by Dan Kennedy10.02.2009
Historically, free standing inserts in daily newspapers tended to advertise discount tax preparation services, furniture sales, K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Payless Shoes, a chiropractor’s office, an auto repair shop.
Recently, in a daily newspaper, I found a slick, full-color, 4-page insert for a ‘private lakefront community’ with a Jack Nicklaus golf course, homesites starting at $200,000.00, boat slips [...]
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by Bill Glazer09.28.2009
This is my quick checklist of ESSENTIAL Elements of a good direct response ad
1.) REASON FOR ADVERTISING other than your desire to get customers or sell something. BIG NEWS (other than announcing a new logo), BIG IDEA, a breakthrough solution to somebody’s problem. The biggest reason for advertising failure is advertising just because you need [...]
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