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Advertising: Concept and Copy » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Advertising: Concept and Copy by George Felton

Authors: George Felton
ISBN-13: 9780393731590, ISBN-10: 0393731596
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: George Felton

George Felton teaches writing and copywriting at Columbus College of Art & Design in Ohio.

Book Synopsis

How to find the ideas that make for great ads and deliver them in fresh, memorable, persuasive ways.

Table of Contents

1Creating an advertising strategy10
2Researching your client's product14
3Understanding consumer behavior23
4Analyzing the marketplace31
5Defining strategic approaches43
6Developing the creative brief57
7Headlines and visuals : thinking in words and pictures64
8Body copy I : establishing voice76
9Body copy II : writing well90
10Television105
11Radio116
12Other media and genres121
13How to be creative144
14How to write a headline152
15The power of fact183
16Testimonials : the power of personality189
17"Two-fers" : comparisons, before and after, and other dualities195
18Reversal201
19Metaphor208
20Verbal metaphor217
21Postmodern advertising226
22Human truth235
23Grace notes240

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