Ad Strategy

One ad might be enough if you do it right

Saturday, October 15th, 2005

Advertising legend Howard Luck Gossage taught us many lessons, including ways to make ads sticky.

Be sure to make your ads sticky

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

From Malcolm Gladwell’s bestseller, The Tipping Point, we learn that stickiness is what makes messages interesting and memorable.

AFLAC gets the Bang! treatment

Sunday, February 15th, 2004

When unconventional approaches are given a chance to prove themselves we discover what a powerful tool advertising is.

Slogan crafting is truly a work of art

Monday, May 12th, 2003

How to avoid the generic slogan plague and support your marketing efforts

Tell your customers what they need to know

Monday, December 9th, 2002

Ads should tell customers what they need to know, not want you want them to know.

10 tips for writing better copy

Monday, June 4th, 2001

Copywriting is the most important B2B marcom skill. Here are 10 tips to improve it.

The lost art of making magazine ads

Monday, March 17th, 1997

Bill Bernbach once said, “it’s not just what you say that stirs people, it’s the way you say it.”