by Bob McCarthy | Jul 26, 2015 | Copywriting, Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, General, Lead Generation, Online Advertising, Print Advertising
Advertising and marketing programs are supposed to generate results – measurable results. Too often, we forget that. Too often, we are led down the path of brand building and product awareness. We are seduced by creative ads, clever headlines and eye-grabbing...
by Bob McCarthy | Jun 14, 2015 | Copywriting, Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, General, Lead Generation
For companies that want to keep some or all of their direct mail in-house One of the most appealing aspects of direct mail is that you can mail any quantity at any time – all by yourself. The direct marketing industry may seem to be dominated by large mailers that...
by Bob McCarthy | Mar 29, 2015 | Copywriting, Direct Marketing, General, Online Advertising, Web Marketing
Even if you have no experience or interest in Twitter, this technique could work for you. ——————- Thanks to John Jantsch’s blog at Duct Tape Marketing, I discovered a new tool yesterday called DashThis. It’s a marketing app...
by Bob McCarthy | Mar 18, 2015 | Copywriting, Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, General
This may be counter intuitive for many of you. But bear with me. I think it might make sense in a minute or two. So you’re planning a direct mail campaign and you’ve decided to use a letter package – and now it’s time to spec out the package. You have the three...
by Bob McCarthy | Jan 29, 2015 | Copywriting, General, TV Advertising
You must have seen them by now, those DirecTV commercials featuring Rob Lowe – the good Rob Lowe and the other Rob Lowe. The concept is pretty simple. The good Rob Lowe is using DirecTV. The other Rob Lowe is using cable TV. There are about half-dozen different...
by Bob McCarthy | Nov 28, 2014 | Copywriting, Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, Email Marketing, General, Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing, Online Advertising, Print Advertising, Survey Marketing, TV Advertising, Web Marketing
It used to be that when you talked about sales leads, the focus was always on lead quantity – getting more leads. High response rates always seem to rule the day. But at some point, marketers began to realize lead quantity isn’t enough. You also need to consider the...
