Comments on: The Case Against Knock Off Artists http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/ Info Marketing Blog | Direct Response Marketing | Copywriting Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-8823 admin Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:11:47 +0000 http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-8823 Hey Unreason, I approved this one post to let you know I ditched the other 5 or so comments of yours in various other posts. Perhaps you have a masochistic streak in addition to your "unreasonableness?" Whenever I encounter a "worthless blog," I generally don't spend half a morning leaving comments. Love your email address though: spambox151@hotmail.com Hey Unreason, I approved this one post to let you know I ditched the other 5 or so comments of yours in various other posts.

Perhaps you have a masochistic streak in addition to your “unreasonableness?”

Whenever I encounter a “worthless blog,” I generally don’t spend half a morning leaving comments.

Love your email address though: spambox151@hotmail.com

]]> By: Voice of UnReason http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-8793 Voice of UnReason Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:23:35 +0000 http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-8793 Honestly, who gives a fuck about whether a bunch of ads with very little or no merit, and whether they knock each other off while trying to sell a silly bunch of consumers a bunch of goofy products and weight-loss regimes based on the most obvious ideas? What a redundant worthless post and blog, contributing to the mind-numbing of society. Boring. Honestly, who gives a fuck about whether a bunch of ads with very little or no merit, and whether they knock each other off while trying to sell a silly bunch of consumers a bunch of goofy products and weight-loss regimes based on the most obvious ideas? What a redundant worthless post and blog, contributing to the mind-numbing of society. Boring.

]]> By: John Forde http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-8080 John Forde Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:01:50 +0000 http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-8080 Great points and a great comparison. That original is Schwartz, right? It at least has the mark of a Schwartz ad, which was the powerful and direct focus on one very strong proposition -- something the knock-off add clearly lacks, as you point out. Related story: I had the fortune/misfortune of working on an ad for Dr. Atkins' newsletter some years back. My idea was to write a behind the scenes ad as someone tasked with writing about the Atkins diet... and trying it out during the process of researching it to write about it. I actually did the diet and kept track of what I was eating, taking photos of the succulently rich Atkins-safe food I'd prepared as well as keeping track of my weight loss (about 20 lbs overall, which took me back to normal weight) and wrote up my own story along with sharing the proof from Atkins bulging file of other success stories, all of the before-after variety. The misfortune was simply that he slipped on ice and eventually died from his injuries while I was writing it, so of course everything related to his health center and personal projects went on hold. Ah well. P.S. Caleb, click on the image of the original ad above or check out Lawrence's swipe file of Schwartz ads. Great points and a great comparison. That original is Schwartz, right? It at least has the mark of a Schwartz ad, which was the powerful and direct focus on one very strong proposition — something the knock-off add clearly lacks, as you point out.

Related story: I had the fortune/misfortune of working on an ad for Dr. Atkins’ newsletter some years back. My idea was to write a behind the scenes ad as someone tasked with writing about the Atkins diet… and trying it out during the process of researching it to write about it.

I actually did the diet and kept track of what I was eating, taking photos of the succulently rich Atkins-safe food I’d prepared as well as keeping track of my weight loss (about 20 lbs overall, which took me back to normal weight) and wrote up my own story along with sharing the proof from Atkins bulging file of other success stories, all of the before-after variety.

The misfortune was simply that he slipped on ice and eventually died from his injuries while I was writing it, so of course everything related to his health center and personal projects went on hold. Ah well.

P.S. Caleb, click on the image of the original ad above or check out Lawrence’s swipe file of Schwartz ads.

]]> By: Caleb Osborne http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-4808 Caleb Osborne Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:48:04 +0000 http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-4808 Lawrence, I would really like to get my hands on this ad (the original atkins one)... any idea where to look? thanks, Caleb Lawrence,

I would really like to get my hands on this ad (the original atkins one)… any idea where to look?

thanks,
Caleb

]]> By: Ryan M. Healy http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-4722 Ryan M. Healy Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:47:12 +0000 http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-4722 <strong>Five on Friday, Issue #8...</strong> Whew! It’s been a really long time since I’ve put one of these together. Basically, Five on Friday is a collection of five blog posts I think are worth reading. So, without further adieu… A Forerunner to the Wall Street Journal’... [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The comment's server IP (208.109.181.54) doesn't match the comment's URL host IP () and so is spam. Five on Friday, Issue #8…

Whew! It’s been a really long time since I’ve put one of these together. Basically, Five on Friday is a collection of five blog posts I think are worth reading.
So, without further adieu…
A Forerunner to the Wall Street Journal’…

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]]> By: marcus http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-6 marcus Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:46:42 +0000 http://www.infomarketingblog.com/the-case-against-knock-off-artists/#comment-6 are you available for a copywriting project? are you available for a copywriting project?

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