What a clever recycling of the famous John Caples headlines from 1925!
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Swedish Annual Advertising Awards Get Re-Judged
To prove that Swedish advertising award judges understand and appreciate Swedish work like no one else, three international juries from Asia, Ghana and Latvia were invited to re-judge the previous year’s winners. Revised annuals were sent to all Swedish agencies and new diplomas were sent to all winners.
(What a brilliant way to generate […]
Volvo’s Great Ads of the 1960s, 70s and Today
VW (Volkswagen) advertising in the 1960s and 1970s probably gets credit for the most clever and memorable print ads and tv commercials of all time. But many Volvo’s ads of the 1960s, 70s print ads (below) and commercials (https://www.thebigad.com/2021/07/12/volvo-1960s-snow-chase-commercial/) are still, to this day, amazingly hardworking and brilliant…
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Lifestyle Ads | Harley-Davidson
Just like Coke, Nike and Perrier ads we’ve highlighted, Harley Davidson’s ads do a great job of associating the brand with a desired lifestyle and identity, rather than focusing on product features or benefits. (As a copywriter, these can be the most challenging to write. You have to really know, think and talk like your […]
Testimonial vs. Command or Benefits Headlines
Which of these two ads do you find more enticing? The testimonial on the left or the traditional command/benefits headline approach on the right?
Demonstration of Quality | Polaroid Instant Camera ’60-Second Portraits’
Proof that instant cameras weren’t only fast and simple-to-use, but could also produce professional quality results. (Examples of how DDB art director Helmut Krone shunned the placement of logos in ads)…
Classic VW Ads from the 1960s
‘Think Small’ and ‘Lemon’ may be the most famous of the classic VW ads created by DDB designer Helmut Krone and his writers, but all of them were clever and brilliant! Here are just a few…
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Demonstration Ad | Polaroid Instant Camera
Wonderful demonstration ads.

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