April 3, 2009

Copywriting tips for Friday Teatime

Winding down? Putting the kettle on? Getting stuck into a Friday afternoon wedge of cake? Here are half a dozen […]

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March 17, 2009

Freebie: a copywriting checklist

Despite what I’ve been saying in the last few posts, I haven’t been spending all my time over the past […]

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October 30, 2008

Michelle Mone done, Max Clifford to come

Apologies for the lack of updates - I’ve been working hard on Business Matters stuff for the past few weeks. […]

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September 1, 2008

This is the age of the slightly better TV ads

Now that September’s Business Matters has been polished off, zipped up and sent to the printers, I can pack in […]

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July 25, 2008

Heads up: testimonials post on Copyblogger

Dean Rieck has a good post on Copyblogger about how to make the most of testimonials. Well worth a look […]

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May 1, 2008

Advice to a would-be copywriter

As I’ve barely got time to sneeze at the moment, let alone write blog entries, I’ve been casting around for […]

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April 2, 2008

Re: yesterday’s post on direct response

Careful readers may recall I touched on flash ads as direct response mechanisms. I was thinking of doing an analysis […]

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April 1, 2008

Direct response copywriting: a few thoughts

Yesterday I posted a video of David Ogilvy explaining his basic philosophy of advertising. You could sum up his view […]

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March 31, 2008

Ogilvy lays down the law

‘…headlines and copy about the product and its benefits sell more than cute headlines and poetic copy. You know to […]

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March 30, 2008

Water, water everywhere

Can copy become too cute for its own good? Take a look at this:

I found it in the minibar […]

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