If there is one thing I’ve learned in my 10 years of copywriting, it’s that you can never quite predict what’s going to produce modest results… and… what’s going to take off like a bullet from a gun. I’ve written plenty of pieces that have pulled in customers and produced a decent profit. Likewise, I’ve […]
Continue readingYesterday, I was not kind to the folks who wrote the Bonobos ad posted here. Of course, I had no idea whether or not anybody at Bonobos would ever see my critique. To my shock and delight, Employee #2 at Bonobos (Adam) posted a comment within 15 minutes from the time I hit “publish.” I […]
Continue readingI was reading Inc. magazine over the weekend when I came across this Bonobos ad (click the image to see it full-size in a separate tab): The ad begins with the following headline: 93% of men agree. BONOBOS is better. There are two major problems with this headline.
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