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💰 Check out this property investment coaching ad, with over $3M in estimated total ad spend! These are some of the elements that make this ad work so well: ✅ Hook Power: Opens with the viewer's exact situation — a number they recognize, a decision they've considered — and immediately starts doing math that makes their current path look painful. No product mention, no pitch. Just a calculation that earns attention by being personally relevant. ✅ The Math as the Villain: By the time the ad reveals that 62 cents of every dollar earned goes to the bank or government, the viewer has done the arithmetic alongside the presenter. They didn't get told they were losing money — they figured it out themselves, which makes the emotional landing far harder. ✅ Moral Framing: "That's money you earned, worked hard and sacrificed for" reframes a financial inefficiency as an injustice. The viewer isn't just losing money — they're being taken advantage of. That shift from math problem to moral problem is what creates urgency. 🔗 Click here to see ALL of this advertiser’s YouTube ads inside VidTao: vidtao.com/shared/VTJGc2RHVm… Find this ad’s stats below 👇 #VidTao #Marketing #DigitalMarketing #YouTube #Advertising #YouTubeAds #DirectResponse

🛑 Stop reading new things. Start re-reading the best things. *Nassim Nicholas Taleb*, a Lebanese American essayist and scholar, once dropped a truth bomb we need to hear: *“Learning is rooted in repetition and convexity, meaning that reading a single text twice is more **profitable** than reading two different things once.”* When I saw the word "profitable," I knew he wasn't just talking about money. He was talking about deep, lasting proficiency. For years, we’ve been told: *Practice makes perfect.* *Trial and error makes perfect.* *Research makes perfect.* *Testing makes perfect.* **Repetition is a critical component of all of the above.** Just remember the caveat: *"Done" is always better than perfect.* 🙂 When I was in college, I couldn’t get enough of *The Odd Couple* TV show. Reruns aired at 7:00 and 11:00, and most nights I watched both, with a library break in between. It never got old. I memorized at least 110 of the 114 episodes. Years later, I realized that kind of repetition wasn’t a waste of time but rather a lesson in disguise: ***A lot of a great thing is better than a little of lots of mediocre things.*** *Repetition, done right, is the cornerstone of all education… leading to knowledge… and wisdom.* Here are a few examples of purposeful repetition that I learned, mostly from others, and shaped my work: Copying successful ads. In the words of legendary copywriter **Gary Halbert**: ***“Get yourself a collection of good ads and DM pieces and read them aloud and copy them in your own handwriting.”*** Old-school? Sure. But it’s one of the fastest ways to internalize what great copy feels like. When someone buys [***Breakthrough Advertising***](BreakthroughAdvertising.com) from me I include a letter telling readers: *Start with the first three chapters.* *Read them multiple times.* Why? To build your “**Gene Schwartz** muscle.” The deeper you train your brain to think like Gene, the more actionable the book becomes. That approach led to two big things: 👉 **Breakthrough Advertising Bootcamp** (we’ve run it seven times now) 👉 **Breakthrough Advertising Mastery** (a 500-page companion guide) Both came from revisiting the same material. Again and again. And spotting new ways to apply it. Repetition sparks creativity. And I never get tired of that. You shouldn’t either. At ***Boardroom***, where I spent over 30 years, we had a favorite phrase for how we built our “greatest hits books” with content from our newsletters: ***“Slicing the salami.”*** One article—say, a diet tip for heart health—might show up in a general health book and a broader consumer book. No harm if someone reads it twice. In fact, if they do, they’re twice as likely to take the advice to heart (pun intended) and execute on it. Best-selling author and expert marketer, **Brendon Burchard**, once shared a simple idea that stuck with me: ***Keep your best content in a “rotation”***. Not everything has to be brand new. Just make sure it is aligned with your message meaningful to you and your audience. His top-performing posts showed up again and again on social media and emails. And why not? Most people didn’t see it the first time. To them, it’s not a rerun, but a fresh hit. Treating great content as “one and done”? That’s the real waste. Smart marketers repurpose, reshape, and re-share across platforms and formats. Yes, my Sunday blog posts often revisit core ideas. And yes, that also means a healthy dose of repetition (sorry/not sorry). My hope is that you see it as repetition with conviction (and purpose). These are lessons I’ve earned over 40 years in the marketing trenches, and they’re worth reinforcing. I know not everyone reads every week (shocking, I know), so I build in a little shampoo-rinse-repeat… just like Brendon does. Always with intention. Always with transparency. Whether these ideas are new to you, familiar but forgotten, or something you’ve heard from me (or someone else) before… I thank you for sticking with me. Because both the message and the messenger matter. And sometimes, repetition is just what it takes to make it stick. I’m also starting to think there’s a gene for “purposeful repetition,” especially after a genius [***Titans Xcelerator Mastermind***](briankurtz.net/xl) member shared this quote: ***“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”*** – Heraclitus. Greek Philosopher *(Note: According to “Chicago Philosopher,” Perry Marshall, we should all read or share something pre-Gutenberg—the inventor of the printing press—daily.* *Heraclitus lived in the 6th century B.C., so I’m covered for today.* 😉) My son did with *Seinfeld* what I did with *The Odd Couple*. He binge-watched reruns. Unlike me, though, I don’t recall much studying happening between episodes. He could name the entire *Seinfeld* episode and all its side plots from the first minute. I needed five just to place *The Odd Couple*. His repetition gene is stronger than mine. Don't chase novelty. Stop overwhelming your brain with endless streams of new, mediocre information. Find your *Breakthrough Advertising*. Find your Odd Couple. Find your Seinfeld. Purposeful repetition is not stagnation, it's the master key to knowledge, wisdom, and lasting profit. Find that one perfect thing you need to read again this week. What is it? #RepetitionWithPurpose #MarketingWisdom #ContentStrategy #DirectResponse 👉 **Breakthrough Advertising book:** breakthroughadvertisingbook.… 👉 **Breakthrough Advertising Bootcamp:** breakthroughadvertisingbook.… 👉 **Breakthrough Advertising Mastery:** breakthroughadvertisingbook.… 👉 **Titans Xcelerator:** briankurtz.net/xl/?utm_mediu…

I spent weeks looking at property marketing in Kuala Lumpur. Every developer. Every launch. Every sales letter. And almost all of them said the same five things. 🥱 Prime location. 🥱Freehold title. 🥱Luxury finishes. 🥱Limited units. 🥱Call now. Buyers have read that a hundred times. They scroll past it without blinking. So I asked a different question. What would a letter look like if it opened with the one thing every KLCC investor is secretly afraid of but nobody in the industry will say to their face? I chose Eaton Residences at Jalan Kia Peng as my first project. Before writing a single word, I ran a full market research sweep across PropertyGuru, iProperty, EdgeProp, Lowyat.net forums, Reddit, Facebook property groups, and Google Reviews. Not to find features to promote. To find the exact fear sitting in the buyer's chest at 3am. What I found was this. The buyer is not afraid of the wrong location. They are afraid of buying a beautiful asset that slowly turns them into a stressed, unpaid property manager. That became the headline. "Why Buying A Standard KLCC Luxury Condo Is The Fastest Way To Become An Unpaid, Stressed Property Manager." No promise. No lifestyle pitch. No yield projection. Just the one truth every serious investor already believes but has never seen said out loud in a property letter. From there I wrote the full letter. 👉 Named the enemy. 👉Told the developer's story. 👉Built the proof stack. 👉Mapped the close. Then I turned it into a landing page. ✅ Sticky header. ✅Countdown timer. ✅Contact form. ✅Floating WhatsApp button. From blank page to published landing page. One session. This is what property copy looks like when the research comes before the writing. You can read the full letter here: lnkd.in/gUvqrXDh If you are a property developer who wants copy that speaks to what your buyer is actually thinking, I would like to talk. #PropertyMarketing #Copywriting #DirectResponse #KualaLumpur #SalesLetter #Malaysia

🧳 "I'm an overpacker. But I refuse to check a bag." That's it. That's the hook. No pain point. No stat. No before-and-after. This week's ad breakdown covers two completely different scroll-stop approaches: The second one especially is worth reading if you run retargeting or repeat-exposure campaigns. Interested? Find our full breakdown here 🔗 blog.vidtao.com/this-ad-sold… #VidTao #DirectResponse #AdCreative #CopywritingTips #MarketingStrategy #YouTubeAds

A targeted direct mail campaign simplifies the complex auto insurance journey to help providers acquire and retain valuable customers. #AutoInsuranceMarketing #DirectResponse #CustomerAquisition

I just changed how I write sales letters forever. It started with a breakdown of the Eccentric Millionaire promo by Csaba Borzasi. A letter written by Evaldo Albuquerque. One of the highest-paid copywriters alive. Not a native English speaker. Responsible for over $120 million in sales in two years. His entire system comes down to this: Define the One Belief. Answer ten questions. In that order. Every time. I studied the system until I could reverse-engineer it from scratch. Then I built something on top of it. A Master Brief that maps the entire letter before writing begins. Not a template. A thinking system. It forces every section to be answered before the cursor moves. The hidden fear at Level 3. The trigger moment that cracked the buyer open. The enemy they've been blaming for years. The almost-bought moment and the exact thought that made them walk away. The secondary gain, what staying stuck is actually giving them that they'd never say out loud. Then I took it further. I built a research prompt so detailed that Gemini can run the full market sweep autonomously. Forums. Listing platforms. Social media. Competitor autopsies. Pricing data. Developer track records. All sourced, all verified, all mapped back to the exact section of the brief it feeds. For a real property project in Kuala Lumpur, Gemini searched PropertyGuru, iProperty, EdgeProp, Brickz, Lowyat, Reddit, Facebook groups, Twitter, YouTube, and Google Reviews. Capturing verbatim buyer language. Naming specific competitors and their failure points. Identifying the real market timing trigger. Building the proof stack. By the time the research lands back with Claude, the letter is already half-written in structure. The One Belief is locked. The buyer's nightmare is documented. The enemy is named. The close is mapped. Most copywriters start writing and hope the research shows up somewhere in the draft. I finish the research first. Then I write. That's why the letters convert. #Copywriting #DirectResponse #SalesLetter #AIMarketing #PropertyMarketing #ClaudeAI

🎯 Check out this NativePath collagen peptides ad, with over $500k in ad spend! Here are some of the elements that make this ad work so well: ✅ Credibility Through Elimination: Lead contamination, corporate acquisition, flavor problems, clumping — each competitor is taken out with a specific, sourced-sounding flaw. By the time NativePath arrives, it hasn't been sold to the viewer. It's survived a gauntlet. ✅ The Criteria Trap: The three "non-negotiables" (grass-fed source, type 1 & 3 collagen, flavorless) are announced early — and NativePath hits all three perfectly. The criteria weren't neutral benchmarks; they were written backwards from the winner. ✅ Social Proof Stack: 1 million people, 5 million jars sold, 8,000 five-star reviews, verified customer testimonials, and a real negative review of a competitor for contrast. The volume of proof signals makes skepticism feel unreasonable. 🔗 Click here to see ALL of this advertiser’s YouTube ads inside VidTao: vidtao.com/shared/VTJGc2RHVm… Find this ad’s stats below 👇 #VidTao #Marketing #DigitalMarketing #YouTube #Advertising #YouTubeAds #DirectResponse

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Hiring creative strategist for 2 separate Ecom brands Niche: health and wellness You need to have experience in direct response understanding psychology, copywriting, a way to convert the customer beyond just the product. Salary per brand: 3-8k per month **not hiring roles from India,Pakistan (apologies)** #Creativestrategist #copywriter #directresponse #ecommerce

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Looking for a Creative Strategist. We run multiple DTC home goods brands on Meta. Direct response. Growing fast. We live in UGC, native ads and editorial content. If you understand why someone stops scrolling and feels like they just discovered something — you get it. If you think good creative means pretty videos, move on. What you'll own: - Full creative strategy across Meta - UGC and native briefs that actually convert - Weekly pattern extraction from performance data - Weekly pattern extraction from performance data - Brief iteration based on what's working — not gut feel What I need: - Real Meta DTC experience — home goods is a big plus - Show me numbers, not vibes — spend, ROAS, CPA - Thinks in hooks, psychology and angles first - Obsessive about the first 3 seconds - Full time. No other clients. Not negotiable. Performance bonuses. No ceiling for the right person. DM me with everything — full portfolio, real results and how you actually think. Walk me through how you break down creative strategy from scratch. Show me your process and workflow. Don't send me a CV. Show me you get it. #creativestrategy #metaads #dtc #ugc #homegoods #creativestrategist #directresponse

🚨 Hiring: Creative Strategist & Direct Response Copywriter (DTC eCommerce) 🚨 We’re looking for a highly creative and performance driven Creative Strategist & DR Copywriter who knows how to develop winning ad concepts, hooks, scripts, and messaging for Meta and TikTok campaigns. You’ll be responsible for creating high converting ad angles and direct response copy that drives measurable results for DTC eCommerce brands. Requirements: • 3 years of experience in DTC/eCommerce marketing • Proven track record of creating winning ad creatives and campaigns • Strong expertise in hooks, scripts, UGC concepts, and performance copywriting • Deep understanding of customer psychology, buyer behavior, and paid social advertising • Experience working with Meta Ads and TikTok Ads • Ability to analyze creative performance and iterate based on data 🌍 Remote Opportunity 📈 Long term collaboration If interested, please share your portfolio, past winning creatives, or case studies in the comments or via DM. #Hiring #RemoteJobs #CreativeStrategist #Copywriter #DirectResponse #PerformanceMarketing #MetaAds #TikTokAds #Ecommerce #DTC #PaidAds #CreativeStrategy #UGC #MarketingJobs

Still sending traffic to pages that look good but don’t convert? This is the difference between a pretty hero section and a CRO driven revenue machine Before: generic headline, weak CTA, no proof After: 1. Clear value proposition 2. Authority (ratings reviews) 3. Benefit-driven bullets 4. Risk reversal (shipping returns) 5. Social proof (real testimonial) 6. Strong CTA that tells users what to do Same product. Same brand. Completely different conversion outcome. Design isn’t decoration, it’s persuasion. If your landing page isn’t converting, it’s not a traffic problem… it’s a message structure problem. #CRO  #ConversionRateOptimization #EcommerceMarketing #LandingPageDesign #UXDesign #Shopify #WebDesign #DirectResponse #DigitalMarketing #DTC

🚨 Hiring: Creative Strategist & DR Copywriter (DTC eCommerce) 🚨 We’re looking for a Creative Strategist & Direct Response Copywriter who can craft high-converting ad angles, hooks, and scripts for Meta and TikTok. Requirements: • 3 years of experience in DTC/eCommerce • Proven track record with winning ad creatives & campaigns • Strong skills in hooks, scripts, and performance-driven copy • Deep understanding of customer psychology and paid ads 🌍 Remote | Long-term Interested? Share your portfolio or past work in the comments or DM. #Hiring #RemoteJobs #CreativeStrategist #Copywriter #DirectResponse #AdCopy #PerformanceMarketing #MetaAds #TikTokAds #Ecommerce #DTC #PaidAds #CreativeStrategy #ContentCreation #MarketingJobs

🚨 Hiring: Senior Creative Strategist / Copywriter (DTC eCommerce) 🚨 We’re looking for a results-driven Creative Strategist / Copywriter who can craft high-converting ad concepts and copy for DTC brands across Meta and TikTok. Requirements: • 4 years in DTC creative strategy / copywriting • Proven high-converting ad copy experience • Strong understanding of hooks, angles, and customer psychology • Experience working with designers, editors, and media buyers 🌍 Remote | Long-term Share your portfolio or past work below. #Hiring #RemoteJobs #CreativeStrategist #Copywriter #DTC #Ecommerce #PaidAds #MetaAds #TikTokAds #PerformanceMarketing #GrowthMarketing #DigitalMarketingJobs #AdCopy #DirectResponse #CreativeStrategy #UGC #ContentStrategy #NowHiring #MarketingJobs #RemoteWork

Hiring: Creative Strategist for a Supplement Brand What We’re Looking For: • Experience as a Creative Strategist, especially for Meta ads • Ability to come up with strong hooks, angles, and messaging • Good understanding of direct-response marketing and buyer psychology • Strong communication and collaboration skills What you get: • Competitive base pay • Fully remote flexible hours • Opportunity to grow with a scaling brand DM me if you're interested or know someone who’d be a great fit! #creativestrategy #creativestrategist #adcreative #metaads #directresponse #shopify #ecom #hiring #contentcreator #creative

New to twitter but not new to the game. I'm hiring a Creative Strategist for our brand. We're an multi 7-figure men's health supplement brand. Growing aggressively and not slowing down. On pace for an 8 figure year. I've owned all creative strategy myself until now. I'm ready to hand the keys to someone better than me — one person who can take full ownership and run with it. We're in men's health. Direct response. Think long-form sales letters, native ads, AI podcasts, AI animations, static variety, and new formats we haven't cracked yet. If you live and breathe DR and understand what makes someone stop scrolling and buy — this is your role. Here's what you'll own: → Full creative strategy across all paid channels → Scripts and briefs for video, UGC, native, and emerging formats → Static ad concepts across multiple formats → Competitor and market research — mining ads, funnels, reviews, and angles → Testing roadmaps and creative iteration based on performance data What we need: → Proven track record scaling ads in DTC (health/supplements is a huge plus) → You can show me real metrics — spend, CPA, ROAS, not just "I worked on this" → AI native — you use Claude, automations, and deep research as core tools, not novelties → Full-time commitment. No other clients. This isn't a freelance gig. → You want to grow — there's a clear path to leadership, managing pods across our portfolio brands, and serious income upside This is a well-compensated, full-time remote role with performance bonuses and no ceiling for the right person. Comment CS and I'll DM you next steps. #creativestrategist #copywriter #directresponse #ecom #creativestrategy

There are two types of communication. Branding builds awareness. Direct response drives action. Most practices use the wrong one. If it doesn’t create movement, it’s noise. #practicegrowth #directresponse #marketing

You cannot hear the Word of God and remain the same (Jonah 3). True repentance is seen in your action. Nineveh was not perfect, but they responded correctly—and that response activated the mercy of God. You may have missed it before, but today is your chance to respond right and change everything. Don’t delay obedience—your response today can rewrite your tomorrow. #RespondCorrectly #MercyOfGod #FaithInAction #directresponse #propheticword #blessed #sundayservice