by The Marketing Rebel Team | John Carlton's Best Ads, Lessons
Get all of John Carlton’s most successful ads here >> John Carlton’s Best Ads… and The Stories Behind Them Most self-defense ads try hard to look tough. Like the product is tough, the talent is tough, even the receptionist answering the phones is...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | Lessons, Live Event Hot Seats & Copy Critiques
Jim is a commercial printer, who includes “done for you” printing management services for his clients. He doesn’t charge extra for this and even says he can save his clients 10% – 15% on their costs because his ordering is much more...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | John Carlton's Best Ads, Lessons
Get all of John Carlton’s most successful ads here >> John Carlton’s Best Ads… and The Stories Behind Them This letter almost set a record for the shortest time spent as a control at Phillips Publishing (the newsletter giant)… but it...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | Lessons, The Scuttlebutt Sessions
A frank discussion between Gary Halbert & John Carlton aimed at everyone who has been affected by war, stock market crashes, the paranoia of the buying public, or whatever general bashing of business is going on at the moment. While most people are singing the...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | John Carlton's Best Ads, Lessons
Get all of John Carlton’s most successful ads here >> John Carlton’s Best Ads… and The Stories Behind Them I always load up my ads with urgency. You never want to let your reader think she has the luxury to put the copy aside and think about the...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | Copywriting, Lessons, Live Event Hot Seats & Copy Critiques
This hot seat features John, who wrote a letter targeting accident victims to get them to call for an appointment with a chiropractor. His challenge is to get them to read the letter, bond with them quickly, and compel them to call for an appointment for a free...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | Lessons, Live Event Hot Seats & Copy Critiques
Rhonda Ryder is a copywriter, writing a letter for 2 men who interviewed 7 multimillionaire women. The product hasn’t launched yet. They discuss: Having the product name in the title, The difference between writing to men and women. Who should be writing the...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | Lessons, The Scuttlebutt Sessions
John talks to Sam Fishbein, a world-class copywriter who owned & ran a mega-profitable retail business for 45 years… and (most interesting) managed an enormous stable of “on the floor” sales people. Sam learned his copy chops working with guys...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | Lessons, Live Event Hot Seats & Copy Critiques
Teran Dale is an adwords expert who runs a consulting business where he sets up and maintains his clients’ Adwords campaigns. Currently he charges an up front set up fee and a monthly maintenance fee. He is frustrated with this model because he sees his...
by The Marketing Rebel Team | Lessons, Live Event Hot Seats & Copy Critiques
Jack is an attorney who is creating a sales letter for a franchise opportunity for doctors. He is writing the letter on behalf of his client, who is a doctor, and sending it out under his own letterhead. This letter is strictly for direct mail…i t will not...