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  • 04.19.2012 Everyone Can Write. No One Can Write.
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    In all my years in the business, everyone has joked about the tempermental copywriter. But there’s a reason that the writers are so abrasive. Where the art professionals may get annoying requests for color changes and logo size increases, they essentially have a skill that is obviously beyond every account […]

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  • 02.29.2012 Copywriting is Not Really Writing.
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    And if I’m being brutally honest [copywriting]‘s not really writing. It’s more about taking some pre-digested copy points, realigning some verb noun agreements and sprucing it all up with a well-chosen adverb or adjective. It’s not something a well-trained monkey couldn’t do. And if you’ve spent anytime inside an ad […]

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  • 11.08.2011 Want That Copy ASAP? Here’s Why It Will Suck.
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  • 12.09.2009 My Hump Day Inspiration
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    Music through the headphones, ideas through the pen. Working hard on some web headlines today. See you Friday for some links.

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  • 06.03.2009 New Ad Shows GM Hasn’t Learned Its Lesson
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    Oh, General Motors, you have a bunch of work to do. Let’s start with your new commercial, specifically, the title, “Chapter 1.” I get that it’s a clever play of off Chapter 11, as in the bankruptcy status you filed for on Monday, but is it smart to draw that […]

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