Advertising Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/category/advertising/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 21:49:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg Advertising Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/category/advertising/ 32 32 A Christmas Twist: The 12 Days of Content https://old.wordsbyapro.com/a-christmas-twist-the-12-days-of-content/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-christmas-twist-the-12-days-of-content Mon, 24 Dec 2018 22:46:27 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=2977 Greetings from Words by a Pro! We hope everyone’s enjoying the holiday season so far. But if you’re like most folks, you’ve already had your fill of holiday cheer thanks to the nonstop barrage of Christmas music that comes post-Thanksgiving. We’ve all heard these holiday tunes in stores—in coffee shops—running through our heads nonstop—for nearly […]

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]]> Stop Alienating Your Readers! Choose the Right POV https://old.wordsbyapro.com/stop-alienating-your-readers-choose-the-right-pov/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stop-alienating-your-readers-choose-the-right-pov Tue, 03 Apr 2018 19:50:55 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=2842 I was checking out one of the educational marketing courses offered at the HubSpot Academy the other day when I was struck dumb. Dumbstruck, even. The lesson I was watching involved content marketing and the choices writers face when drafting copy. Things started out fine. HubSpot explained that one of the first decisions a writer […]

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]]> Cramming for Web Designers: How to Explain Inbound Marketing https://old.wordsbyapro.com/cramming-web-designers-explain-inbound-marketing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cramming-web-designers-explain-inbound-marketing Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:34:21 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=2603 EMERGENCY! Your clients want to try inbound marketing and are coming to you for help. What do you tell them? That you’re not a marketer? True, but you don’t need to be a marketing master to help them with it. Use this guide as a cheat sheet when your clients start grilling you to make […]

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]]> 4 Tips to Make Your Promotional Offers Shine in the New Year https://old.wordsbyapro.com/4-tips-make-promotional-offers-shine-new-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-tips-make-promotional-offers-shine-new-year Wed, 20 Dec 2017 22:00:16 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=2550 The New Year is a time for change. It’s a time to kick bad habits and pick up constructive ones. It’s also a time to try new things. It just so happens that there are a number of products and services that can help people open a new page in their lives – a substantial […]

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]]> Content Marketing in a Fake News Era https://old.wordsbyapro.com/content-marketing-fake-news-era/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=content-marketing-fake-news-era Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:37:59 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=2515 To suggest that fake news is novel, new, or a secret suddenly revealed is naïve. The intentional act of exaggerating content and spreading false information for a desired effect has been in practice since long before print was first pressed to paper. Fortunately, so too has integrity and a desire to encourage the advancement of […]

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]]> Attention, B2B Companies: Stop Writing Boring Content https://old.wordsbyapro.com/attention-b2b-companies-stop-writing-boring-content/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attention-b2b-companies-stop-writing-boring-content Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:33:14 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=2244 There’s something terribly wrong with the current state of content marketing. Specifically, I’m referring to Business-to-Business (B2B) content marketing and its inherent lack of creativity. For writers in the modern era of content overload, this lack of creativity can be a death sentence. We all know that content producers don’t have long to get a […]

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]]> The Key to Marketing Magic https://old.wordsbyapro.com/key-marketing-magic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=key-marketing-magic Tue, 08 Aug 2017 22:22:43 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=2157 There’s a tendency to view marketing campaigns through a lens of cynicism. A lot of it has to do with the unwelcomed ubiquity of ads in every aspect of modern life. People see advertisements as daily hassles from people they assume are trying to sell them something they don’t need. The truth is that this […]

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]]> What Makes a Good Call to Action https://old.wordsbyapro.com/makes-good-call-to-action/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=makes-good-call-to-action Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:20:15 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1974 When was the last time that you were so moved by an advertisement that you were immediately interested in their product? That inspirational moment that motivated you to spend your money on a product was likely because they had a good Call to Action, or CTA. A CTA doesn’t just describe what a company is […]

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]]> Pop Culture Silver Linings https://old.wordsbyapro.com/pop-culture-silver-linings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pop-culture-silver-linings Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:00:26 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1925 Here at Words by a Pro, we work with narratives. It’s our job to write stories surrounding brands. Orders often run along the lines of “informative but entertaining” or “professional but accessible.” Occasionally we’ll receive a client looking for copy that’s a bit edgier, or sometimes a business in a technical field wants a rigorously […]

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]]> Fake News, Alternative Facts, and the Value of Honest Content https://old.wordsbyapro.com/fake-news-alternative-facts-value-honest-content/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fake-news-alternative-facts-value-honest-content Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:25:33 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1918 Regardless of your political opinion, it’s safe to say 2017 has already been a year worth remembering. A controversial wave started rolling in last year, and the American people are surfing its surface around the web in all different directions. Buzz terms and notable phrases like “fake news” and “alternative facts” can be seen floating […]

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