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What do we mean by creativity in advertising?
This might seem an obvious question until you try and put the answer into words. Marketers talk abou...
Why does most advertising fail to get attention?
Once again, Tom Roach has produced an excellent, evidence-based review of an essential problem facin...
In advertising, creativity is not an end in itself
So much gets said about the importance of creativity in advertising, but it is not enough just to be...
Most advertising delivers an impression, not a message
My thanks to Derrick Rozdeba for reminding me of this post of mine about the fine art of making an i...
KISSED: four fundamentals for effective brand advertising
The whole point of marketing is to influence purchase decisions, so marketers need to understand how...
Repetition in advertising evokes recognition and recall
The first time that someone actively attends to an ad is an experience that they will never repeat. ...
Implicit learning from advertising first requires attention
A large amount of our knowledge is implicit. We did not set out to learn something, but somehow it e...
Nigel's primer for would-be Super Bowl advertisers
Super Bowl 2022. It is at times like these that I must remind myself of two things. First, I am not ...
Attention spans are not shrinking, just ask a goldfish
I am always amazed at the power of a good meme, but the idea that humans have an attention span shor...
Advertising and the fine art of making an impression
The reference to an "advertising message" makes me wince. The word "message" seems to imply that the...
A kick in the teeth gets attention
I have reposted this because the subject is still directly relevant to today's advertising. Assuming...