I’m currently in the process of reading Irving Stone’s acclaimed novel, The Agony and the Ecstasy. Chronicling the life of Michelangelo, one of the early chapters features a moment that lingers long after reading: the great Master, standing in a Tuscan quarry, examines slab after slab of marble. He doesn’t just pick the nearest block.…
With the New Year well underway, now is the perfect time to get your content marketing strategy on-point for 2024. The right tweaks and strategies will help you to stand out online and engage your target audience. So here are five important tasks to pop on your January to-do list. Google loves fresh, up-to-date and…
ChatGPT came onto the scene with a bang. In just over a week it had garnered 100 million users worldwide, and more than one enterprising student has realised it can write their essays for them – potentially without their tutors ever knowing. So, with this astounding development in technology, have copywriters been rendered obsolete? Couldn’t…
Affordable copywriting services in 2021 Finding the perfect copywriting services in 2021 is a minefield, with so many providers offering their services at a range of price points. So which is the right service for you? How much should you be looking to spend? And what are the benefits of outsourcing copywriting to a third…
Top 10 Obsolete or Uncommon English Words The English language is constantly evolving and changing. Words that were once used as slang have now been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, including ‘chillax,’ ‘easy-breezy,’ ‘simples,’ and … wait for it … ‘whatevs.’ You can even look up Jedi and find a nice little description about…
4. Big ideas. Unless your advertising is built on a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night. It takes a big idea to jolt the consumer out of his indifference – to make him notice your advertising, remember it and take action. Big ideas are usually simple ideas. Said Charles Kettering,…
3. Brand image. Every advertisement should contribute to the complex symbol which is the brand image. 95% of all advertising is created ad hoc. Most products lack any consistent image from one year to another. The manufacturer who dedicates his advertising to building the most sharply defined personality for his brand gets the largest share…
2. Large promise. The second most important decision is this: what should you promise the customer? A promise is not a claim, or a theme, or a slogan. It is a benefit for the consumer. It pays to promise a benefit which is unique and competitive, and the product must deliver the benefit your promise.…
How to create advertising that sells “Ogilvy & Mather has created over $1,480,000,000 worth of advertising. Here, with all the dogmatism of brevity are 38 of the things we have learned.” By David Ogilvy 1. The most important decision We have learned that the effect of your advertising on your sales depends more on this…
In today’s short attention span marketplace, words are at a premium. We’ve gone from infinitely long blogs to Facebook-style snappy posts, and then taken things even further with Twitter, Vine and Snapchat. This has implications in the copywriting world, with brevity now king. If you can’t get your message across in 100 characters or less,…
