Tall Tale #7 “People don’t like advertising"

Written by Jimmy Vee & Travis Miller


"Ten Tall Tales of Traditional Marketing That Cost You Tons" Tall Tale #7 “People don’t like advertising” By Jimmy Vee & Travis Miller

Most people believe that people don’t like advertising. People don’t like Crisco either. But when it’s combined with other ingredients and baked into a fluffy pie crust they loverepparttar end result. Some pies are so good that people beg for more and are willing to pay to get them. The same is true with smart advertising. Sound too good to be true? Keep reading.

You may ask, “How could you possibly turn advertising into something as delicious as a pie?” And what does advertising have to do with pies anyway? One word: information. There’s a secret recipe out there that will teach you how to mix your advertising in with valuable information and bake up a tasty little treat that people will rave about, share with their friends, and sometimes even beg for more.

It’s crazy, isn’t it? Imagine if your customers were asking you to advertise to them? But we know companies and professionals whose customers ask them to advertise to them every day. And when your customers ask you to send them your message an important thing happens – they listen (or read).

If done correctly, your advertisements can be paid attention to by 99% of your target. Imagine that. When that many people pay attention to your ads, many more respond to them than if only a small fraction of them paid attention. Make sense?

Tall Tale #6 “You can't expect results overnight

Written by Jimmy Vee & Travis Miller


"Ten Tall Tales of Traditional Marketing That Cost You Tons" Tall Tale #6 “You can't expect results overnight” By Jimmy Vee & Travis Miller

If you can’t expect results overnight how can you expect to stay in business. There are two kinds of advertising: branding andrepparttar kind you can do. So for you there is only one kind of advertising and that is hardcore, retail-oriented, direct response, lead generating, low cost, overnight results-getting advertising.

Building a strong, lasting, competitive brand image takes a long time. It’s built over generations with lots of clever creative and TONS of advertising dollars. If you don’t have Cola Company money to spend, you can’t have Cola Company brands. If you don’t have Theme Park money then you can’t have Theme Park brands. It’s that simple. That’s why you don’t and can’t brand your business.

What you need is results. The good news is…results can happen overnight! There are two kinds of direct response advertising,repparttar 100584 kind that gets results overnight andrepparttar 100585 kind that never gets results. That’s it. If your system is sound, your ads are positioned correctly and your ads uncoverrepparttar 100586 emotions of your customers,repparttar 100587 results will be immediate. You can turn it on and off like a light switch. If you don’t see results right away, one of these factors was faulty.

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