By Jon Powell, Principal Consultant The Conversion Wizards If you’ve ever found yourself having to create any kind of marketing or advertising material, then you’ve heard of the term “call to action.” I would argue that 9/10 digital marketers consider it to be the button, or the link, that you click. In different types of marketing, the call to action can mean different things, though. Like in a direct mail piece, it Read more
Today I’d like to share an example of an effective “direct response” ad that has appeared in the print edition Wall Street Journal unchanged for the last 5 years. Usually this means that whoever is running it is making money—no one runs a national edition ad for that long if they are losing money! As they say in Direct Response marketing, it ‘pulls’ really well. While the ad itself looks “amateurish” and perhaps even Read more