copywriting SkillsWhen I first work with my clients, I give them a very special gift.A billboard on the Eden’s Expressway, just as you join the Kennedy into Chicago.It’s a beautiful piece of all white, real estate space where one can inform the…
DIY advertisers: why titles don’t work, and headlines do
AdvertisingWhen you advertise your business, do you give the advert a title – or a headline?Ads (a.k.a. “adverts”) with a title often are also “upside down adverts” which you need to avoid if you’re going to get the maximum number of leads…
How Two Successful Bloggers Make Money In Very Different Ways
AdvertisingLast weekend I spent Sunday writing Action Plan 3 for my EJ Insider Interviews Club members, featuring Daniel Scocco and Joe Gilder.The action plans are short reports I write that come out once per month to members. I re-listen to…
The Future of Search Engine Advertising and Why You Need to Innovate
AdvertisingThis is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bing Network. All opinions are 100% mine.
Effective search engine advertising is about delivering the right message, to the right person at exactly the right moment.It’s answering people’s…