Writing Your Elevator Pitch
The concept of the elevator pitch is simple enough. Communicate what you do in a very concise and powerful message in twenty seconds — roughly the time you’d have if you managed to corral a decision-maker into an elevator.
The basic philosophy applies very well to written content as well. Less is more. Get to [...]
Creating and Managing Website Content
Creating a website from scratch can be a daunting project. For many entrepreneurs who started their businesses only recently, writing the content can be tricky (which is why I still remain gainfully employed as a copywriter by my happy clients). Whether you do it yourself or out-task, there are few things that beat the optimism [...]
Marketing Isn’t Good or Evil. It’s Just about Communicating
Vancouver-based Market Navigators’ Liz Gaige talks about what marketing is really all about:
Marketing in it’s purest form is not about selling, it is simply a form of communication and as such is a neutral concept that can be used for good or for evil.
I’ve had newsletter subscribers tell me that even though they are not [...]
Case Studies! Got Your Case Studies Here! Caaaaaase Studies!
For a company that prides itself on writing high-quality case studies on behalf of it’s clients, you’d think we’d be a bit more diligent about posting some case studies highlighting our own work. A bit more than a week into the site relaunch, we’ve got two ready to go. Many more on the way!
So if [...]
Olympic Brand Ambush Marketing
An absolute must-read for any company looking to benefit from Olympics hype with innovative (as well as tried-and-true) marketing ideas: Olympic Brand Ambush Marketing is…(A) a Mortal Sin (B) Good Business Sense (C) None of the Above
This isn’t just for Vancouver or Canadian businesses, either. You need to get in on this, wherever you are.
Copywriting Tip 3. Driving Traffic to Your Online Store
My fellow Ask the Experts panelist, Go Go Mama Go’s Christine Pilkington, has beaten me to the punch with a wrap-up of the “Driving Traffic to Your Online Store” event in downtown Vancouver. Some of the key tips she covered:
* Content is king. Keep your articles and descriptions relevant and interesting. Cool flash graphics and [...]
Driving Traffic to Your Online Store
WRITEIMAGE President Jonathon Narvey (yes, that’s the person writing this post — naturally, I do my own PR) will be presenting at the next Ask the Experts session hosted by Market Navigators this week on Tuesday, Nov. 24 in downtown Vancouver.
Hope to see you there! Event synopsis and details below:
It isn’t enough to just [...]
Are You a Blogger in Vancouver? We Really Ought to Meet
That was fast. I relaunch this blog and two days later, I get called up alongside my good friend and Blogging for Dummies author Shane Birley to help Raul Pacheco run Vancouver’s blogger meetups. Since there’s hardly any difference at all between working 16 hours a day and 16.5 hours a day, and I am [...]
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