Ridding the World of Bad Ads

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Why do we need to work harder to create more creative advertising? Because it works.

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Ridding the World of bad ads?

A Noble, Or An Impossible, Quest?

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how many ads have you

seen in the past 24 hours?

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Get through our subconscious

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Get through our subconscious

Make any impact at all

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Get through our subconscious

Make any impact at all You’re likely to remember the next day

Study done at Harvard University

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Consider this

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brands need to cut

through Clutter

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Why?

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Why?

“ Nobody reads advertisng. People read what interests them. Sometimes it’s an ad”

Howard Gossage, 1950

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Bill Bernbach, 1960’s

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“ If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic” Bill Bernbach, 1960’s

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But does creative

advertising work?

Awarded ads are 10% more effective in generating ‘large business effects’ on

high budget, 27% on low budget

27%

10%

Source: The Case for Creativity; James Hurman

Annual stock value growth of Cannes Advertisers of the Year vs S&P500 annual

average

41%

Source: The Case for Creativity; James Hurman

0.5%

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If we know it works, why are there so

many mediocre ads out there?

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what goes wrong?

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Weak, prescriptive

briefs

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here’s what can happen if you don’t

prescribe

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No insight

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great insight

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what else?

• Unclear brand positioning• No idea, big or otherwise, that

dramatises brand benefit• Lack of clarity - what to think/feel/do• Picked to death by ducks (poor

evaluation techniques)• Poor execution• Poor media placement

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what does great look

like?

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some tips

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do the thinking

work upfront

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work with great

people, & let them

do their job

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learn how to evaluate

well

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SimpleEmotiveDisruptive (original, impactful)Dramatising a brand benefit/positioningBased on a powerful insight or truth thatResonates with the consumer?

Is it...

and above all

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be brave

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Thank you for listening.Join me on my quest?