Let me give you an example...
In your ads, do you use images of:
• you and your friends, or you and your friends or friends on vacation?
• Or you making silly faces?
• Or maybe you’re holding some fancy marketing award… (thinking that brings you any extra credibility)
• Or, worse yet, maybe you’re posing in front of a fancy car, house, or private jet (that was rented for a photo opp)
These are what are called “native images” and they are very common among guru-types. We see many people copying these images in their ads believing “if it works for them it will work for me too”.
Now, listen, some of these images may work for certain people - I’m not going to tell you “they flat out don’t work” - but unless you’re a Kardashian or have been on TV in front of hundreds of millions of people, they probably won’t work very well for you.
This is what the gurus are teaching you to do.
But, after 6 years in the advertising business, I can tell you without a doubt that even if they do work for you in the beginning…
• They will only work for so long…
• At certain levels of ad spend…
• And after that, you can’t push them anymore.
Our recommendation to all our agency clients is to NEVER use these types of images and, when they ask us to go head-to-head and “prove it”, we have repeatedly proven that our unique style of image converts better.
If you get nothing else out of this letter, this one tip is guaranteed to improve your advertising campaigns instantly.