A little more than 15 years ago, a young woman named Sabrina Nelson was told by her doctor that she had a fatal illness that had a 40% chance of killing her – painfully – in ten years or less.…
Music video of the year
Is there anything better on earth than driving around in your truck with your dog?
Upstate New York…a little bit of heaven right here on earth.
– Ken McCarthy
P.S. For over 25 years I’ve been sharing the simple but …
The world’s oldest infomercial?
How old is the classic formula for writing infomercials, long form direct response ads, presentations and sales letters?
I used to think the oldest examples could be found in US publications from the late 1800s.
Now I’m not so sure.…
A modest proposal for Thanskgiving
Thanksgiving is, hands down, my favorite holiday.
It doesn’t compel frantic gift giving (like the commercialized version of Christmas).
It doesn’t promote excessive alcohol consumption and forced gaiety (like New Year’s Day).
In fact Thanksgiving is so laid back, it …
Perry Marshall does it again
By Ken McCarthy in Business Tools, Internet history, Internet insight, Marketing news, Marketing Tools, Top Picks
Believe it or not, just eight short years ago, few veteran Internet marketers believed that Google AdWords was worth their time or attention.
Fast forward to the present: AdWords has revolutionized Internet marketing, formed the basis of thousands of successful …
Companies face massive online labor shortage
I’ve been calling this since 1994 and it just gets bigger and bigger.
There’s a massive shortage of people who understand pay per click advertising, search engine optimization, tracking and testing, conversion and just plain crunching the numbers.
You can’t …