How Often Should Your Ad Play | Wizard’s Roundtable
How long should each ad stay on? How many ads do you run at a time? And as we look into the second half of 2020, is there less clutter out there?
Mistakes aren’t wrong. Wrong isn’t a mistake.
Makers of ads push their chairs back and say “yeahhh…now that’s smooooooth.” …while your customer sliiiides right off.
Radio’s Missing Creative Revolution
Radio never teamed up copywriters with sound producers to create great ads that pushed Theatre of the Mind to full effect and that were more than the sum of their parts.
Story —> Attention —> Sale (Part 1)
If you try to buy attention without a story, you’ll strike out. This is what happens to most advertising and marketing efforts. People buy “exposure” via advertising and presume that they’ve also purchased attention...
How To Instantly Increase Lead Gen By 871%
The best way to drive exponential traffic to your front door is to stop targeting your advertising to the 7% of today’s buyers and start bonding with the 68% of all buyers.
Is Your Targeting Bass Ackwards?
For example, let’s say that, through targeted media, I could reach 10 of my ideal, target customers for $10 a piece. Or, I could reach 100 customers for $1 a piece, but only 20% of them would be my ideal customer.
Sorting the Ad Pros from the Poseurs — 4 Surefire Signs
If you’re going to invest six figures or more, you’ll want a clear plan for persuasion that’s mapped to a business strategy.
Breaking the Spell on PPC’s Dirty Little Secret
Whatever you’re paying per click, it’s extortionately, shockingly too much. No use arguing about it; let’s just do the math together.
The Deception of Earholes and Eyeballs
Getting your ad in front of the most people is the top priority of businesses. But it should be the third thing on your list. If you have to choose between talking to 100 people once or 50 people four times, pick the latter. Every time.
The High-Impact 10X Advantage; Share of Voice vs. Share of Mind
What if you broadcast a flaming, un-ignorable ad that hits people between the eyes?
Why Making the Ads Is the Last Thing We Do
This substantive style of advertising (started by Ally & Gargano and continued by Scali, McCabe, Sloves) tripled US sales of Volvos.
Targeting Through Ad Copy
Attract the kind of clients who will see your business as a blessing. Clients that prefer you to the point of willingly paying a premium for the privilege.
The Marriage of Teamwork and Character Diamonds
Myrtle Beach One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning grew 42.4% in 2019, from $10.5M to $15.2 million.
Images, “Truthiness,” and Forced Participation
Recent psychological studies show that statements accompanied by related images are considered more believable than the same statement without an image.
How To Calculate Your Marketing Budget
When budgeting long-term for marketing, you can save yourself a lot of money by buying in bulk or buying in advance.