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Naming products is a function of lining up your benefits and your features. It is kind of like that way you come down on headlines. John’s comments: You have to decide what is going to work in your market. I brought up things like “kiss your face” and “gee, your hair smells terrific”, and also

The Action Seminar is all about taking action, and John Carlton kicks it off with a discussion about how to set and reach goals–business and personal goals. John’s comments: I want to talk about breaking things down. One of the things you do… let’s talk about…how people would like to be or have been… don’t

In this copywriting hotseat John Carlton says that in order to create effective headlines, think in terms of three benefits. John’s comments: When you are thinking about headlines (this is something I notice a lot in copy that I review), this is not a hard-and-fast rule…think in terms of three’s. Think in terms of three

John Carlton and the attendees of his marketing hot seat talk about creating a newsletter to help develop credibility. I think it might be a good idea to start a printed newsletter that you send out to these people. That establishes you with something in the mail that gets opened. You can just talk about

John Carlton gives an analogy to explain the value of testimonials in adding credibility to your message: John’s comments: I want you to as if it is you and one person sitting down. Now, most people, most writers, make the huge mistake of thinking the guy is going to sit back, light a cigar, and

In this marketing hot seat, John Carlton tells how to break into a market with a big splash. It was a technique used by Robert Allen, Jay Abraham, other top marketers. His comments: I think about “what would Jay do”, “what would Gary have done”, things like that. What they would have done was “the