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The “Grandfather’s Clock” Secret

Are you looking for the grandfather clock in the foyer? Not as cuckoo as it may sound… If you want your product, service, or yourself to stand out, it’s about finding and highlighting the one unique feature, the bit of colour, the small, seemingly irrelevant detail that makes something truly special. (Like spotting the grandfather […]

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Stop stressing meowt about AI Search

Stop stressing meowt about AI Search.   If you’ve been doing SEO properly, you’re already positioned for AI search. Do you… ✓⃝ Use well-structured content? ✓⃝ Write authoritative content? ✓⃝ Proper FAQs? ✓⃝ Make content readable and digestible? ✓⃝ Anticipate the customer’s next questions? ✓⃝ Getting mentioned in high-quality lists and review sites? Doing all […]

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Which story did ChatGPT write?

The NYT challenged both writer Curtis Sittenfeld and ChatGPT to create a “beach read” to see which one was better. Readers voted on the short story prompts. They requested beach reads about naps and redemption and tattoos gone wrong; puppies and sharks and secrets and white linen caftans; margaritas and roller coasters and mosquitoes; yearning […]

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One stupidly simple strategy that won an A-list copywriting competition — and you can apply today

Last week, I won a bullet-writing* competition. So what, you may say?   Fair enough.   Beating out a bunch of very talented copywriters…    winning an award from copy chief Kevin Rogers and Australia’s best copywriter,  David Throssell…    or just getting the right people on the hook for your offer…    It Isn’t […]

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chameleon lizard

How to write copy to make people care (and sell to our 450 million year-old lizard brain)

Did you know that our decisions are made by our “lizard brain” or “old brain”, a brain that doesn’t even understand words? Some people call the old brain the first brain, because it appeared first – before we grew a middle brain and new brain. The old brain is the first to develop in utero. […]

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