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The key to marketing messages – Capture Attention First



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The web is the same as a movie. The story must click in the first paragraph. You must answer what, before you answer why.” Dr. Flint McLaughlin. MECLABS

They used the ideas of movies to illustrate a point. Capturing attention is why movies start with a great battle scene – or parachuting behind enemy lines, or other dramatic device. They capture attention.

B2B marketers need to capture attention first. This video illustrates a classic movie’s way of capturing attention. Notice they answer Why you should watch before the What you are watching.

Do you notice how Star Wars opened with a classic battle scene? Or how Dances with Wolves showed an arrow coming from nowhere to kill a man?

Every movie starts by grabbing your attention. If you want you marketing content to be effective, you need to first grab attention in the first 7 seconds.


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