Comments on: Marketing lesson from a homeless man

By: anitaashland

anitaashland — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:10:47 +0000

Thanks, Mike! I really appreciate your comment.

By: MikeC

MikeC — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:03:29 +0000

What a twist! That was great. Loved the non-transitioning transition: “Now here’s the part of the blog post where I should transition into a lesson about marketing or a sales pitch of some sort.”

Just loved it. Thanks for the great lesson in, what's it called? Oh, yeah – categorical imperative. I learned that over at AWAI, but your example of the technique is priceless. And you nearly had me crying when your daughter pulled out the five dollar bill. True emotional direct response!

By: Even beggars have to tell stories if they want to increase response rates (Pithy copywriting tip #17) | Anita Ashland: Autoresponder Copywriter

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:41:03 +0000

[...] this blogger reminds us (and I once blogged about how my daughter responded to a beggar’s story). Tell stories in your copy too if you [...]

By: anitaashland

anitaashland — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:28:00 +0000

What did you think of the novel 36 Reasons for the Existence of God?

By: tom mulroe

tom mulroe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:53:00 +0000

I thought of this blog while reading this novel.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:15:33 +0000

Great story! We all need those kinds of reminders. And actually, your story was a reminder!