Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Advertising, 3rd Edition

by Luke Sullivan

• ISBN13: 9780470190739
• ISBN10: 0470190736
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

In this new edition of the irreverent, celebrated bestseller, master copywriter Luke Sullivan looks at the history of advertising, from the good, to the bad, to the ugly. Updated to cover online advertising, this edition gives you the best advertising guidance for traditional media and all the possibilities of new media and technologies. You'll learn why bad ads sometimes work, why great ads fail, and how you can balance creative work with the mandate to sell.

Author Biography

Luke Sullivan is an award-winning copywriter with nearly thirty years in the business at some of the elite agencies in America-Fallon McElligott and the Martin Agency, and now GSD& M In Austin, Texas, where he is Group Creative Director. He has more than twenty medals to his credit in the prestigious One Show, the Oscars of the ad business.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Salesmen Don't Have to Wear Plaid

A Sharp Pencil Works Best

A Clean Sheet of Paper

Write When You Get Work

BIG HONKIN' IDEAS [New Chapter]

In The Future, Everyone Will Be Famous for 30 Seconds

CONCEPTING.COM [New Chapter]

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! [New Chapter]

Radio is Hell. But it's a Dry Heat.

"Toto, I Have a Feeling We're Not in Mccann-Erickson Anymore."

Only The Good Die Young

Pecked to Death By Ducks

A Good Book or a Crowbar

Making Shoes Versus Making Shoe Commercials

Suggested Readings, Blogs, and Web Sites

Bibliography

Footnoted Material

Ad Credits/Acknowledgements

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