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Telling the truth is disarming

Finding relatable truths

Friction is bad for business

Make your message relatable or risk being invisible

Technology can't draw a crowd

Tension is a good thing

Make more profitable mistakes

Do the little things that resonate with the misfits

The Tale of Rita Harris

Good ideas can come from anywhere

Getting more attention from the right people

More choice isn't always better

When a chimpanzee beats Pro Politicians

The “Keeping up with the Joneses” effect

Don't mistake exposure for impact

Facts are facts. But facts alone don't persuade.

Instead of reducing prices, change your story

Spice up your copy with a good bit of personification

The absurd power of paradox

The King Of Puns

Good copywriting needs a good dose of drama (Plop plop, fizz fizz)

Friction is bad for business

The power of honesty

Getting into good trouble

Finding your product's inherent drama

Fans will be fans

Fooled by randomness: Why our brains are pattern-seeking machines

The consumer is the only thing that matters

The “Keeping up with the Joneses” effect

The most important search engine isn't Google, it's your brain

Hunt for what consumers need and communicate a want

Be as bold as you can get away with

What do Cocaine hippos and ad tech have in common?

People like things they've seen before

Good creative work is a refreshing pause from banality

The #1 deadly sin of copywriting: inflating weak ideas with boastfulness

Keeping a brand in people's minds

Writing copy in a clever or witty or clear way isn’t enough

Don’t sell a product, hunt for what consumers need and communicate a want

Finding a product's inherent drama (Hint: It involves a bit of detective work)

Ideas, unlike people, age in reverse

Reverse the obvious

The #1 deadly sin of copywriting: inflating weak ideas with boastfulness

Let the idea drive the media

Learn to look at things like a copywriter

Copywriting without imagination is mere exhibitionism

When clever thinking challenges the status quo

Love or indifference at first paragraph

The first rule of creativity: resist the naysayers

"Fuck the poor"

People don’t buy products, people buy stories that turn them on

"Real is good. Interesting is better."

What do people want?

Copywriting without imagination is mere exhibitionism

Don't let optimism bias fool you

Sometimes being a "good enough" brand is good enough

The potent power of Powerisms

People don’t buy products, people buy stories that turn them on

When brands ignore the impact of the Streisand effect

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

Jesus & The Halo Effect

Giving voltage to product descriptions