The classic guide to creative ideas, strategies, and campaigns in advertising, now in a revised and updated third edition
In creative advertising, no amount of glossy presentation will improve a bad idea. Thats why this book is dedicated to the first and most important lesson: concept.
Structured to provide both a complete course on advertising and a quick reference on specific industry topics, it covers every aspect of the business, from how to write copy and learn the creative process to how agencies work and the different strategies used for all types of media. This edition has been updated to include expanded chapters on interactive advertising and integrative advertising, a new chapter on branded social media, and fifty specially drawn new roughs of key campaigns.
Pete Barry outlines simple but fundamental rules about how to push an ad to turn it into something exceptional, while exercises throughout help readers assess their own work and that of others. Fifty years worth of international, award-winning ad campaignsin the form of over 450 roughs specially produced by the author, fifty of which are new to this editionalso reinforce the books core lesson: that a great idea will last forever.
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