Articles in the 'Copywriting' Category
Say What You Mean – Mean What You Say
I just read an interesting article by Dan Pollatta in the Harvard Business Review, with the clever title I Don’t Understand What Anyone Is Saying Anymore. The premise of the article is that business people speak with so much gobbledygook and industry jargon – it is hard to understand what they are talking about.
The topic of communication is important to us at Fusion Marketing Partners because we have to either create compelling messages for our clients or coach them on
In B2B Marketing Your Job is to Motivate – by Christopher Ryan
Successful B2B marketing strategies are not those that are clever, win awards, sound really interesting, or get people to pay attention. All of these outcomes are good, but they are not the reason we marketers should spend so much time thinking about our creative platform. Rather, our goal is to drive action. That action may come in a one-step process—where the prospect sees the promotion and buys immediately, or it may be in a series of steps beginning with creating
Deadly Sins of Marketing Copywriting
As a guy that does a lot of writing in his job, both for clients and our own promotional purposes (books, articles, etc.), I am always on the lookout for easy-to-use reminders to make sure my writing and that of others at Fusion Marketing Partners is on target. Content is an important part of marketing strategy and writing produces content. I came across the following post at: http://writingwhilethericeboils.blogspot.com/. It talks about some important things “not do do” in your writing. I don’t know the
A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures by Christopher Ryan
It is said that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” While this can be true, it is also true that a mere handful of words can have more power and impact than a thousand pictures. Words allow you to form pictures in your mind that are sometimes as real and vivid as the actual images they portray. This is why people often tell you the book was better than the movie.
Words help you develop your imagination.
Doubt the power of
