Right Message: It's not as easy as you think

6 years ago

Looking forward to reading the replies for this one....expecting to see Oziboomer, Savidge4, Claude Whitacre & Peter Lessard sometime soon.

Ewen, how on earth do you find the time ? (Rhetorical)

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AmericanMuscleTA

6 years ago

Never thought about that.

Who was the general market and who was his well defined prospect??

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ewenmack 6 years ago

Originally Posted by AmericanMuscleTA

Never thought about that.

Who was the general market and who was his well defined prospect??

I'm keeping details private due to confidentiality.

But wanted to bring up the big point,
which you want to have the mindset that each market is different.

The person who came to me for help,
had what appeared to be the same well defined, but small, market
when he sold out in Australia and moved to New Zealand.

What was different in New Zealand was that many
people on his list of prospects were DIY types
and no amount of marketing trickery is going
to get them to change.

However we identified another group that would be susceptible
to change.

Now he can come up with the right message and right delivery method
of that message.

Best,
Doctor E. Vile
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savidge4

6 years ago

Oh nelly is this a killer topic! Reminds me of a bus ride way back in the day when I lived in Hawaii for a few years. There I was on the bus headed out to the North Shore of Oahu in late December to watch the big waves. Me and a bunch of tourist.

There was a guy From Australia, Another from England, One from the Phillipines, South Africa, Canada, Mississippi, Washington State, Japan, and a few other places. All of us got into a conversation.. all of us were speaking "English" and every last one of us said things that none of the others understood

Take a Pick-up in the States as an example. In Australia its a "Ute" in the UK some call them "Lorry" In the Phillipines it might be called a "Trak" in Maine it might also be called a "get me by"

So all of that... match the message to the market. It is not always the obvious things.. its the more than obvious things that will get you. I am currently marketing my services in a few countries around the world.. and have to have all of my text ( English text ) translated for maximum performance. Who would have thought?

Originally Posted by ewenmack

Example.

I was called in to help with the marketing of a business
because he knew I had success in that market... in general.

It would be easy to use the same message in his market,
however it would fail.

Because he has a much smaller and very well defined list of prospects,
they don't match the same prospects I had the experience with.

In some situations you can use the same message in a different location
and in a market that has the same attributes as you've came out of,
however you don't make that call until you found out what is their
Tipping Point which motivates them to take action.

Never assume your market is the same as another,
because if you do, you've left your message to chance.

Best,
Doctor E. Vile

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Freebiequeen1999

6 years ago

This is very true.

I did some work for a landscape company who had used some ? company/s on the internet.

His website and print materials were nice enough, mobile ready wordpress, decent quality printing...but they just looked....wrong...

we are in South Florida and I immediately found the problem.....the photos on all were stock...and of Northern houses, lawns, trees, etc...

his slider photos....we don't have hills, pine trees, split level houses (NO basements here)...it was just wrong wrong wrong. Looked like Pennsylvania or maybe Virginia. Hills and mountains and brick houses? Uh uh

Then he had these horribly generic "team" pictures ...the gal with the headset on wearing a white shirt, dark suit..."business people" in dark suits white shirts with arms folded on their chests LOL

Honestly where I live, if you see people in a dark suit and white shirt they are in a court room trial or going to a funeral (and even then usually more casual) . The office staff of a landscape company sure doesn't dress like that LOL

I found they had wonderful pictures of their work for some apartment. etc complexes and other jobs...pro pics..and i was able to get permission to use them so switched out all the sliders
I had them get pics of their own trucks and an office group pic
Bright skies, palm trees, lovely flowers, more palm trees, flat and green, stucco houses and florida style buildings....sunshine...looking good now

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kenmichaels

6 years ago

Originally Posted by Freebiequeen1999

This is very true.

I did some work for a landscape company who had used some ? company/s on the internet.

His website and print materials were nice enough, mobile ready wordpress, decent quality printing...but they just looked....wrong...

we are in South Florida and I immediately found the problem.....the photos on all were stock...and of Northern houses, lawns, trees, etc...

his slider photos....we don't have hills, pine trees, split level houses (NO basements here)...it was just wrong wrong wrong. Looked like Pennsylvania or maybe Virginia. Hills and mountains and brick houses? Uh uh

Then he had these horribly generic "team" pictures ...the gal with the headset on wearing a white shirt, dark suit..."business people" in dark suits white shirts with arms folded on their chests LOL

Honestly where I live, if you see people in a dark suit and white shirt they are in a court room trial or going to a funeral (and even then usually more casual) . The office staff of a landscape company sure doesn't dress like that LOL

I found they had wonderful pictures of their work for some apartment. etc complexes and other jobs...pro pics..and i was able to get permission to use them so switched out all the sliders
I had them get pics of their own trucks and an office group pic
Bright skies, palm trees, lovely flowers, more palm trees, flat and green, stucco houses and florida style buildings....sunshine...looking good now

I am not sure I can count the number of times that I have run across
this very same situation.

Lol - court or funeral - I am in daytona so I know what you mean.
Since we cover a lot FL ... you and I might know each other.

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Robyn435

6 years ago

Originally Posted by ewenmack

Example.

I was called in to help with the marketing of a business
because he knew I had success in that market... in general.

It would be easy to use the same message in his market,
however it would fail.

Because he has a much smaller and very well defined list of prospects,
they don't match the same prospects I had the experience with.

In some situations you can use the same message in a different location
and in a market that has the same attributes as you've came out of,
however you don't make that call until you found out what is their
Tipping Point which motivates them to take action.

Never assume your market is the same as another,
because if you do, you've left your message to chance.

Best,
Doctor E. Vile

Keep dropping the gold!
Started reading all your posts a month or so ago...

Opened doors I thought were closed or dead
Damn well blew my mind on the opportunities that were flying over my head.

When I joined WF, I got dizzy just from the amount of crap posts
I had to dig through daily in searches but it was dam worth it
to find the type of gems that ewen posts.

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ewenmack

6 years ago

Originally Posted by Robyn435

Opened doors I thought were closed or dead
Damn well blew my mind on the opportunities that were flying over my head.
.

Really interested in finding out more about that,
if you can share.

Thank you for your kind comments about me.

Best,
Doctor E. Vile

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Robyn435

6 years ago

Originally Posted by ewenmack

Really interested in finding out more about that,
if you can share.

Thank you for your kind comments about me.

Best,
Doctor E. Vile

I followed some of the principles you put forward from this thread
http://www.warriorforum.com/offline-...verts-pay.html

and another thread you made with the home remodeling ad as an example.

Both of these ads focused on reaching out to a specific person with a specific need
and weeds out those least likely to buy.

I began scrolling through my local classifieds and found a few places
that sold car parts and after some prodding got them interested in moving more volume.

Ok lets break here.

The taxi system is very unregulated in my country and
people run taxis with all models of cars but one feature that's valued
is a strong front end to handle our poor road infrastructure.

So with that in mind, taxi men are looking for cost effective but long lasting parts.

I then sat down and wrote and ad reaching out to the taxi men
and even got a picture of a taxi man put him in the ad for social proof.

1st week the ad ran it didn't do so well so I went to marketing experiments
and found one of their videos about removing anxiety from your offer.

I removed anxiety by adding a defective part warranty and replacement.

The owner of the car parts business called me and said he had to plug the damn phone out of the wall!

Ofcourse I collected my cut

I might do a commision based deal next.

I am still very new at writing ad copy but I just went into the taxi man's head
and thought about what I would be looking for.

My local paper has tons of awful ads like the one I redid.
Lots of opportunity

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ewenmack

6 years ago

My goodness, that's brilliant Robyn!

Thank you for replying.

Had you ever wrote an ad before and had you ever been to
Marketing Experiments before stumbling across my posts?

Best,
Doctor E. Vile

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Robyn435

6 years ago

Originally Posted by ewenmack

My goodness, that's brilliant Robyn!

Thank you for replying.

Had you ever wrote an ad before and had you ever been to
Marketing Experiments before stumbling across my posts?

Best,
Doctor E. Vile

Never wrote an ad for print before or even online.

I picked everything up from combing through your threads/replies
then followed the rabbit hole from there.

Must say marketing experiments is probably my best find yet.

Now I have a itch I cant get rid off

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ewenmack 6 years ago

Originally Posted by Robyn435

Now I have a itch I cant get rid off

Oops, I've infected you with a virus!

When you get a 'hit' like you did,
especially so soon, it's real head rush alright.

Welcome to the crazy world of turning words
into money!

Best,
Doctor E. Vile
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kenmichaels

6 years ago

Originally Posted by Robyn435

I followed some of the principles you put forward from this thread
http://www.warriorforum.com/offline-...verts-pay.html

and another thread you made with the home remodeling ad as an example.

Both of these ads focused on reaching out to a specific person with a specific need
and weeds out those least likely to buy.

I began scrolling through my local classifieds and found a few places
that sold car parts and after some prodding got them interested in moving more volume.

Ok lets break here.

The taxi system is very unregulated in my country and
people run taxis with all models of cars but one feature that's valued
is a strong front end to handle our poor road infrastructure.

So with that in mind, taxi men are looking for cost effective but long lasting parts.

I then sat down and wrote and ad reaching out to the taxi men
and even got a picture of a taxi man put him in the ad for social proof.

1st week the ad ran it didn't do so well so I went to marketing experiments
and found one of their videos about removing anxiety from your offer.

I removed anxiety by adding a defective part warranty and replacement.

The owner of the car parts business called me and said he had to plug the damn phone out of the wall!

Ofcourse I collected my cut

I might do a commision based deal next.

I am still very new at writing ad copy but I just went into the taxi man's head
and thought about what I would be looking for.

My local paper has tons of awful ads like the one I redid.
Lots of opportunity

In the usa papers there are more bad ads then good.
Someone with an ounce of brains and some ambition can do what
you did over here and make a killing.

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Robyn435 6 years ago

Originally Posted by kenmichaels

In the usa papers there are more bad ads then good.
Someone with an ounce of brains and some ambition can do what
you did over here and make a killing.

That's why I said so much opportunity that
originally blew right over my head.

I am definitely looking into it

What I did wasnt very hard at all, I was wondering why
someone else was not capitalizing on it.

The owner of the parts business sold more parts in one week
than he did the entire month, but that's my local market.

Not familiar with the US market but
Interesting opp indeed.
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misterme

6 years ago

Originally Posted by kenmichaels

In the usa papers there are more bad ads then good.
Someone with an ounce of brains and some ambition can do what
you did over here and make a killing.

Maybe so but over here we also have a consumer base that gets a thousand gazillion marketing messages hurled at them every minute. So there's more noise to cut through, consumers have more options than just one, and they pretty much have a guard up, so you have to be most excellent to get through.

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bizgrower

6 years ago

Originally Posted by misterme

Maybe so but over here we also have a consumer base that gets a thousand gazillion marketing messages hurled at them every minute. So there's more noise to cut through, consumers have more options than just one, and they pretty much have a guard up, so you have to be most excellent to get through.

That's why things like "Chicken Soup for _________ Souls", or Robyn's ad for the taxi man
work.

Understanding your landscape is very important, not just for ads. There was a national dining chain
where the accounting department was up in arms about certain restaurants using a lot more sugar
than others in the chain. Turns out the high sugar using stores were in states where "Sweet Tea"
is very popular.

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kenmichaels

6 years ago

Originally Posted by misterme

Maybe so but over here we also have a consumer base that gets a thousand gazillion marketing messages hurled at them every minute. So there's more noise to cut through, consumers have more options than just one, and they pretty much have a guard up, so you have to be most excellent to get through.

You just have to be better then the last ad they read.

I am not a copy guy by any stretch of the imagination, yet I have placed
ads that have pulled thousands of calls per day.

One of my best pulling ads had the words
(right in the middle of the ad.)

"ever want to go sky diving over egypt?"
(and the next line said )
"Now that your paying attention, start over."

That ad ran from 98 - 03 all over the US and it wasn't even a good ad
it just stood out more then some of the other ads it was next to.

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ewenmack

6 years ago

Originally Posted by Robyn435

and another thread you made with the home remodeling ad as an example.

Both of these ads focused on reaching out to a specific person with a specific need
and weeds out those least likely to buy.

Here's the ad for those not sure what she is referring to...

Home renovator banked $17,800 from his tiny direct mail campaign.

Total spend, $86.

Total return on investment, 209 to 1

Enjoy!
Doctor E. Vile

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roger h

6 years ago

Fantastic story above, from someone (Robyn) who

Took Action
Embraced Risk
Got Results
Received Reward.

I like the sound of that itch.

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Oziboomer

6 years ago

Originally Posted by ewenmack

Never assume your market is the same as another,
because if you do, you've left your message to chance.

Sorry I'm late to the party but here's a little thing I discovered in a market I worked on...

It was to do with the delivery of items to homes or businesses.

When all the competition were trying to use the cheapest courier services available who would only deliver Monday to Friday 9-5 and only to a business address and only then if that address was on the ground floor....

....you know what's coming...

Did the same thing with payment processing options and online ordering facilities for another client in a market where the competition blindly refused to think that someone wanted to order and pay now for delivery same day.

Opportunities exist in nearly every market but most people just go for what they think are the obvious things that will swing a purchaser one way or another...

...the trick is to discover the "Not so Obvious" ...or in many cases the "Tipping Point" as Ewen describes so well.

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bizgrower

6 years ago

I don't know if he is following his instincts, or learned the photography business from somebody
really good.

Anyway, there is a very good wildlife and landscape photographer in town. He does pretty high end
work and seems to know everything about paper, framing, pixels, camera types....

He does framing and delivery. I don't think he ever really messed with the cheapest way to ship, maybe once and it got damaged. He just uses a freighter who will get the framed work intact to the best delivery address for the customer. Some pieces are too large for the customers to transport from the office to home in their personal car... he had one client who insisted on home delivery and he lived in the
boondocks in Oklahoma (very sparsely populated).

He personally delivers a lot of times to clients within a couple of hours drive.

He is starting to get feedback comparing him to a really famous photographer in our region.

Dan

Originally Posted by Oziboomer

Sorry I'm late to the party but here's a little thing I discovered in a market I worked on...

It was to do with the delivery of items to homes or businesses.

When all the competition were trying to use the cheapest courier services available who would only deliver Monday to Friday 9-5 and only to a business address and only then if that address was on the ground floor....

....you know what's coming...

Did the same thing with payment processing options and online ordering facilities for another client in a market where the competition blindly refused to think that someone wanted to order and pay now for delivery same day.

Opportunities exist in nearly every market but most people just go for what they think are the obvious things that will swing a purchaser one way or another...

...the trick is to discover the "Not so Obvious" ...or in many cases the "Tipping Point" as Ewen describes so well.

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misterme

6 years ago

"Chicken Soup for the Soul" got turned down a zillion times, and it was the authors' self-publishing it and marketing the hell out of it that got it noticed. Yes, it tapped into the consciousness of the public nicely from that point but here's something you probably didn't know about it:

It's catchy title, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" wasn't written by the authors, wasn't written by any copywriter or marketing team. It was an innocent remark by someone working with them commenting on what the work was like.

So here we're confusing brilliant copywriting with the intention of writing brilliant copy.

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bizgrower

6 years ago

This is from Abraham.com:

"Jack Canfield and I approached Jay when we wanted to do the book concept for ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul.’ Jay gave Jack and me two killer concepts. Obviously they must have worked, because so far we’ve sold over 14 million copies using his approach."

Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series

I did not know about the title creation. I was getting at how they got the market segmentation/message
to all the different types of souls. I'm pretty sure that was one of Jay's contributions, rather than just
reaching generic souls.

Dan

Originally Posted by misterme

"Chicken Soup for the Soul" got turned down a zillion times, and it was the authors' self-publishing it and marketing the hell out of it that got it noticed. Yes, it tapped into the consciousness of the public nicely from that point but here's something you probably didn't know about it:

It's catchy title, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" wasn't written by the authors, wasn't written by any copywriter or marketing team. It was an innocent remark by someone working with them commenting on what the work was like.

So here we're confusing brilliant copywriting with the intention of writing brilliant copy.

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