Gary Halbert · whole document (39)
2005 - 12-12-05
Something else you should know is, the SAME
average newspaper is read by something like 2.3 to 2.7
people. Let's level it off and say the same newspaper
is read by 2 people (such as a husband and wife or two
business partners).
That means I am exposing a very long piece
of copy to 2,000 people for only $2.50. (Remember, I buy
space at $2.50 per 1,000... but... a husband/wife or two
business partners will be reading the same newspaper.) That
means I am getting 2,000 people to look at this
almost-irresistible piece of copy for a total cost of
approximately 1/10th of one cent.
Let's say only 50% of those 2,000 newspaper
readers see and read my ad. That means 1,000 people are
reading my ad... which boils down to a cost of 1/4th of one
cent per reader.
And what if only 10% of those 2,000 pairs of
eyeballs read my ad? That means I'm getting 200 readers for
$2.50... which is equal to 1¢ per newspaper reader.
Now, let's pretend everybody who reads the
newspaper ad does go to my website. That would be the same
as a "click" if you were using Google ad words.
Know this: If you are doing a Google ad word
campaign, you are limited to a very small number of
characters to attract people to read your message. As you've
noticed, my newspaper ad uses more than 1,000 words to
attract people to read my message. I think my conversion
rate is going to be unusually high. Why do I feel that way?
Ask yourself this...
Who Do You Know Who Would Read That Newspaper Ad
With All Those Fascinating Bullets And Then Go To
A Free Website To
Find Out The Answers?!
And know this: Print readers
attracted to your website (people who read newspapers,
magazines, and direct mail letters), are a far higher
quality of reader... than... readers attracted to your
website from the Internet and its culture of cheapness.