This title is the first in the "Basics Advertising" series, which follows on from the successful "The Fundamentals of Creative Advertising". It highlights the importance of being able to think both verbally and visually by conveying the idea that creative ad concepts, with their combination of words and images, often arise as a result of collaborative efforts between both the conceptual copywriter and designers or art director. Subjects covered include: how to generate ideas, improving and mastering your language skills and how to create effective advertising copy. The book also features a chapter on 'Advertising around the World', which highlights the increasing dominance of English as an international language of commerce and marketing. This title is suitable for first and second year undergraduate students of advertising and marketing courses, all students needing to understand the basic concepts of the discipline before moving into more specific areas of advertising, and practising conceptual copywriters.
Basics Advertising 01: Copywriting
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Table of Contents
How to get the most out of this book. Introduction. Writing with purpose: Where you find copywriters; Copywriters as communicators; Creating an emotional response. Understanding your product: Creativity starts with research; Applying your product knowledge; Picking up on the details. Knowing your audience: Staying on target; Can you reply on market research?; Adopting the right tone of voice. Mastering the language: Improving your language skills; Technical assistance; Knowing the rules and when to break them. Sharpening your style: The art and craft of copywriting; Generating creative ideas; Humour in advertising. Rules and restrictions: Telling the truth; Bending the rules; Jargon and gibberish. Creating effective copy: Creativity and originality; Advertising in unusual places; Writing to fit. Advertising around the world: Writing for foreign markets; Speaking with an international language; Lost in translation. Conclusion. Bibliography. Glossary. Acknowledgements and credits.
Author Description
Rob Bowdery is a professional copywriter with 25 years' marketing and communications experience across many business sectors. Rob runs his own conceptual copywriting consultancy, Write Angle Creative Communication, where clients have included: the Advertising Standards Authority, Bovis Homes, Cadbury Schweppes, Eagle Star, English Heritage, the Environment Agency, Hilton Hotels, Microsoft, Philips Electronics, Yellow Pages and Zurich. Rob is also employed on a part-time basis as a Senior Lecturer in Advertising at the University of Gloucestershire.