This simple trick takes just a few minutes to do, but gives
you an instant swag of FREE marketing promotional material
worth about $50,000 written by expensive, leading marketing
gurus...
If you had to pay them it would cost about $50,000 - but
you get it for just a few bucks.
I learnt this from a business guru, and it works like a
charm.
WHAT TO DO
Go to the newsagent and buy a copy of a budget business
magazine, not an expensive one.
In the cheaper magazines, heaps of mail order businesses
advertise their products by giving away a "free report"
which is really just their sales letter.
(In the expensive mags, you might find only 1 or 2 of
these ads).
They usually have 1800 free-call numbers.
Ring all of them and order their free reports.
Within a week, you will end up with a pile of excellent,
usually well-written and persuasive sales material to adapt
and use in your business.
All for the cost of the magazine - about $6.
Also cut out any of the ads that made you want to buy their
product. Keep them in a pile.
Read through the sales letters (don't buy anything!), and
put aside any of the letters that make you feel like buying
their product.
Those are the ones that work.
Throw the rest away.
GET ADVERTISING MATERIAL FOR YOUR NICHE INDUSTRY, FREE
Follow the same procedure with your niche industry
magazines, to get the sales letters and advertisements from
companies in your industry.
These sales letters and promotional materials have already
been adapted for your industry!
Sort them out, and keep the ones that work on YOU.
I mean, if you are just about to buy their product after
reading their ad, then chances are that this ad will work
on other people too.
So use that ad's language and phrases in your own
advertising!
ORGANISE THEM INTO A FILE
Put all your sales letters and advertisements in a file, so
you can pull them out whenever you are going to create a new
promotion in the future.
Each of those marketing pieces is worth between say $500 to
$5000 depending on which professional wrote it and how much
time it took them.
So if you gather up between 10 and 100 of these marketing
pieces, and keep them in a file, you have about $50,000
worth of professional, successful marketing materials on
tap, to use as a reference when creating your own stuff.
USE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN
So here's what to do...
You just open up the file, spread out all the ads, then pick
and choose...
Hmmm... I'll take that headline from this ad...
....and that paragraph from this other ad...
...and the way this 3rd ad talks about the price is a good
way to do it...
...and I like the picture on this one - I'll find a pic
just like it somewhere and use it...
etc.
I've used this simple trick over and over again when
creating my marketing materials.
In fact, ALL of my marketing material has been other
expert's stuff re-hashed and adapted to suit a new market
and a new product.
And guess what - they all do it to each other too!
SAVES YOU TIME AND MONEY
It really cuts down on the time it takes to create a
powerful, action-generating ad.
And it saves you $500 to $1500 that it costs to hire a
professional to write a similar ad for you.
Actually, it will never be as good as a professional - they
really do write magic stuff that gets results that will
make your bank account very fat and happy like the Laughing
Buddha.
But if you are doing it on the cheap like I did, this
really is the way to go.
MORE GREAT MARKETING IDEAS
For more free tips and advice on marketing your business,
visit...
http://www.unity.name
Good luck with your business!
Regards,
Unity
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Unity is a marketing consultant for leading mind, body
& spirit businesses. He can generate websites,
advertisements, emails and marketing materials that
consistently attract new customers and compel them to
buy.
He has been a yoga teacher, meditation instructor,
tai chi teacher, and given seminars on health and
nutrition.
Visit
www.unity.name
for more great marketing advice.
About the Author:
Unity is a marketing consultant for leading mind, body & spirit businesses. He can generate websites, advertisements, emails and marketing materials that consistently attract new customers and compel them to buy. He has been a yoga teacher, meditation instructor, tai chi teacher, and given seminars on health and nutrition.
Visit www.unity.name for more great marketing advice.