Book: The Wizard of Ads by Roy Williams

A classic.

Golden nuggets below.

Ads

  1. The risk of insult is the price of clarity.
  2. To learn things not yet rediscovered, you must read old books.
  3. Connections between things.
  4. Write better words.
  5. Stand out with the unusual.
  6. “You”.
  7. Are your ads satisfying or are they a joke?
  8. Don’t be predictable.
  9. It’s not who you reach, it’s what you say.
  10. Customer: WHY should I care?
  11. Our need for definition (Wimpy wines).
  12. What do you stand for? Are you willing to stand firm?
  13. If people aren’t complaining about your ads, you must be doing something wrong.
  14. Walk a mile in her shoes before you talk to her about how her feet feel.
  15. Create a campaign, not an ad.
  16. Walking into darkness
  17. Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Ray Kroc
  18. Artistic exaggeration.
  19. Are these ads memorable or merely creative?
  20. The Non Ads.Sales
  21. The Delight Factor.
  22. Don’t compromise your essential value.
  23. “What’s in it for me?”
  24. Win the time of the people and the money will follow.
  25. Make your client feel good.
  26. Power of presentation.
  27. Take a chance. Risk failure.
  28. Experiment.