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How to try VidTao 2.0 for Free (full features)

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Did you know you can try all-new VidTao 2.0 right now for free for 7 days?

(With all new features like 10x more YouTube ads in our database, brand & affiliate tracking dashboards, offer landing pages and much much more being added regularly)

Go here to check it out & try for free: šŸ‘‰ app.vidtao.com

And stay tuned for more updates this week!

The VidTao Team

PS - Already have a VidTao Premium account? You already have access to VidTao 2.0.

And if you donā€™t? Go here šŸ‘‰ to try it for free for 7 days.

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PPS - In case you missed it, hereā€™s an email we sent last week showing one major ad we found thanks to VidTao 2.0, and a big Direct Response marketing takeaway you can apply in your campaigns todayā€¦

Welcome to todayā€™s VidTao Newsletter, your one-stop destination for all the latest in Direct Response video advertising.

Todayā€™s briefing is a 4 minute read:

  • āœļø Analysis: The ā€œBig Ideaā€ Secret behind this $500k/mo Direct Response eCommerce offer: Breaking down what worked (and didnā€™t) behind this offerā€™s 158 ads tested in the past 30 days

  • šŸ—³ļø Poll: Your take on Direct Response Marketingā€¦

  • āž• Plus: Jerry Seinfieldā€™s split test secrets, Why Broad Targeting Works, How to Reliably Engineer ā€œBreakthroughā€ offers, Googleā€™s new Ads Editor, 12 crazy new GPT apps afteryesterdayā€™s OpenAI GPT new features release, and much moreā€¦

  •  āž•āž• Plus: BIG VidTao 2.0 announcement tomorrowā€¦ (Stay tunedā€¦)

āœļø Direct Response Strategy & Tactics Corner

Weā€™re going to dive into breakdown of a $500k/mo Direct Response eComm offer in just a moment.

And weā€™re going to illustrate it with a key concept on how to build & communicate a rock-solid ā€œBig Ideaā€ from Mark Fordā€™s (aka ā€œMichael Mastersonā€) fantastic book ā€œGreat Leadsā€ 

Hereā€™s why you should listen to what Mark Ford has to say about Direct Response marketing:

Mark has helped launch & grow dozens of multi-million dollar direct response businesses, including the Agora Companies: which he and Bill Bonner have grown to over $1 billion in gross revenue.

(Go here to see the article we did last week all about how Mark generated $1 billion+ in Direct Response Revenue from his "Lead" Framework)

šŸ“– Part 1 - Direct Response Theory:
How to Nail Your Big Idea using the ā€œRule of Oneā€

Without a rock-solid, clear & compelling ā€œBig Ideaā€, your marketing is going to fall flat.

As legendary David Ogilvy put it:

So how do you NAIL your big idea?

To make your customer (as Ogilvy puts it) ā€œnotice your advertising, remember it, and take action.ā€??

Your best bet, according to Mark Ford, is to always remember the ā€œRule of Oneā€: šŸ‘‡

ā˜ļøThe Rule of One:

Write about one thing at a time.

One good idea, clearly and convincingly presented, is better than a dozen so-so ideas strung together.

Want to see how to apply the Rule of One?

Letā€™s take a look at how one eCommerce offer is spending $500k+/month on YouTube adsā€¦

ā€¦Generating massive profits by effectively applying the ā€œRule of Oneā€ to their winning ads.

(Also, any guesses on what happens when you donā€™t follow ā€œThe Rule of Oneā€? Weā€™re about to find out in just a momentā€¦)

šŸ§‘ā€šŸ­ Part 2 - How to Apply this Direct Response Theory:
What Happens When You Apply the ā€œRule of Oneā€

Here is the ad: this YouTube ad for Prepared Heroā€™s Fire Blanket offer with nearly 10 million paid views :

Inside VidTao 2.0 youā€™ll see that in the past 30 days they have spent an estimated $300k+ on this ad alone:

Here are 5 key ways this ad sticks to the ā€œRule of Oneā€ and hammers home on a single Big Idea:

  • šŸ§  Single Idea: The ad focuses on one clear idea - that the emergency fire blanket can prevent tragedy and save lives in the event of a kitchen fire.

  • šŸ’”šŸ’” Repetition: The ad repeats this singular benefit in different ways, highlighting how deadly fires are, how the product is easy to use to put them out, and how it is recommended by firefighters.

  • šŸ”¬ Focus: There are no other ideas or benefits mentioned.

  • šŸ˜Ø Singular Emotion: ad also drives home the fear emotion with statistics and imagery of deadly fires

  • šŸ¤ Ad Big Idea ā†’ CTA Congruency: the call to action directly aligns with the key idea of preventing fire tragedy.

Want an easy way to apply this to your own ads?

Hereā€™s a checklist of ā€œThe Rule of Oneā€ adapted from Mark Ford that you can check your ads with. Here weā€™ve filled it out specifically for Prepared Heroā€™s winning Fire Blanket Ad:

šŸ“‹ Your ā€œRule of Oneā€ Ad Checklist

  • šŸ§  One good idea: The emergency fire blanket can prevent tragedy and save lives from deadly kitchen fires.

  • šŸ˜Ø One core emotion: Fear and urgency around preventable fires & resulting tragic loss of life and devastated families.

  • šŸŽ¬ One captivating story: Dramatization of a kitchen fire that "could have been a family tragedy."

  • šŸ’Ž One single, desirable benefit: The blanket "can be the difference in avoiding tragedy when fire happens."

  • šŸ‘‰ One inevitable response: "Click the button below to check availability" of the lifesaving emergency fire blanket product.

Run your own ads through this checklist to identify any weak spots!

Now letā€™s look at what happens when you donā€™t follow the ā€œRule of Oneā€ so closelyā€¦

ā€¦But What Happens When You DONā€™T Follow the ā€œRule of Oneā€?

Now hereā€™s the thing: everyone can learn a ton from how Prepared Hero goes about testing new creatives.

According to VidTao 2.0, Prepared Hero has tested 158 creatives just the past 30 days! šŸ‘‡

Prepared Hero is a true beast when it comes to relentlessly TESTING new ads, to find as many new winners as possible.

And no doubt this is a big reason why this offer has been so successful.

But hereā€™s the other side benefit for all of us YouTube advertising nerds:

With all these ads tested, weā€™re also going to see examples of ads that did NOT work.

Letā€™s take a look at 2 Prepared Hero ads that did not work to see how closely they followed the ā€œRule of Oneā€:

Prepared Hero Fire Blanket Ad 2: https://youtu.be/u5FCjAU0q74

  • Ad 2 Total Adspend: $2,406 (estimate from VidTao 2.0)

Prepared Hero Fire Blanket Ad 3: https://youtu.be/iY3YCs-GifY

  • Ad 3 Total Adspend: $1,912 (estimate from VidTao 2.0)

ā€œRule of Oneā€ Analysis: Winning vs. Losing Ads

Look at Ads 2 & 3 and youā€™ll see: They donā€™t follow the Rule of One as closely as the winning ad.

Ads 2 & 3 stray from ā€œThe Rule of Oneā€, weakening & diluting the viewerā€™s attention by focusing partially on other concepts like:

  • šŸ˜ƒ Ease of use: "extremely pleased with how easy it is to use"

  • ā˜ŗļø Peace of mind: "peace of mind it brings knowing I can prevent a fire catastrophe"

  • šŸŽ Gift giving: "I bought one for each of my family members"

  • šŸŽļø Car fires: "We even keep one in each of our cars"

  • šŸ“‹ Having an emergency plan: "12% of us don't have a fire plan at all"

  • šŸ—£ļø Social media reviews: "found videos about this amazing product"

Donā€™t do this.

Instead, stick to your ā€œRule of Oneā€ checklist and magnify the Big Idea.

Ok.

Got all that attention focused on your Big Idea?

Now itā€™s time to ā€œramp upā€ the power of that Big Idea with more emotional language.

Hereā€™s how the winning Prepared Hero ad does it:

šŸ§  1 Big Idea + āœļø Strong Emotional Language = šŸŽ‰ Success

The winning ad hammers home the single Big Idea again and again in clear, descriptive emotional terms like this:

  • "If it hadn't been for one simple safety item this could have been a family tragedy" - Evokes feeling of avoiding tragedy.

  • "House fires occur in this country every 87 seconds" - Provokes sense of frequent danger.

  • "Nearly 3,000 people lose their lives" - Shocking statistics of death.

  • "They devastate families" - Strong word "devastate" to describe impact.

  • "When fire happens" - Urgent and inevitable phrasing.

  • "Your family's future" - High stakes of family's safety.

Compare this hard-hitting emotional language to whatā€™s used in ads 2 and 3:

  • Ad 2 mentions "what a mess" and "chaos" but not tragedy.

  • Ad 3 says "sadly as many as 12% of us don't have a fire plan" - less visceral than deaths.

  • Both use more casual language like "check it out" and "scroll social media".

Wrapping upā€¦

Pay attention to how well the ads you see use the Rule of One. 

And most important:

Apply the Rule of One to your own ads, to ramp up your performance with the power of your Big Idea!

Todayā€™s Newsletter is Supported by Inceptly
Direct Response Video & Traffic Agency

Are You Spending $1k+ Per Day on Ads?

šŸ•™ Direct Response Marketing Minute

Here is your 60 second Performance Marketing Briefing for today:

  1. šŸ˜‚šŸ§‘ā€šŸ”¬ How Jerry Seinfield runs his split tests: (see his scientific approach to discovering new jokes that get laughs - incredibly relevant for Direct Response advertisers)

  2. šŸ™… How 7 figure DTC businesses "blow it": (donā€™t do this)

  3. šŸ’» New Google Ads Editor released: (and why it's so great)

  4. šŸ‘©ā€āš•ļøThe top ACA lead gen offers running on YouTube right now: are you on this list?

  5. šŸ§‘ā€šŸ­ How to engineer a successful offer from scratch: use "memetic analysis" to create a breakthrough offer

  6. šŸ’”Beyond Broad Targeting: Unveiling the Paradox of Modern Ad Targeting

  7. šŸ’° Why Click Fraud will waste 10%+ of your adspend this year (and what to do about it)

  8. šŸ¤– New OpenAI Features just released: 12 of the craziest things people have already built, 24 hrs later

šŸ—³ļø Todayā€™s Poll

What's your take on direct response marketing?

In your experience, does it actually drive results?

Login or Subscribe to participate in polls.

Advertise with VidTao's Audience of 100k+

Advertise with VidTao to get your brand in front of the Who's Who of Performance Advertising & Direct Response. Whether youā€™re looking to reach decision makers at top brands or looking for rock-start talent for your team (like our happy advertising client below) VidTaoā€™s audience are the cream of the crop of digitial advertisers always looking for the next interesting product, tool, or opportunity. Get in touch today.

Thatā€™s it for today!

Best wishes,

The VidTao Team

PS - Got a direct response offer or brand you're looking to scale with paid traffic?

Here's how our partners at Inceptly (our Direct Response Video & Traffic agency partner with over $950M in Direct Response revenue generated) can help:

1) Paid ads Strategy & Execution on Google, YouTube, Meta, TikTok (and more)

"We have been working with Inceptly for over 2 years now, and they have been instrumental in helping us drive paid acquisition at scale. I highly recommend Inceptly's services." - Sandy Diao, Director of Growth @ Descript . com

2) Build a Custom Tracking & Attribution ā€œBrainā€:

"Thanks to [Inceptly's] data team, we now have a custom tracking solution built specifically to our business that supplies all of the information we need to floor or throttle the proverbial gas pedal which is front-end advertising." - Devyn Merklin, CMO Livingood Daily

Can one of Inceptly's custom data solutions help you finally crack the code on attribution at scale?

3) Build Direct Response Video Creatives that SCALE

"The Inceptly team just gets it when it comes to performance video creative. I love it." - Val Yakovchik, Founder & CEO MoxieLash

Let's build your next winning creative campaign on YouTube, YouTube shorts (and more)!

4) "UpSkill" Your Internal Creative & Media Buying Team

"Thanks to our work with Inceptly, at our current pace within 3-4 weeks we should be doing highly profitable $10k+ days on YouTube." - Wouter Akika, VidTao Bootcamp client, Founder & CEO of MyDermaDream

Let's ā€œTransplantā€ our teamā€™s experience directly into your internal team, as quickly as possible. Fast-track your teamā€™s media buying & creative skillset with the best in the business.

PPS: Have you checked out VidTao 2.0 yet?

We just added new features like Affiliate offer tracking, and millions of NEW YouTube ads indexed from all your favorite companies and offers.

Hereā€™s how to check it out:

ā˜ļøIf you have a VidTao Premium account already?

Go to next.vidtao.com to log in to VidTao 2.0 and try it out.

šŸ™… ā€¦And if you donā€™t yet have a VidTao Premium account?

Current VidTao Premium members will be ā€œgrandfathered inā€ on the current pricing tier for VidTao 2.0ā€¦

ā€¦But once we fully launch VidTao 2.0 at the end of the month?

Weā€™ll be raising the price (as you can imagine weā€™ve invested A LOT to upgrade the software and continue to add a bunch more amazing features weā€™ll be walking through over the next few days)

Go here to lock in current pricing & claim your VidTao Premium membership with VidTao 2.0 access: