I thank my lucky stars for days like today. I spent the morning with bright marketers from the professions, honing our writing skills and sharing ideas. Whilst I can’t convey the fun and energy at the business development writing workshop, I can share some of our favourite thoughts. After considering Read More
As a psychologist and a salesperson I was blown away when I first read Cialdini’s great book on the psychology of persuasion (was that really over 10 years ago?). There’s a summary of the six principles below. His work features in many of my influence, persuasive writing and buy-in training Read More
Earlier today I ran a sold out half day “Marketing and business development writing workshop” http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ in London with participants from across the professions in the UK. As always, I asked the delegates to tell me the most useful idea that they picked up during the session and here are Read More
I read this excellent blog on copywriting tips which was originally published in the Buffer Blog http://blog.bufferapp.com/data-backed-copywriting and to those who attend my copywriting classes I recommend that you read the entire blog. But here are the highlights: Create a curiosity gap – the headline needs to be tantalising enough to Read More
I’ve just written a review of this book for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/index.aspx which will be published shortly. Whilst I bristled a little at the unusual, sound bite and social media speak, I did quite enjoy it once I got going and found it to be the sort of sensible, grown Read More
