Sitemap - 2021 - Creative Samba

Making your copy come alive (AKA "Best of 2021")

As Bill Bernbach said, “A principle isn’t a principle unless it costs you money”

“You probably won't like it.”

Making the unfamiliar, familiar

The art of Kishōtenketsu

The Bob Levenson test

Fighting what-ifitis online

The Spotlight Effect strikes again

The theft that changed how the World saw the Mona Lisa

Riding the BIG waves

Find what turns people on

Forging Warhol

Reframing $1.00 french fries

The Goal Dilution Effect

How to become a topic of conversation

Why 98% of websites nowadays suuuuuck so bad

Touch Your Footballs

"Who the hell is T_ _ _ _ H_ _ _ _ _ _ _?"

Sometimes being a "good enough" brand is good enough

Riding the BIG waves

Why the truth isn’t the truth until people believe you

How to become a topic of conversation

Water in Majorca

The art of Kishōtenketsu

Why the truth isn’t the truth until people believe you

The red sneakers effect and why breaking conventions can make people respect you more

The Lionfish invasion

"Want Loyalty? Get a Dog"

Change the promise, not the product

Half fans (And why creativity is subtraction)

Metaphorical thinking is a business advantage

What do consumers value more? "Time spent" OR "money saved?

Don't sell, charm them

Small changes, BIG BIGly BIG results

Hacking consumer indifference and same-category clutter

How an ad campaign helped end Colombia's savage 52-year civil war

Hidden Fridges. 🍺 And why people are your best media

Hijacking censorship

The Boris Becker Tongue Effect

How Subaru saved its business in America 🚘 🌈

SensaYtional spelling (AND kreativity)

"Expense this. Eat this." 🍔

Humor is a powerful...persuasion tool

They all laughed when MTV founders said, "We're launching a 24-hour rock ’n’roll channel"

"A vaccine is waiting for you."

Simplify, then exaggerate

Two tiny stories about the art of writing to persuade

A psychology lesson from Captain James Cook (Hint: it involves sauerkraut)

Repetition is powerful, repetition is memorable, repetition is persuasive ✍️

The choice architecture of a "Press for Champagne" button 🍾

Make it rhyme, people will trust you big time

Goat Zoom Calls 🐐 💻

Marta's lipstick 💄 ⚽

Are you a chocolate eater? Or do you eat chocolate a lot?

Taking a moment to salute a creative genius (spoiler alert: it's a 9-year old girl scout from Canada)

What's the pressure point (for good creativity)?

Why using these words & phrases is like casting a spell on your readers (in a good way)