A 5 minutes summary of Behind the Manipulation: The Art of Advertising Copywriting.

Learn the manipulation and secrets behind the advertising world. Master writing brand advertising for all media with all tips and examples provided by this book summary

1. Brand advertising is all about people

   

2. You need to find your target market

3. You need to make it clear what can you do for customers

4. Brands give love, brand is a perception business

5. Branding is making people feel instead of think

6. World War 1 is and example of great branding

   

7. The demand for war against the Germans was created with propaganda advertising

8. Visual is a powerful manipulator

9. Sell benefit through visual

10. Sell using USP, if there’s no USP choose 1 good benefit as a USP

11. Make sure the USP can move millions

12. Position yourself against market’s dominant product

13. Sell using emotions – family, love, fun, surprise, shock

    

14. White noise, music and movements help with writer’s block

15. Surprise them with fun, stunning, unique, novel visuals

16. Be healthy to be creative, don’t use drugs to be creative

17. Customer see visual first then they read the headline

18. 80 percent of readers don’t read the body copy of an AD

19. Cite facts, statistics, secret ingredients, history

20. Make a strong claim and back it up with proof

21. State a feature and boast how it will benefit them

22. Use the 3 paragraph copy technique- repeat the headline, show proof, reinforce headline with slight variation

23. Use Jingles in Radio Ads, there are very powerful

24. TV is about telling a story with images

    William barre was a creative director and writer for many prestigious agency and had produce multiple award winning masterpiece.

    William had earn many prestigious awards in his career before becoming a lecturer. He he had obtained  “Award of Merit, ” the Effie, Advertising Age’s “Top Ten Print Campaigns,” and the Clio.

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