#copyranter

Here’s the LINK. Thank you.

Ruthlessly Honest Taglines. You’ve seen “honest tagline” tagline posts. These are uncomfortably honest, with curse words (Link, on Medium).

Every year, I find a few sparkling gems in the massive heap of advertising dung. Let’s celebrate rare wondrous Creativity, while we still can—Link, on Medium.

The Asinine Made-Up Words Of Advertising. The “Uncola” was a good one. Maybe the last good one. Nobody bastardizes English like the ad industry (Link).

Ride the subway long enough and you see a lot of shit you’d rather not, including actual shit and many very bad ads. And getting talked at by ads in an NYC subway car is a very different experience from getting talked at by ads anywhere else.

In just two+ years, Trump has appeared in over 50 brand ads worldwide, all in a negative light. This is a collection of the best/worst. (LINK).

I’ve started writing monthly for Swedish magazine Resume (in English). My article from December’s issue is: “The Refreshing Lunacy of Nordic Advertising”. Here’s the Link.

if you have no interest in advertising. I am a professional ad copywriter/ad critic. Going forward, that is all I will ever post about here if, in fact, I ever post again...with the exception of maybe a cat GIF or two. Thank you—Mark