Not sure if it was Indian, Chinese or American.

But I know one thing I had to make the calls short otherwise I tend to roll all the accents together and we all end up very confused

Yes I just need a few big bookchains to take it on

Hmmm I think I can adapt this idea.

I could call a store and threaten them with termination if they don't stock my book.

I wonder what accent I should use?

Thanks, Neville.

Yep, brevity is the key. I like to think of the video as dessert - your proposal is still the main course.

Might take you up on the guest post as well.

ha nice job rewriting my comment...keep up the innovative work

You really are Homer Simpson: https://media1.tenor.com/images/d7dbde8b06d3768daef22a3a3e2d1d75/tenor.gif

Hey Steve, yes I modified your comment to remove any site promotion.

 

My reasoning:

1.) You had no previous commenting history.

2.) You (108.50.231.53) were promoting a site with a very similar proprietor owner location (zip 07093).

 

If this is an error I apologize, but I do my very best to avoid overt promotion in the comments unless asked for. Thank you for commenting!

I like the t-shirt idea. But t-shirts never last.

So what lasts?

TATTOOS!

So I was thinking: what if you get a copywriter tattoo?

The investment of a tattoo is by far more everlasting than a t-shirt.

What's more? People tend to look at tattoo's. They're fascinated by them.

People will ask you about it. And before you know it, they refer you to someone, or they need one themselves!

I think a tattoo is by far the most cost-effective way to do advertising. All you have to do is make it very clear that you are a COPYWRITER and go to crowded places a lot!

So, those are my $0.02. It might be a controversial idea. But I think it'll work.

- Jasper

I was invited to a business networking event last year and on a whim, decided to make a new set of name cards for it.

Got a simple design done via Fiverr:

Front (RED):

In the middle - Hello! My name is Amanda. I'm a Direct-Response Copywriter

At the bottom - Business Owners: If you want more cashflow in your business, turn over right now.

Back (WHITE):

At the top - Attract Paying Customers Again & Again With Great Sales Copy!

Get your free customised report to discover how - visit (my simple website) to find out more.

At the bottom - A huge QR code which leads to the same website

Then during the 30 sec intro to the room, I enticed people to look for me to get one of my name cards as "there will be a special offer available that can get you more leads and sales".

This way, I didn't have to talk to everyone there one-on-one just for them to find out more about my services. I just needed them to get a name card from me and let the process do the magic. The name card also stood out as it was red in an ocean of boring white and black.

Anyway, there were really people who went to check out my website as a few of them sent me a text to say my website was down LOL. Got a couple of referrals too. Even one year later, someone from that event contacted me to ask about my services.

I still have a box of them collecting dust so I'll most likely attend another event to use them. Well, perhaps this time if I wear a "Copywriter" t-shirt to boot, the results will be even better? ;)

Outstanding! Love the idea and the enthusiasm driving it. Thank you, Gerard.

Thanks for reading, Mike! Just trying to make it in the world, perhaps as "marketing misfit" : )

This is a cool idea, Amanda. I like the idea of offering something valuable on the business card instead of just the same ol' boring contact info that everybody uses.

That's blandness of business cards has been one of my reasons to resist getting them - but your idea changes that. Giving the prospect something to be curious about seems like the way to go.

Jasper I think you can test this out and report back : )

Well I am brand new to this, but I have one idea!

I write a blog called One New Thing, where I try one new thing a week and write something amusing about my experience. My idea is to get people involved while I am doing the New Thing.

Let's take Skydiving as an example. When I meet other people at the activity (possibly also doing it for the first time), I could invite them to be a part of my post. Even if they did not want to participate, they might still check out the blog because they were there and met me :)

Maybe that's not super out-of-the-box, but like I said, I'm new here :D

Thanks for the inspiration. I am definitely going to make a T-shirt too, because, really... why not?? In fact, I think my New Thing this Friday is going to be Bleach Stencilling a T-Shirt! DIY amirite? Plus, I would much rather advertise myself than Nike or Ralph Lauren. I think they have enough traction already, don't you ;)

Right?? This shows a lot of hustle on Gerard's part :)

Hey Liana - the "one new thing" idea is awesome. As simple as it sounds, *doing stuff* is such a powerful way to get people's attention because everyone is stuck behind their phone or computer. And I think you're totally right that it would be a great way to grow attention for your blog.

This is actually a really great idea.

Let us know how it works out.

Nev, you may have just come up with our new tagline.

these short personalized videos seem really effective,(if you can get someone to open.)

Vidyard has a great free chrome addon that helps.

Ryan, would you share one of your sample videos?

This is super cool Rob, shared it with some ppl. Any extra unique personalization sales people can get is important. Thank you!

I'm sending you a $10,000 invoice for my personalized Tagline Creation Service 🤑

I’m just getting started as a project manager in the online space. And this sounds like a great idea to modify for my business-thank you for sharing!

The tattoo-approach works. My hairdresser has tattoos: on each of his fingers a hairdressers-tool and on his arm theirs a huge hairdressers chair.

What worked very good with me in the beginning of my copywriting career was a direct mail campaign. I was sending out little plants (for the green experts: bryophyllum) in a mini bottle (I've asked them in the chemistry).

This typical plant has little ones on the leaves. If you put the tiny plants in water they start to grow and become a strong plant on their one.

My message was: "Like this plant I'm already little but with a good environment and feedback I can grow as quick as this bryophyllum. Find out for yourself. And even if you decide not to give me a try, you can hold this tiny green one. I'll promise: you'll never get rid of it".

It worked like grazy. Almost every receiver asked me to come present myself. And so I managed to get my first assignments as a newbie.

This is such a great idea Gerard. I love his technique for marketing. I'm going to try this out.

Sandwich Board.