Manner maketh the business

It was early morning and the cafes were just getting going as my friends and I pulled up in town for a cup of coffee. We liked the look of a cafe where a young woman was putting the tables and pot plants out, so we thought we would have coffee there. That is, until we...

Thoughts on guarantees

Denny Hatch, who you probably know is one of my very favourite writers on matters of copywriting and marketing strategy wrote a great article about Amazon and its guarantee policies in his newsletter of 11th of September 2019. He concluded with a couple of pertinent...

Another commercial

A commercial from South Australia Tourism got up the noses of many critics who called it “sad” and “depressing”. However, the producers of the advert said it was made as a result of research that showed that many people put off visiting the region until they are much...

How to use videos

Keith Rhodes produces great videos for businesses and in a recent email he told the story of the why and the how of a video he produced for a specialist vet surgery.In fact, what he reveals is all I would look for as a marketer in commissioning a video for any of my...

Getting the magic of 2 X 2 x 2 working for you!

In a recent edition of my newsletter, I shared my article “How not to go broke!” I extolled the virtues of knowing the magic 2 X 2 X 2 formula which businesses, such as restaurants (many of which are currently going broke), should use to keep thriving.In...