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“Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.”
Advertising is life made to look larger than life, through images and words that promise a wish fulfilled, a dream come true, a problem solved. Even Viagra follows Mark Twain’s keen observation about advertising. The worst kind of advertising exaggerates to [...]
Archive for June, 2009
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The Muppets featured in old coffee ad’s – Pretty Funny
Posted: 25th June 2009 by admin in AdvertisingTags: Advertising, coffee advertising, muppets
What is Success? This according to Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted: 22nd June 2009 by admin in UncategorizedTags: how to be successful, Ralph Waldo Emerson, success, successful people
This is one of my favorites.
Success
To laugh often and much
To win the respect of intelligent people
And the affection of children
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
And endure the betrayal of friends
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others,
To leave the world a bit better
Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
Or a redeemed social [...]
Have you seen an increase in business in the past 30 days?
Posted: 22nd June 2009 by admin in MarketingTags: business increase, business poll
Have you seen an increase in business in the past 30 days? Poll.
INSIGHTS INTO SALES COPY WRITING
Posted: 17th June 2009 by admin in Business Strategy, MarketingTags: advertising copy, copywriting, sales, sales copy writing, sales copywriting
Sales copy online can make or break your business. A good sales letter must lure visitors, create trust and motivate readers to purchase. You can spend millions of dollars on ads and still have low or no response. But just pay a little more attention to your sales copy and then watch the response you [...]
Stupid Marketing Watch: Hurting Two Brands with One E-mail
Posted: 16th June 2009 by admin in Advertising, Online AdvertisingTags: email marketing, email marketing mistakes, Marketing, stupid marketing
Stupid Marketing Watch: Hurting Two Brands with One E-mail Click here
Funny Advertising – BMW
Posted: 14th June 2009 by admin in AdvertisingTags: Funny Advertising - BMW
Tips to Get Repeat Web Traffic
Posted: 13th June 2009 by admin in Online AdvertisingTags: Add new tag, generate web traffic, Tips to Get Repeat Web Traffic, web traffic, web visitors
Update the pages on your website frequently. Stagnant sites are dropped by some search engines. You can even put a date counter on the page to show when it was last updated.
Offer additional value on your website. For affiliates and partners you can place links to their sites and products and ask them to do [...]
Your First Step Toward Success: Anything But Ordinary
Posted: 10th June 2009 by admin in Business StrategyTags: goals, how to be successful, setting goals, success
It may surprise you to learn that one of the very first steps to achieving your own success is something unusual. It is the exact opposite of what most people, including you, would do. And that is precisely why it is out of the ordinary; it’s something that most people wouldn’t dream of doing!
Listen carefully [...]
A Note from the Attic (first published 10/27/06)
Posted: 6th June 2009 by admin in Don MacleodTags: how to live life, life guidance, life lessons, proper living
Last week this website made the change to wordpress. Most of the postings on this site are coming from my old blog. I am picking and choosing my favorites.
A Note from the Attic
Recently, my 95 year old grandmother passed away in Florida. While my siblings, cousins and I were helping my mom pack up her [...]