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Forum: Copywriting 5th October 2023, 06:37 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 532
Posted By ewenmack
Re: What is your prospect’s most powerful motivation?

The times I can think of where my clients/customers I had in previous businesses,
lawncare and EFTPOS paper, they were already using the service or product,
so, no need to sell the benefits of the...
Forum: Copywriting 4th October 2023, 07:03 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 532
Posted By ewenmack
Re: What is your prospect’s most powerful motivation?

One of the interesting observations I've witnessed,
read about,
and pondered, is this...

People know more about what they don't want than what they do want.

Many modern-day machines, gadgets,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th September 2023, 01:50 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 288
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Have You Ever Heard Anyone Say This?

I've heard the opposite to
"It's not what you say but how you say it"

I think it may have come from Gary Halbert.

His point was there needs to be key points said.

He came from 1 to 1 sales...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th September 2023, 01:43 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 288
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Have You Ever Heard Anyone Say This?

I consulted with a very smart tech guy.

Why smart?

Because he knew who and when his
target clients where ready for him.

He was not a sales guy, but a tech guy.

He knew how to put the...
Forum: Copywriting 24th September 2023, 05:37 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 325
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Lies? Lies? Lies?

With all the social media shaming of bad products and services,
it seems crazy that anyone in charge of marketing would.
knowingly exaggerate what it is they are selling.

Best,
Ewen
Forum: Copywriting 20th September 2023, 05:36 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,524
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Anyone Tried/Tested "The Negative Sell?"

There's a more effective way than that in the follow up email sequence.

Personalize to many.

In your email dashboard look for the multiple opens that haven't bought.

Instead of the pressure...
Forum: Copywriting 20th September 2023, 04:45 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,524
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Anyone Tried/Tested "The Negative Sell?"

It depends on the previous interactions with the seller.

For example, if the persona was that of The Rich Jerk,
then the hard negative close is fitting.

The woman relationship coach who exudes...
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th September 2023, 10:07 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 303
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Seeking Effective Paid Strategies to Boost LED Signs Sales. Suggestions?

Just stay with those two.

! Google Profile Business. Don't stop updating it.

2 Shared postcards. Send them out every 2 weeks to same list.
Expand your location with new lists and new...
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th September 2023, 07:01 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 303
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Seeking Effective Paid Strategies to Boost LED Signs Sales. Suggestions?

Get the basics done right first.

Be in front of those who are already looking for LED Signage
by creating a Google Business Profile.

Don't skimp on it.

Next go direct to prospects.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th September 2023, 06:28 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 336
Posted By ewenmack
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th September 2023, 04:50 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 336
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Treason doth not prosper.

Well, I've got a real treat for you Claude...

a clone of you pitching your book.

I'll message you the download file.

Best,
Ewen
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th July 2022, 04:48 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 388
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Email subject line advice

Replace customers with patients as that's the term chiros
and medical pros use
otherwise you look like an outsider.

Best,
Ewen
Forum: Copywriting 1st April 2022, 03:21 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 420
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Any follow up tips on locating a demand?

Gordan Jay,

https://lists.nextmark.com/

You can select for RFM lists.

For those who don't know what they stand for...
Recency
Frequency
Money
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd January 2022, 11:40 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 431
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Tips for a tiny campaign to 10-30 people

There a lot of wholesale houses Facebook groups.

Become a member, answer member questions and generally
get known as a good guy in the groups so that when you ask
for something, you are more...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th October 2021, 10:36 PM
Replies: 110
Views: 2,133
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Name My New Podcast

One of the poster child of the grumpy old white man
who sells stuff, Dan Kennedy, has found favor with the younger
marketing community, Clickfunnels,
since Russel Brunson bought out his company...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th October 2021, 01:33 PM
Replies: 110
Views: 2,133
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Name My New Podcast

Claude, I have some questions and comments...

1 Why on earth would you want me on your podcast,
there are many more qualified?

2 Would you let me get a word in? :)

3 Any time I listen to a...
Forum: Offline Marketing 10th October 2021, 03:43 PM
Replies: 110
Views: 2,133
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Name My New Podcast

A tongue in cheek one...

Grumpy Old White Guys Who Sell Stuff Podcast
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd August 2021, 04:33 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,435
Posted By ewenmack
Re: High Ticket Prospecting Method That Works (Step by Step)

Claude, you prove "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" is a lie!

I'm semi-retired on my 5 acres of land.
and here I am watching/listening to every video
interview and training put out by...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd August 2021, 04:21 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,435
Posted By ewenmack
Re: High Ticket Prospecting Method That Works (Step by Step)

The late Jim Camp would go for no.
See his book Start With No.

Chris Voss former FBI lead international hostage negotiator
goes for no.
See his book Never Split The Difference

His tactical...
Forum: Offline Marketing 13th August 2021, 03:10 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 233
Posted By ewenmack
This might be the time you or your client to dump their iphone.

Here's why.

A marketing agency owner's client suddenly had a drop off of by
75% of phone calls coming in.

The culprit, an iphone which had phone calls forwarded to it.

Things are getting...
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th August 2021, 04:59 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 227
Posted By ewenmack
Re: My new venture

There are payment processors that have built in systems for affiliate payouts.

One is Paykickstart.

Best,
Ewen
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th July 2021, 12:17 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 868
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Informational Scarcity. The Jordan Belfort Way

Shortage Of Information

It seems like a well worn path used*by A List copywriters
in direct response copywriting, by ad agencies for their clients
and I've used it for a consulting client.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th July 2021, 03:36 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 868
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Informational Scarcity. The Jordan Belfort Way

Claude, it's popped into my mind how the use of information shortage
is a well worn path both in the fields of direct response advertising and ad agencies.

I used it years ago with a consulting...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st July 2021, 03:01 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 868
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Informational Scarcity. The Jordan Belfort Way

Claude, I haven't watched the video yet but one thing popped into my mind regarding information shortage..

That idea aligns with what I've done with past clients
so that they become the only...
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th June 2021, 05:43 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,360
Posted By ewenmack
Re: How do I find a company's suppliers?

Let's talk about this on Skype.

Ewen
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th April 2021, 10:55 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Since this is the place for offline...

Early on I posted about the investment arms of the ultra wealthy called Family Offices.

That means the decision makers on behalf of the ultra wealthy.

I also pointed out that there are lists of...
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th April 2021, 09:53 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Since this is the place for offline...

Good point with all the channels being an option.

If they are all profitable no point in killing them off.

I made a post about Adwords and Direct mail today
and how taking one winning media ad...
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th April 2021, 08:04 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 411
Posted By ewenmack
Direct Mail V's Adwords: And the winner is...

Adwords

In this case.

Back in 2012 I posted the result of a small direct mail campaign by a builder
investing $86 and got back $17,800...
a 209 to 1 return on his money.

That was in...
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th April 2021, 05:09 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Since this is the place for offline...

You are right.

If you just bought burial insurance, you aren't going to be buying more.

If you bought a wedding dress, you won't be buying one anytime soon.

If you bought a super yacht you...
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th April 2021, 02:34 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Since this is the place for offline...

Can we both agree that client duty of care covers financial risk
if you are using client's money for advertising?

Then can we agree that we would go for highest probability of return on money?
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th April 2021, 06:28 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Since this is the place for offline...

What you have described are suspects, not 100% buyers.

100% buyers are those that have bought a similar thing before.
and not some of them, but all of them.

Claude has posted about his...
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th April 2021, 10:34 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Since this is the place for offline...

How do you base that without seeing the size of the list?

Or am I wrong in that you have seen a list of investors that have invested $10m or more and the selects as to what investment types they...
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th April 2021, 08:36 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Since this is the place for offline...

It seems like we can't select an audience in the Facebook
or Google ad platform who have invested
$10m or more then?

If we can, can we select what type of investments they are?

Best,
Ewen
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th April 2021, 03:47 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Since this is the place for offline...

It seems like you are wanting to attack people and not have a discussion about anything else.

Best,
Ewen
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th April 2021, 02:02 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Since this is the place for offline...

One of the reasons why consulting clients
came to me when I did consulting to solve sales and marketing problems,
was that I was media agnostic.

Clients didn't want to feel pressured into one...
Forum: Offline Marketing 13th April 2021, 10:30 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,482
Posted By ewenmack
Since this is the place for offline...

Here's a quote I stumbled upon
from Dan Kennedy...

"The last place of marketing liberty is inside an envelope. No spam filter in the mail. No review process. No one is going to check what you’re...
Forum: Offline Marketing 29th March 2021, 01:47 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 639
Posted By ewenmack
Re: What color would most get your attention in direct mail?

The missing pieces are personalization and timing.

They come from your your data research before you write
and design your mailer.

I'll write a demo piece off the top of my head
so you can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th March 2021, 11:36 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 403
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Are you 55+ in age?

Caleb O'Dowd [mentored by Gary Halbert] runs large space ads
in newspapers.

He sells health supplements to the over 55's.

The call to action is to a phone live person who gets an
extremely...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd February 2021, 01:37 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 437
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Cold calling affiliate plan ? Is it good?

In business there are 2 main things to take into consideration...

1 What you say
2The economics

So if you had the best phone salesperson
the venture could still fail
because there is not ...
Forum: Copywriting 15th February 2021, 03:32 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 274
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Leading with an image? Not pitching the money?

I can give 3 ad examples, 2 written by myself
and let you decide if the opening scene is
somewhat related...

1 Helicopter ad.

Headline above big image of helicopter in showroom

"“It takes...
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st January 2021, 01:05 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 222
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Can you help me segment today's opportunity seeker?

As a team, you'll have a stronger knowledge, skills and resources
in a media format than others.

Whatever that one is, your best bet is to match a list,
the audience who are also proven to buy...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th January 2021, 03:27 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 222
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Can you help me segment today's opportunity seeker?

Gordon, I think a better question is, what are the lists of buyers
of similar products, price point
your friend will be aiming for.

The biggest directory of these is on nextmark.com.

Best,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th January 2021, 02:16 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 658
Posted By ewenmack
Re: What are some good services to sell via cold calls?

[QUOTE=1Bryan;11645527].

I’m not really 100% sure who best buyers for a landing page service would be. Any biz that needs qualified calls. But who actually buys?

[QUOTE]

And there lies the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st January 2021, 08:19 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 658
Posted By ewenmack
Re: What are some good services to sell via cold calls?

I like the idea of selling printed products that are
already being used by the businesses you call on.

This way he is checking in if they want to re-order
and if they do, get the details and...
Forum: Copywriting 17th January 2021, 03:28 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 444
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Creativity - Your Way?

The idea of taking an idea from one industry
and applying to another where it's not used.

I stole the reverse penalty idea from a book of Jay Abraham case studies.

It was a pest control co...
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th January 2021, 03:03 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 566
Posted By ewenmack
Re: What People Really Want

Claude, your challenge is going to be around what your audience
already knows about "what people really want".

The more sophisticated they are on the subject,
you'll have to bring new info...
Forum: Copywriting 14th January 2021, 02:29 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 444
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Creativity - Your Way?

On one occasion I got "creative" to dramatize the cost
of jet lag.

I got called in by friend who was the sales guy
at a London ad agency.

Their creative team couldn't come up with anything
...
Forum: Copywriting 13th January 2021, 03:29 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 444
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Creativity - Your Way?

Sometimes the "creativity" is just sayin you'll give the basics
you'd expect others would give, but don't.

Like I did in my lawncare biz.

"I will Turn Up On Time, Do What I say I Will Do,...
Forum: Copywriting 13th January 2021, 01:19 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,063
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Your process of writing for specific customers

Example:

AUDIENCE
Mothers at home looking after school age kids

TIMING
Kids have just gone back to school
after holidays

MESSAGE
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th January 2021, 04:28 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 312
Posted By ewenmack
Re: New Movers Are BIG Spenders

Yep.

The personalization can be taken a step further than
"welcome to the neighborhood".

By finding out what make, model, new
or used in pass buying history, one can serve the right message...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th January 2021, 03:15 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 312
Posted By ewenmack
Re: New Movers Are BIG Spenders

This quote stood out...

"When asked what products they plan to purchase within
the first six months 58% responded that they would purchase a new automobile,"
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th January 2021, 01:35 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 312
Posted By ewenmack
New Movers Are BIG Spenders

Shirley Bassey sung "hey big spender, come spend a little time with me"

Well some of those could be spending money with you or your clients.

They are going to be spending it with these...

...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th September 2020, 04:11 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 409
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Anybody know how to build a good list of individual real estate agents???

https://www.zillow.com/maricopa-county-az/real-estate-agent-reviews/

If you want to move them into your own spreadsheet,
then Data Miner will do it for you.

Best,
Ewen
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th September 2020, 07:43 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 318
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Anybody in Solar?

Check your inbox, I made a video on where to get 'em!

Best,
Ewen
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th September 2020, 05:14 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 318
Posted By ewenmack
Re: Anybody in Solar?

Got consumers who are actively looking at these brands..
SolarCity, Vivint Solar, NRG Home Solar, Sungevity, and Sunrun.

Best,
Ewen
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th September 2020, 08:53 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 427
Posted By ewenmack
Re: (FUNNEL ADVICE) Free Book Plus Shipping & Handling

After reading your update and the success of physical mailbox marketing,
I wonder why not combine the offline and online together.

How it's done is you get a qualified mailing list.

The names...
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