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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: š app.vidtao.com
And stay tuned for more updates this week!
The VidTao Team
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And if you donāt? Go here š to try it for free for 7 days.
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PPS - In case you missed it, hereās 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 todayās VidTao Newsletter, your one-stop destination for all the latest in Direct Response video advertising.
Todayās briefing is a 4 minute read:
āļø Analysis: The āBig Ideaā Secret behind this $500k/mo Direct Response eCommerce offer: Breaking down what worked (and didnāt) behind this offerās 158 ads tested in the past 30 days
š³ļø Poll: Your take on Direct Response Marketingā¦
ā Plus: Jerry Seinfieldās split test secrets, Why Broad Targeting Works, How to Reliably Engineer āBreakthroughā offers, Googleās new Ads Editor, 12 crazy new GPT apps afteryesterdayās OpenAI GPT new features release, and much moreā¦
āā Plus: BIG VidTao 2.0 announcement tomorrowā¦ (Stay tunedā¦)
āļø Direct Response Strategy & Tactics Corner
Weāre going to dive into breakdown of a $500k/mo Direct Response eComm offer in just a moment.
And weāre going to illustrate it with a key concept on how to build & communicate a rock-solid āBig Ideaā from Mark Fordās (aka āMichael Mastersonā) fantastic book āGreat Leadsā
Hereās 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)
š Part 1 - Direct Response Theory:
How to Nail Your Big Idea using the āRule of Oneā
Without a rock-solid, clear & compelling āBig 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) ānotice your advertising, remember it, and take action.ā??
Your best bet, according to Mark Ford, is to always remember the āRule of Oneā: š
āļøThe 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?
Letās take a look at how one eCommerce offer is spending $500k+/month on YouTube adsā¦
ā¦Generating massive profits by effectively applying the āRule of Oneā to their winning ads.
(Also, any guesses on what happens when you donāt follow āThe Rule of Oneā? Weāre about to find out in just a momentā¦)
š§āš Part 2 - How to Apply this Direct Response Theory:
What Happens When You Apply the āRule of Oneā
Here is the ad: this YouTube ad for Prepared Heroās Fire Blanket offer with nearly 10 million paid views :
Inside VidTao 2.0 youāll 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 āRule of Oneā and hammers home on a single Big Idea:
š§ 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.
š”š” 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.
š¬ Focus: There are no other ideas or benefits mentioned.
šØ Singular Emotion: ad also drives home the fear emotion with statistics and imagery of deadly fires
š¤ 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?
Hereās a checklist of āThe Rule of Oneā adapted from Mark Ford that you can check your ads with. Here weāve filled it out specifically for Prepared Heroās winning Fire Blanket Ad:
š Your āRule of Oneā Ad Checklist
š§ One good idea: The emergency fire blanket can prevent tragedy and save lives from deadly kitchen fires.
šØ One core emotion: Fear and urgency around preventable fires & resulting tragic loss of life and devastated families.
š¬ One captivating story: Dramatization of a kitchen fire that "could have been a family tragedy."
š One single, desirable benefit: The blanket "can be the difference in avoiding tragedy when fire happens."
š 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 letās look at what happens when you donāt follow the āRule of Oneā so closelyā¦
ā¦But What Happens When You DONāT Follow the āRule of Oneā?
Now hereās 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! š
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 hereās the other side benefit for all of us YouTube advertising nerds:
With all these ads tested, weāre also going to see examples of ads that did NOT work.
Letās take a look at 2 Prepared Hero ads that did not work to see how closely they followed the āRule 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)
āRule of Oneā Analysis: Winning vs. Losing Ads
Look at Ads 2 & 3 and youāll see: They donāt follow the Rule of One as closely as the winning ad.
Ads 2 & 3 stray from āThe Rule of Oneā, weakening & diluting the viewerās attention by focusing partially on other concepts like:
š Ease of use: "extremely pleased with how easy it is to use"
āŗļø Peace of mind: "peace of mind it brings knowing I can prevent a fire catastrophe"
š Gift giving: "I bought one for each of my family members"
šļø Car fires: "We even keep one in each of our cars"
š Having an emergency plan: "12% of us don't have a fire plan at all"
š£ļø Social media reviews: "found videos about this amazing product"
Donāt do this.
Instead, stick to your āRule of Oneā checklist and magnify the Big Idea.
Ok.
Got all that attention focused on your Big Idea?
Now itās time to āramp upā the power of that Big Idea with more emotional language.
Hereās how the winning Prepared Hero ad does it:
š§ 1 Big Idea + āļø Strong Emotional Language = š 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 whatās 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!
Todayās Newsletter is Supported by Inceptly
Direct Response Video & Traffic Agency
Are You Spending $1k+ Per Day on Ads?
š Direct Response Marketing Minute
Here is your 60 second Performance Marketing Briefing for today:
šš§āš¬ How Jerry Seinfield runs his split tests: (see his scientific approach to discovering new jokes that get laughs - incredibly relevant for Direct Response advertisers)
š How 7 figure DTC businesses "blow it": (donāt do this)
š» New Google Ads Editor released: (and why it's so great)
š©āāļøThe top ACA lead gen offers running on YouTube right now: are you on this list?
š§āš How to engineer a successful offer from scratch: use "memetic analysis" to create a breakthrough offer
š”Beyond Broad Targeting: Unveiling the Paradox of Modern Ad Targeting
š° Why Click Fraud will waste 10%+ of your adspend this year (and what to do about it)
š¤ New OpenAI Features just released: 12 of the craziest things people have already built, 24 hrs later
š³ļø Todayās Poll
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 youāre looking to reach decision makers at top brands or looking for rock-start talent for your team (like our happy advertising client below) VidTaoās audience are the cream of the crop of digitial advertisers always looking for the next interesting product, tool, or opportunity. Get in touch today.
Thatās 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)
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Let's build your next winning creative campaign on YouTube, YouTube shorts (and more)!
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"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 āTransplantā our teamās experience directly into your internal team, as quickly as possible. Fast-track your teamās 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.
Hereās how to check it out:
āļøIf you have a VidTao Premium account already?
Go to next.vidtao.com to log in to VidTao 2.0 and try it out.
š ā¦And if you donāt yet have a VidTao Premium account?
Current VidTao Premium members will be āgrandfathered 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?
Weāll be raising the price (as you can imagine weāve invested A LOT to upgrade the software and continue to add a bunch more amazing features weāll 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: