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Cutting Remarks

WARNING: Autobiography. Confessions of a rewrite addict.

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tags: writing, editorial, personal
categories: Anecdotes, Blog Articles & Content, Personal, Writing
Monday 04.01.19
Posted by Dave Conley
 

Tag, You're It: My Favorite Headline

A copywriter’s lament about small projects and big regrets.

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tags: retail, headline, creative, copywriting, timberland
categories: Consumer, Anecdotes, Writing
Wednesday 03.20.19
Posted by Dave Conley
 

Low-Altitude Tips for Dynamite Drone Videos

If I can write an email selling drones, why not a blog post telling you how to use one?

If I can write an email selling drones, why not a blog post telling you how to use one?

Think attitude instead of altitude, and your drone video can reach new heights.

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tags: drones, video, advice
categories: Anecdotes, Blog Articles & Content, Online & Social Media
Friday 08.18.17
Posted by Dave Conley
 

Wax Tadpole Award Winners

The Battle of Shanghai, about a decade after Coke's first cultural conflict in China.

The Battle of Shanghai, about a decade after Coke's first cultural conflict in China.

Eight famous and occasionally hilarious gaffes, showing what can happen when advertising gets lost in translation. 

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tags: advertising, humor, international
categories: Anecdotes, Blog Articles & Content
Tuesday 08.15.17
Posted by Dave Conley
Comments: 1
 

My Strangest Project Ever

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A brochure revision. A trip to Geneva. An outraged ex-husband. What could go wrong?

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tags: Europe, Project
categories: Anecdotes, Personal
Sunday 08.13.17
Posted by Dave Conley
 

34 Favorite Quotes about Advertising

A century of adages, aphorisms and wiseass remarks about the advertising game.

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tags: quotes, advertising, humor
categories: Anecdotes
Sunday 08.13.17
Posted by Dave Conley
 

Message in a Bottle

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WARNING: Autobiography. Learn just how far a 300-pound man can travel in a 7-inch high bottle.

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tags: Amsterdam, Direct Mail
categories: Anecdotes, Personal
Tuesday 06.27.17
Posted by Dave Conley
 

Hearing Versus Listening

"I've had to work at listening, because I cannot always hear."

WARNING: Autobiography. How a tin ear turned into gold for yours truly.

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tags: Listening, Ear
categories: Philosophy, Personal, Anecdotes
Sunday 06.25.17
Posted by Dave Conley
 

Telling Facts

WARNING: Autobiography. Everything I know about writing, a Colombian corpse taught me.

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tags: writing, education, Facts
categories: Anecdotes, Personal, Philosophy, Writing
Sunday 06.25.17
Posted by Dave Conley
 

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