I walked in for my 1 o'clock meeting, and there was a strange kind of energy at their office. I'm talking about energy in the air, the people were not their usual happy selves. I asked if Doug was in and they pointed to his office and went back to their...
The Not-So-Secret Writings of ScLoHo
How Much Should I Spend On Marketing?
It's often the question that most business owners dread:How Much Should I Spend On Marketing?I have a fresh take on this using the words of Roy H. Williams:One of the most common mistakes in advertising is to spread your ad budget across several different...
Little Known Advertising Copy Secrets
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...
Do You Provide Meaningful Touches?
Maintaining a good relationship with your customers is critical to your lasting success.Roy H. Williams in his article on Advertising Oversimplified covered this:Most customers are repeat customers or referral customers. Mass media is the most efficient...
Are You Creating Happiness?
http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3655096/3655096_2019-07-06-181936.128.mp3 We're going to cover three of the 20 points of Roy H. Williams Advertising Oversimplified:Regardless of how you win them, it is costly to win a...
One Size Does NOT Fit All
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...
Why We Don’t Have Phone Books Anymore
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...
Target Your Mass Media Message
I'm going to keep it short this time as I continue my insight on Roy Williams Advertising Oversimplified.Points 4 and 5:Choose Who to Lose. Correctly-written ad copy will filter out the customers you don’t want and attract the customers you do...
The Mass Media Myth
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...