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CHECKLIST: Comparisons & Savings Claims checklist
A helpful checklist of key legal issues for promotions using comparisons or savings claims
CHECKLIST: General advertising & marketing checklist
A handy checklist as a basic guide to key legal issues for advertising and marketing.
Distracting your customer
The last installment in the 8 ways to ruin your marketing series looks at how typos and poor proofing can have a legal impact or cause legal headaches (fingers crossed there aren't any in this post & presentation!).
Understand your product
Part 6 in the 8 ways to ruin your marketing series looks at how failing to understand the product you are selling can lead to legal issues and provides a case study on risky product areas.
Getting the total cost right
In Part 5 - Stuff up pricing, we look at three case studies of companies that got pricing wrong or tried to be a little sneaky with pricing and ended up in hot water with the ACCC.
Do you fact check your marketing?
In Part 4 – Don't research or check facts, we look at comparative advertising and savings claims.
Trying to be tricky ruins the customer experience
In Part 3 - Try to be tricky, we run through the risks of using limited offers as a promotion technique to increase sales. The limit might be a limited time or limited stock, either way there are several key issues you need to be across.
When is it okay to use "free" as a marketing tactic?
In Part 2 - Attach Strings, I run through how the law sees a "free" offer and what considerations you need to take when promoting freebies.
Knock knock.... Complying with door-to-door sales laws
Easy & visual explanation of important ways your business needs to comply with door to door laws in a format you can download, print and share (all for free of course!).
Putting a ring on it... phone sales and telemarketing law basics
DNC (Do Not Call) legislation, one aspect of telemarketing laws, can be confusing and tricky.I created this easy to follow (& free!) infographic as a ready reckoner for you and your team to cover the key issues of compliance with Do Not Call laws and regulations.