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Persuasive Copywriting Tips

Beyond the “7 Deadly Sins”—What Really Motivates Your Prospect

July 21, 2009

People buy for emotional—not logical—reasons. And the key to making an emotional connection is through arousing desire.
But there’s much more to the spectrum of human desire than the “7 deadly sins” 99% of other marketers talk about.
Otherwise, how would you account for altruistic motivations like compassion, duty, honor, love, service, etc.? Or even the slightly [...]

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The #1 Marketing Sin… And How To Fix It.

July 16, 2009

I can’t help it, I LOVE what I do.
And if I weren’t writing copy, I’d be writing novels… or composing music… or something else that requires BOTH sides of the brain.
Sometimes I get a project I wouldn’t mind doing even if I didn’t get paid a dime. Like yesterday, for example, I picked up a [...]

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Marketing Meditation: How The “Still Small Voice” Creates A Deeper Bond Of Trust

June 10, 2009

“And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord [...]

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The “Enlightened” Definition of Marketing

June 2, 2009

There is no simpler and more elegant definition of marketing than this:
Getting the right message to the right person.
I love this definition because it immediately reveals the process of marketing, and implies a 3-step action plan.
If you’re going to get the right message to the right person, what’s the first thing you need to know?
Who [...]

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Marketing Meditation: The Ultimate Secret To Boosting Response Rates

May 20, 2009

“No one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life.”
-Mark 10:29-30
When [...]

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