I’ve been in this business for a very long time (well, since the original Mad Men) and I want to share with you the “big secret” about marketing. The #1 most important thing about marketing is…
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Activity! And the frequency of that activity. Let me tell you a little bit about it.
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It goes without saying the first thing you need is a product or service that there’s actually a market for. You need people out there who need what you are marketing. Without that, you are dead in the water.
“The guy could be a girl. You should start out with that.” – Jesse Clayton, Art Director at Cowley
We do a lot of websites. It’s a pretty complicated process and requires a lot of client collaboration: understanding how the company wants their website to look and work, what they want it to say, technical back and forth from the programmers on either side, etc. We do it all the time and we rock at it (if I do say so myself).
3 Tips on Pursuing “Happyness” – A Business and Life Lesson
07/17/2013
If you haven’t seen the movie you really have to. The Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith (which earned him an Oscar nomination, well deserved) is an incredibly moving film based on the true story of Chris Gardner - a poor man who attempts to make it on Wall Street.
Paul brought it up in one of our Monday Meetings as a great example of how we should be.
This blog post is about how to pursue happiness as a life and business lesson.
What Are Your Words Saying? Keys to Writing Great Content
07/10/2013
I love words. I’m a copywriter, so aren’t I technically supposed to? But, the constant struggle that I see every day is the wrong usage of them. Not in the sense of grammatical errors (although there are some), but more or less how people and companies are using words ineffectively. There are many things that go into making great content, but here are three important questions we should all ask ourselves when we write:
According to a study done by the global social media monitoring company Synthesio, company mascots actually generate more social media buzz and biz than celebrity endorsements! Synthesio ranked the top 5 social media endorsers for both celebrities and mascots showing the buzz generated by mascots to be almost double that of celebs!
Cowley was very pleased when they received the go ahead to create the new website for Tactair. Tactair is a certified designer and manufacturer of hydraulic and pneumatic controls for the aerospace industry. That sounds pretty technical and that’s because it is. Tactair creates all the essential parts that go into airplanes and helicopters which help make your flight go smoothly. They make the highest quality parts and are trusted not only inside commercial aircrafts but inside military aircrafts as well.
Super, sensational, scintillating, superb copy. It’s what every writer strives for and works day and night to get. There is no rest in the mind of a copywriter when searching for the right word to describe, tell or deliver that perfect line, paragraph or piece. A writer will rack their brain searching and yearning to find flawless, intuitive ways to put their thoughts in motion and engage a reader.
One of Cowley Associates exciting recent projects was for P28 High Protein Foods. P28 was created by the owners of New York Bakery in Syracuse to provide a line of high protein food. Many of us are really into health and fitness and were very intrigued to listen to Mike Christou speak about his company’s new line of high protein foods, not to mention taste them!
Internet Marketing: How To Decide What Will Work For Me
05/06/2013
I just watched Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” which was incredible if only for the phenomenal, obviously Oscar-winning performance of Mr. Daniel Day-Lewis. Incidentally, I ended the movie realizing it was also – when I was watching it – at that very moment the anniversary of his death. That and Lewis’s performance were almost ghostly.
What I liked about the screenplay and the man himself was his ability to tell a story to introduce an idea to the table, and his wise, fatherly way of doing it: strong yet quiet, and wise as hell.
