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Conversations in Advertising: Are You a Participant or an Eavesdropper?

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Rod Schwartz

By Photos by Bertilvidet, European People’s Party, Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives. Collage/graphic by Didia [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Whether you’re a business trying to engage consumers or a political candidate wooing voters, … Continue reading →

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Advertising to Make You Smile

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Rod Schwartz

Over the past few years the guys at Howard Hughes  Appliance, TV, and Sleep Shop have used their radio advertising on April 1st to feature imaginative new products or uses for existing products, invented solely to give listeners a little chuckle. … Continue reading →

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“How to Write Good” – Help for Ad Writers from Federal Employees

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Rod Schwartz

Many resources are available to assist aspiring ad writers, but who’d have thunk that Employees of the Federal Government of the United States would be among them? Meet PLAIN, the Plain Language and Information Network, a group founded in the … Continue reading →

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An Expensive Lesson on the Value of Branding (Guest Blog)

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Rod Schwartz

{Thanks to the irrepressible Phil Bernstein of Portland, OR for this insightful post on the value of brand advertising, reprinted here with his permission.} Recently I met with the Executive Vice President of a phone and Internet company in the … Continue reading →

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