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Tom Chandler Quoted in BrandWeek Article About Deceptive Mailing Practices

16-Apr-08

I’ve written a lot of direct response over the course of my 22+ year career, and I’ve always been an outspoken critic of deceptive mailing practices, believing they harm all marketers in the long run.

That’s why BrandWeek sought me out when they wrote a story about the growing practice of deceptive mailers. While they quoted [...]

My Copywriting Blog Picked as "Top 10" Writer’s Blog For Second Year

16-Jan-08

My copywriting blog — aimed primarily at copywriter and business marketers — was once again picked as a Top 10 Writer’s Blog via a contest held by Michael Stelzner of Writing White Papers fame.
Heady stuff indeed — and proof that good content offers even the tiniest of businesses a “thought leadership” role.
Here’s the [...]

Marketing in Three Dimensions: Lumpy Mailers Create Success

11-Jul-07

Selling a corporate software product that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars is a tough project. You can’t just broadly advertise and expect results. Instead, you need to reach directly into the offices of executive buyers.
There’s no shortage of gatekeepers and roadblocks between you and your quarry, and executive buyers are often deeply jaded to [...]

Tom Chandler a Featured Writer on "Business of Design Online" Series

21-Apr-07

I was one of 12 writers asked to participate in an online series of posts aimed at making it easier for designers (and clients) to work with writers.
Created by the BoDo blog (The Business of Design Online), the online series included tips about working with writers from process, timing and creative perspectives.

Working with designers has [...]

Tom Chandler Spends 90 Minutes With Internet’s Top Copywriters

26-Mar-07

On March 25, I was invited to participate in a roundtable with several other top Internet copywriters, including veterans Michel Fortin and Roberta Rosenberg, plus rising star Ryan Healy (not to mention hosts Mike Sansone and Wayne Hurlbert).
The show was titled:
“A conversation in Social Media Tools. This month we cover copywriting with 5 of the top [...]

Humorous Ads Boost Ridership For Shasta Summit Century

19-Mar-07

While I plan to write an in-depth case study for my “Success Stories” page, I thought I’d post the ad images here in the Newsroom.
A pair of humorous ads I wrote for the Shasta Summit Century, they were a part of a campaign that helped the organization boost ridership from 400 riders to 630 in [...]

DPI Imaging Wanted a Web Site. They Got an Identity.

10-Mar-07

Several months ago I received a call from an interesting new client–a Georgia-based digital imaging company named Digital Printing, Inc.
DPI doesn’t play in just any sandbox; they’re a high-end company whose client list includes several Fortune 500 companies.
They’re smart. They’re innovative. And they like my work:
“Thank you Tom — your service to us has been [...]

My Copywriter’s Blog Named One of the Internet’s “Top 10 Writer’s Blogs”

05-Dec-06

My Copywriter Underground writer’s blog was just named one of the Internet’s “Top 10 Writer’s Blogs.”

Given the caliber of the winners, I’m in heady company indeed:

Brian Clark’s CopyBlogger: This blog is the leader because it does an amazing job of helping writers improve their writing.
Deborah Ng’s Freelance Writing Jobs: For freelance writers seeking new work, [...]