Figure 14.5 The John Lewis holiday spot, “Man On The Moon.”
The annual Christmas commercials from British department store John Lewis are so stinking good, many Brits say they don’t feel the holiday season truly begins until they see the spots on the air. Most of them are viewable on YouTube and my favorite is a blockbuster...Ad Students’ Assignment: Write Headlines for The Onion
As a writing assignment, I ask students to pen headlines for The Onion. I made a first cut and then two advertising friends helped with final judging. Hope you like. GOLD Grammar teacher corrects suicide note Pedophile Worried He Might Be Priest Study: Rubbing crying...Maybe Advertising Should Stop Grabbing Women By The P**sy.
Harvey Nichols is a veddy upscale British department store that holds a door-buster of a sale every year. The discrepancy between this luxury brand and its annual Wal-Mart-stampede of a sale has been the inspiration for a long-running campaign I’ve admired for years....LEVERAGING CONFLICT & TENSION TO GET TO BETTER IDEAS.
(REVISED ESSAY) On Thursday, June 8 at 1:30pm, I’m presenting a webinar about this technique. I promise not to suck. (Register here.) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Creativity happens best, in my opinion,...Creativity happens in response to problems.
On Thursday, March 23rd, I am presenting a webinar about brand storytelling where I describe some of the very best ways I’ve found to create storytelling platforms. (Register here.) A big part of storytelling, of course, is establishing conflict. I...Upcoming Webinar: How To Manage Creative People.
The best creative director I ever worked for was the late Mike Hughes of the Martin Agency. One day we were talkin’ about the business and Mike said, “Just because you’re a great creative person doesn’t mean you’ll make a great creative director.” He was very clear...Kind Words from one of my Idols.
I met Wendy when she was a client on BellSouth Mobility; she was one of the smartest and kindest clients I ever met. Ever. Was proud to work with her again at GSD&M. She went on to be President of Sparkling Brands & Strategic Marketing at Coca-Cola. Now...My Favorite Idea From An Ad Class This Spring. And Why.
Back when I was a young knucklehead in advertising, we all knew the way to advance was to outwork everybody and dig up as much work as you could by walkin’ around and bugging the project managers for open job orders. (“Gimme a problem to solve. I’ll do a radio spot, a...AREA STUDENT BEAT UP BY SELF, FILM AT 11.
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