Want to know how to be ignored? Be Predictable. The Opposite is also true and we'll learn some little known advertising copy secrets as we continue with part 8 of a 9 part series based on Roy H. Williams Advertising Oversimplified article he wrote a few...
Sometimes business people want a proposal from me before we even talk about what they need or want. That's like going to a doctor and sayin, "Just give me some pills, the kind that everyone else is buying". That is more than ridiculous, it is stupid and...
I could have titled this: Dead Advertising Mediums. Read this from Roy H. Williams: Google is the new phone book. Like the Yellow Pages of yesterday, it is the principal resource for buyers who are currently, consciously in the market for a product or...
Continuing my series based on Roy Williams article about Advertising Oversimplified with my thoughts on points 2 and 3...Roy talks about Mass Media and targeting your advertising message:They call it “mass media” for a reason: it reaches the...
An old business owner joke goes like this; a reporter one day asked the CEO of a major company, “So, how many employees are working in your company?” The CEO replied, “approximately half of them”. It’s funny, but the problem is, it’s not necessarily a...
Regardless of what part of the country you live in, North or South, East or West, for most, summertime is a fun time and a great time to launch and execute promotions for your business. The next time you are planning a significant event or promotion,...
If you are a business owner or in charge of handling the marketing and advertising, a wise thing to do is to pay close attention to what the BIG GUYS are doing. The “Big Guys”, the likes of GEICO, Home Depot, Proctor & Gamble and others, have huge...
Last month when my wife and I were on vacation, the publication Mediapost shared a story that I was living at the moment.My wife and I are Baby Boomers.Our kids are Millennials.The business world, or more specifically the advertising world, is focused on...
Most of the business people I talk to these days are listeners to one of the radio stations I work with but they are not necessarily advertising partners with me, yet.A big question that comes up is, "How Much Does It Cost To Advertise on WOWO Radio?"When...