Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the genesis domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home/darren/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893
{"id":2678,"date":"2011-05-21T07:03:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T07:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darrenslaughtercom.stage.site\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2011-05-21T07:03:52","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T07:03:52","slug":"quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 – Read a Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am going to ask you to ready one book if you want to market your business on your own –\u00a0Ogilvy on Advertising<\/a>\"\" (affiliate link). Why? Because everything Ogilvy did was about delivering a response.<\/p>\n

In other words, there are no budgets for branding. You are not Coke or Pepsi. Every dollar you spend on advertising has to come back to you dressed up like a $2 bill.<\/p>\n

And Ogilvy hated the creative types who could burn through ad budgets faster than Grant through Richmond. So get the book and learn something today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am going to ask you to ready one book if you want to market your business on your own –\u00a0Ogilvy on Advertising (affiliate link). Why? Because everything Ogilvy did was about delivering a response. In other words, there are no budgets for branding. You are not Coke or Pepsi. Every dollar you spend on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[30],"class_list":{"0":"post-2678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-contractor-marketing","7":"tag-advertising","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nQuick Tips for Contractors #9 - Read a Book - Construction Websites<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 - Read a Book - Construction Websites\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am going to ask you to ready one book if you want to market your business on your own –\u00a0Ogilvy on Advertising (affiliate link). Why? Because everything Ogilvy did was about delivering a response. In other words, there are no budgets for branding. You are not Coke or Pepsi. Every dollar you spend on […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Construction Websites\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Darren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Darren\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Darren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faee1558cc655b91b1ad7a1e9fde8f51\"},\"headline\":\"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 – Read a Book\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/\"},\"wordCount\":101,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349\",\"keywords\":[\"Advertising\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Marketing & Advertising\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/\",\"name\":\"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 - Read a Book - Construction Websites\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 – Read a Book\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/\",\"name\":\"Construction Websites\",\"description\":\"Construction Website Design\/Reviews\/Strategy\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Contractor Websites\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Construction Websites\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cropped-cropped-brandmark-design-700x0-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cropped-cropped-brandmark-design-700x0-3.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":37,\"caption\":\"Construction Websites\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/tiktok.com\/constructionwebsites\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faee1558cc655b91b1ad7a1e9fde8f51\",\"name\":\"Darren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b9b8458198e5655ce7db0f633205baf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b9b8458198e5655ce7db0f633205baf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Darren\"},\"description\":\"I\u2019ve spent 20 years helping construction companies market their businesses. My core focus is construction website design and marketing that sells.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/author\/darren\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 - Read a Book - Construction Websites","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 - Read a Book - Construction Websites","og_description":"I am going to ask you to ready one book if you want to market your business on your own –\u00a0Ogilvy on Advertising (affiliate link). Why? Because everything Ogilvy did was about delivering a response. In other words, there are no budgets for branding. You are not Coke or Pepsi. Every dollar you spend on […]","og_url":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/","og_site_name":"Construction Websites","article_published_time":"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349"}],"author":"Darren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Darren"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/"},"author":{"name":"Darren","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faee1558cc655b91b1ad7a1e9fde8f51"},"headline":"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 – Read a Book","datePublished":"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/"},"wordCount":101,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349","keywords":["Advertising"],"articleSection":["Marketing & Advertising"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/","url":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/","name":"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 - Read a Book - Construction Websites","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349","datePublished":"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-21T07:03:52+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=039472903X&camp=217145&creative=399349"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/quick-tips-for-contractors-9-read-a-book\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Quick Tips for Contractors #9 – Read a Book"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/","name":"Construction Websites","description":"Construction Website Design\/Reviews\/Strategy","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Contractor Websites","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#organization","name":"Construction Websites","url":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cropped-cropped-brandmark-design-700x0-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cropped-cropped-brandmark-design-700x0-3.png","width":300,"height":37,"caption":"Construction Websites"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/tiktok.com\/constructionwebsites"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faee1558cc655b91b1ad7a1e9fde8f51","name":"Darren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b9b8458198e5655ce7db0f633205baf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b9b8458198e5655ce7db0f633205baf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Darren"},"description":"I\u2019ve spent 20 years helping construction companies market their businesses. My core focus is construction website design and marketing that sells.","sameAs":["http:\/\/darrenslaughter.com"],"url":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/author\/darren\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenslaughter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}