Double-O Evan Creative Advertising

Double-O Evan Creative Advertising I help businesses become the one & only of their kind, using words as weapons of mass distinction.

It all comes down to a ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.Prospects choose you (or don't) based on the way you make them feel. The truth is, we are...
01/21/2026

It all comes down to a ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

Prospects choose you (or don't) based on the way you make them feel.

The truth is, we are all finicky prospects. The smallest of things can sway our thoughts and make us pull away.

The best way to mitigate this is by mapping out your prospects' experience with you in detail, right from the first interaction.

Most businesses make no such effort.

They aren't deliberate about the experience they create. They make little to no effort to shape it โ€“ allowing random and external circumstances to influence their prospects' sentiments.

If you want to create an environment where you're in control, start by downloading my free ebooks "The Art of Standing Out" and "Differentiation Done Right" (links are in the comments section below).

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜– ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ:Most businesses do little to distinguish themselves from competitors. They appear to prospects as substit...
01/14/2026

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜– ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ:

Most businesses do little to distinguish themselves from competitors. They appear to prospects as substitutable commodities, instead of the flip-side:

๐—ข๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

So, how do you go from an indistinguishable ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† to a valued ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†?

๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ!

Indeed, saying ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด achieves ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. Businesses tend to say many things across their websites and marketing channels (the ๐™จ๐™–๐™ข๐™š things competitors say). And little (if any) of it is meaningfully conveyed or developed.

Please โ€“ stop spewing vague generalities. They carry no weight.

Fewer things โ€“ communicated more thoughtfully โ€“ will always have greater impact.

So here's some parting advice:

Decide ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ (just ONE thing), and then take complete ownership of it through your marketing.

Put it into ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ for your prospects... otherwise they won't see it.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ:โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ต.โ€- Stan L...
01/08/2026

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ:

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ต.โ€

- Stan Lee

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People are entitled to their opinions...
..and you are entitled to ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ them.

Many people talk about subjects they know nothing about, simply because they want to appear smart.

Most have deeply ingrained biases that cloud their judgment and perspective.

Others simply don't want you to achieve greater success than them.

This is why, when you're trying to achieve something that's never been done, goes against the grain, or sets you apart from everyone else, you must be ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

You must be willing to accept criticism and dismissal.

Many laughed when Walt Disney proposed the idea of a theme park built around cartoon characters. Or when Jeff Bezos quit his Wall Street job to sell books online.

Heck, 12 publishers turned down J.K. Rowling before Harry Potter took off.

Not every idea is a good one, of course. But outside criticism is an insufficient barometer for making that determination.

If you really, truly, genuinely believe in something, don't hold back...

Take a big swing. The only two outcomes are success or a learning experience.

Many service-based businesses have a false sense of security.If asked what sets them apart from their competition, they ...
12/17/2025

Many service-based businesses have a false sense of security.

If asked what sets them apart from their competition, they typically respond with some version of "We do good work."

This may refer to quality. It may refer to service.

In any case, it doesn't matter much. Because the truth is, the competition โ€“ in most cases โ€“ performs at or near the same level (indiscernible as far as the customer is concerned).

So what businesses think sets them apart is nothing more than wishful thinking. Doing a "good job" isn't a differentiator. It's simply the ante for being in the game.

Differentiation rarely happens by accident. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ.

You must be intentional about it and take deliberate steps to create it.

Yes, this takes some effort. It takes some strategy. But it's not complicated...
..and the juice is worth the squeeze.

Download my FREE eBook "The Art of Standing Out" to discover how you can set your business apart as a valued ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (link to download is in the comments section below).

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜– ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ:Many things can eat away at a brandโ€™s credibility, causing "๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜" โ€“ "๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช...
12/10/2025

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜– ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ:

Many things can eat away at a brandโ€™s credibility, causing "๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜" โ€“ "๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ."

For instance, businesses often lay claim to things not because they are genuinely true, but because they like the way it sounds.

I'm talking about generic claims like:

"๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ..."

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"๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง..."

This sort of speak is commonplace now. But with everyone saying it, it cannot be true.

Talk is cheap. You need to either purge your messaging of this sort of talk, or find a way to prove it (if it is genuinely true).

In my FREE eBook, "๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜ฟ๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™", I share several ways in which you can prove your claims and create trust (link is in the comments sections below).

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ:โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด?โ€- The Joker (The Dark Knight)--Heath Ledger's Joker in ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต was a mad lunati...
12/03/2025

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ:

โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด?โ€

- The Joker (The Dark Knight)

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Heath Ledger's Joker in ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต was a mad lunatic.

But he was also brilliant. And his words could be deceivingly profound in some instances, like when he said "๐™’๐™๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ?".

This happens to be a worthwhile question in relation to marketing.

I'm not suggesting you act like the Joker. But a little personality and character can serve your marketing well, when you're trying to build a connection with your audience.

Businesses often take themselves too seriously. And their communication ("About" pages are a prime example) is correspondingly corporate and institutional sounding, which is ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

Heath Ledger's Joker was anything but, which is why we're still talking about him over 17 years later. That's a lasting impression...
..and all he did was be himself.

The vast majority of advertising from service-based businesses is severely flawed.That's because it contains no ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ...
11/18/2025

The vast majority of advertising from service-based businesses is severely flawed.

That's because it contains no ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ elements.

The only discernible difference between one competitor's ads and another's tends to be ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ผ.

Everything else is mostly interchangeable.

I call this "๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต" Advertising. It essentially says "We're here... this is what we do".

What it doesn't say is ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š. And why should they, when there are multiple others who offer the exact same thing(s)?

The market doesn't need another "๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ". It needs a "๐™Š๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐™Š๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ" (or "Double-๐—ข", as I say๐Ÿ˜‰).

Always remember:

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ "๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜" ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ "๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ" ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

If you're interested in the latter, I invite you to reach out.

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜– ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ:There's a lot of noise out there, due to all the "๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ". That is, all the "๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ...
11/04/2025

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜– ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ:

There's a lot of noise out there, due to all the "๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ". That is, all the "๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด (๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต)".

Good advertising ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด you... ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด with you... and ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด with you... ultimately leading you to take some sort of action or next step.

Too often advertisers focus on simply "getting their name out there", but nobody cares.

Because ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ advertising is about the ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต, not the advertiser.

If you want a quick, foundational understanding of advertising principles (which will put you ahead of 95% of your competitors), download my FREE eBook, "๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜ฟ๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™" (link is in the comments sections below).

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ:โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง; ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.โ€- Oscar Wilde--There's a tendency for businesses to model ...
10/30/2025

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ:

โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง; ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.โ€

- Oscar Wilde

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There's a tendency for businesses to model their marketing efforts on others โ€“ often their competitors. The thought being "๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ."

This creates mass commoditization of the market; the perception that everyone is more or less the same.

So don't try to be like everyone else. ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ. Lean into that, not away from it, as most do.

My free ebook "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ต" can show you how (link to download is in the comments sections below).

A common marketing mistake is to focus on the prospect's ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ instead of their ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.Needs are a ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ buying motive...
10/21/2025

A common marketing mistake is to focus on the prospect's ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ instead of their ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.

Needs are a ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ buying motive, while wants are ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ.

This distinction matters, because ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, and ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. For instance...

You may ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ a new car, but you really ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต to get the fancy sport package that will impress your friends and neighbours.

You may ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ to lose weight for health reasons, but what you really ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต is a beach body that turns heads and gets people talking.

You may ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ a new software to boost your productivity and performance at work, but what you ultimately ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต is to receive recognition and a promotion with a fancy new title.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. Thatโ€™s why selling something by catering only to your prospects' needs is problematic.

You need both elements, emotion AND logic, to make the sale.

So always keep this in mind:

While ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด are ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด are ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜.

You can find more instructional marketing wisdom like this in my FREE ebook: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐——๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต (link to download is in the comments sections below).

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜– ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ:If there's one thing your marketing ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต do, it's create ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜.Testimonials are one way to achieve this. ...
10/16/2025

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜– ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ:

If there's one thing your marketing ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต do, it's create ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜.

Testimonials are one way to achieve this. However if you're not careful, they can have the opposite effect.

It's surprising how often I come across "๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€". This is the name I've given to ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ (๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด).

Missing identifiers create doubt and raise questions in the mind of the prospect:

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด?
๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ?
๐˜๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ?
๐˜๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ?

Specificity and details matter.

Even more so in this new age of AI, where human presence is becoming increasingly absent.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ:โ€œ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.โ€- Coco Chanel--Here's a revealing question ...
10/08/2025

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ:

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.โ€

- Coco Chanel

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Here's a revealing question to ask about your business:

"๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š?"

It may force you to confront some uncomfortable truths about your business, its marketing, and strategy.

If any of your competitors can do what you do, in the ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ way(s) (ultimately leaving customers with the ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€), then you are indeed replaceable.

This can be solved, of course, by being different.

The good news?

There are many ways to create a ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ that separates you from the competition. And I reveal them in my FREE ebook, "Differentiation Done Right" (link to download is in the comments sections below).

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