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		<title>Marketing Tip Stolen From McDonalds&#8217; &#8220;Parasite Machine&#8221; Automatically Prevents&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cjhoude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copywriting Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a story about a &#8220;parasite machine&#8221; that prevents chapped hands and If you bear with me I&#8217;ll tell you what this has to do with making money online in a second.
Okay&#8230;
So here I am at 7:00am&#8230; 6 hours too early for any sane person to wake up and I stroll into the McDonalds&#8217; restroom.
I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fobviouswriting.com%2Fmarketing-tip-stolen-from-mcdonalds-parasite-machine-automatically-prevents%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fobviouswriting.com%2Fmarketing-tip-stolen-from-mcdonalds-parasite-machine-automatically-prevents%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p><strong>Here&#8217;s a story about a &#8220;parasite machine&#8221; </strong>that prevents chapped hands and If you bear with me I&#8217;ll tell you what this has to do with <strong>making money </strong>online in a second.</p>
<p>Okay&#8230;</p>
<p>So here I am at 7:00am&#8230; 6 hours too early for any sane person to wake up and I stroll into the McDonalds&#8217; restroom.</p>
<p>I tinkle&#8230; sprinkle and go to dry my hands and there&#8217;s no towels!</p>
<p>Not that I expect silk sheets or something&#8230; but there&#8217;s not even a paper towel in sight&#8211; but there is one of those damn parasite infested air-drying thinga-ma-bobs.</p>
<p><strong>So I stood there debating&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Should I just use my shirt to dry my hands?</p>
<p>Or should I use the parasites?</p>
<p>Well.</p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s why I decided to use the parasite air machine!</strong></p>
<p>Right there in bold letters it told me: <strong>&#8220;Automatically Prevents Chapping&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>Man, someone knows what they&#8217;re doing and it&#8217;s a shame. Even the McDonalds air-dryer is a better ad then 95% of the small business ads run in the local newspaper.</p>
<p><strong>So what&#8217;s the marketing/writing tip here?</strong></p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;re selling Egg-McMuffins or hand-drying. You have to speak benefits&#8211; and maybe incite a little fear!</p>
<p>To tell the truth&#8230; I was a bit worried that if I didn&#8217;t use the McDonalds air-dryer I&#8217;d get chapped and bloody hands in the cold North Bay air&#8230;</p>
<p>Scary.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s the power of a few words.</p>
<p>Your obvious friend,</p>
<p>Courtney James<br />
The Obvious Writer</p>
<p><strong>P.S. ANNOUNCEMENT:</strong> I may be offline for a few days because I&#8217;m moving today&#8230; I will probably go through internet withdrawals but if I should survive the trauma&#8230; I&#8217;ll be back soon. Love you guys&#8230; and gals.</p>
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