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The Best Ads Of 2023 You Didn't See (Part Two).

The Absolute Worst Ads Of 2023 (Part Two).

The Absolute Worst Ads Of 2023 (Part One).

The Best Ads Of 2023 You Didn't See (Part One).

Eight Vintage Ads That Didn't Mess Around.

I SHOUT AGAIN: CAN ANYBODY WRITE A FREAKIN' TAGLINE.

The Funniest "Quit Smoking" Ad Of The Last 25 Years.

More Tried And True Tips To Break Writer's Block.

THIS IS WHERE THE HEADLINE WOULD BE.

A Few Ads I Wish I Had Written. And Why.

Moron Males STILL A Go-To Ad Linchpin For Brands.

Ron DeSantis "Smiling" and "Laughing"

The "Vexiest" Ads Of The Week.

The Most Outrageous And Offensive Fashion Ads Of This Century.

You wanna see four excellent Christmas ads?

TEN OF THE CUTEST ADS EVER PRODUCED!

What is Timothée Chalamet, "new ambassador of BLEU DE CHANEL", thinking about in his ad.

How To Write Good Copy.

Today's Creatives Are Not Thinking Weird Enough.

Copyranter's "TED Talk" On The State Of Ad Creativity (AUDIO).

The Best Christmas Commercial Of 2023.

It's The Most Vexing-Full Time Of The Year.

Adland Celebrates the 60th Anniversary Of JFK's Assassination.

THE Best Thanksgiving Ad Ever Created.

Quick Free Art Direction Creativity Lesson.

Yet Even MORE Recent Ads That VEX Me.

Eight Of The Funniest Commercials Starring Cats.

Upcoming Programming Note...

Five More 21st Century Ads That Have Aged Very Badly.

How To "Write" A Great Billboard.

Part 5: My Favorite Print Ads Of The 21st Century.

Here it is: THE Best Christmas Ad Of 2023.

More Recent Ads That Vex Me.

One Of The Best "Product Hero" Campaigns In Ad History.

Recent Ads That Vex Me.

Part 4: My Favorite Print Ads Of The 21st Century.

ADS WHERE PEOPLE DIE.

MIDDLE FINGER ADS.

Many Ad Agencies Still Have No Idea How To Talk To Women.

These ads COULD NOT have been written by pro copywriters. NO WAY.

Want To Be A Better Copywriter? Be A Better Art Director.

Want To Be A Better Copywriter? Speak To "A" Customer.

The 10 Scariest World War II STD Ads.

Copywriting Class with Copyranter: Write Better Headlines For These Awful Ads.

Part 3: My Favorite Print Ads Of The 21st Century.

More & More Ads Sucking Up To Fragile Millennials.

Part 2: My Favorite Print Ads Of The 21st Century.

My Favorite Print Ads Of The 21st Century.

Deep Inside A 1989 Pitch All-Nighter.

Can Anybody, Any ONE Body, Write A Good Tagline?

Again, I Attempt To Translate Modern Marketing Headlines Into Civilian English.

Eight Of The Best Ever Branded Business Cards.

Welcome To The Creative Packaging Hall Of Fame.

Ads Featuring Animals.

Be Better Creatives! Do These Ten Things.

The Best Way To Sell Bigger Boobs?

SUNDAY SHIT-POST SHIT-OFF.

I Want Whatever Drugs This Art Director Used When He Created The Visuals For This Coffee Campaign.

Want To Be A Better Copywriter? Be A Straight-Shooter.

Let's Go LIVE Inside A Marketing "Whiteboard" Meeting...

Why Digital Marketers Should Quit Their Jobs.

Why Are Marketers Hellbent On Torturing The English Language To Death?

Six More Cringy "Borrowed Interest" Ads.

Best Campaigns Of This Century: #6.

DEEP Inside A Bleeding-Edge MarTech Meeting.

Sometimes, "Real Life" Ads Are The Best Ads.

It Was Better Ten Years Ago (#2).

Four 2023 Ads That Don't Absolutely Suck.

Want To Be A Better Copywriter? Create Gut-Punch Ads.

Foreboding pre-9/11 Ads Featuring The Twin Towers.

The 10 Worst Ad Exploitations Of 9/11.

It Was Better Just Ten Years Ago (#1).

Seven More Ads From The Last 15 Years That Have Aged Very Badly.

10 Of The Strangest Ads Ever Created.

How To Pulverize Writer's Block.

SHIT POST MONDAY (free).

THE Strangest Commercial I've Ever Seen.

In Which I Try Again To Decipher AdAge & Adweek Headlines.

How To Tell If An Ad Agency Is "Creative".

14 Of The Best Ads With "Genitalia" (SFW).

How To Create Brilliant Unconventional Outdoor Ads (part 2).

The Best/Worst Ads With Trump As Linchpin.

WTF ARE THESE ADS?

Lost Art Of Art Direction (continued, again).

IRKSOME MILLENNIAL "WORDS".

How To Create Brilliant Unconventional Outdoor Ads.

The Best Ads With Dogs From The Last 20 Years.

Copywriting Lesson: Rewriting "EXTREME" Ads.

BACON.

Creative Class with Copyranter: Be "VERY".

Best Campaigns Of The Last 20 Years: #5.

There Is ONE (1) Ad Agency That Doesn't Suck At Advertising Itself.

Recent Ads Of Questionable Logic.

13 MOST CREATIVE ADS WITH CATS.

Wanna Make A Good Commercial? Think Weird.

SHIT POST SUNDAY!

"Does Capitalism Suck" Campaign, Sucks.

Sh!t Copywriters REALLY Think.

Collaboration? That's How NOT To Succeed As A Creative (free article).

Some Of The Best Ads Of 2023 (So Far).

SHIT POST SUNDAY!

Seven Of The Best Football Ads Ever Produced.

Is Sharknado The Coolest Shark Movie Poster Ever?

Only The Coolest Shark Ads (Updated)

SNAPPY ANSWERS TO STUPID TAGLINES.

IT'S...SHITPOST FRIDAY!

10 Of The Best Ads From 1995.

Nine Ads That Pushed The Envelope Over Crazy Cliff.

The First Good Apple Ad Of The 21st Century.

Here's What Ad Agencies Will Look Like In 2030.

DEEP Inside A Creative Department All-Nighter.

Case Study: How To Advertise Fashion To Women.

Advertising Is Not A Science. And It Never Will Be.

So, You Want To Be An Ad Industry Thought Leader...

Some Ads I Created Last Century.

SHIT POST SUNDAY!

ON "PURPOSE" ADVERTISING (Audio)

How to Make Great Creative Content in Nine Not-So-Easy Steps.

More Good Ads With Unexpected Visuals.

Quite Possibly The Most Embarrassingly Bad Marketing Video Ever Produced.

SHIT POST SATURDAY!

The Only Cannes Lion Winner Worth A Damn.

RantCast™ #4: More On The Future Of Advertising (audio).

The Bad-Ass Men Of 70s Fashion Ads.

11 Ads That Have Not Aged Well.

FREE SHIT POST SUNDAY!

SHIT CREATIVES SAY (true stories).

Collection Of The Best Fake Ads From The Last 20 Years.

Collection Of The Funniest Fart-Related Ads.

What's The Future Of Advertising? It's Still The Idea, Stupid.

How Do You Advertise The Cheapest Shittiest Hotel In Europe?

WHO THE F#CK IS WRITING THIS COPY

When Ad Agencies Knew How To Advertise Themselves.

WTF IS A CREATIVE DIRECTOR?

IS ADVERTISING DEAD? DUH. YES.

How To Be An Ad "Content" Creator.

The Most Visually Powerful Gun Violence Ads (free post).

How To Write Creative Retail Ads.

Ads So Bad I Had To Get Mad, Which Is Sad.

CONFESSIONS OF A RETIRING CREATIVE DIRECTOR

NOTHING BUT CREATIVE GAY ADS (free post).

The "Secret" To Creating Great Ads, Explained.

Whiskey Ads For And About Manly Men.

Here's A New Campaign That I'm Giving A Positive Review.

11 UTTERLY DISGUSTING ADS YOU HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE!

How To Be A Better Copywriter—Think Like A Rascal.

SH!T POST FRIDAY! (#3)

Recent Very Bad Copy Words Via My Feeds.

Hard-Learned Advice For ALL Young Creatives.

Easily The Best Shoe Ad Campaign Ever.

37 Years Ago: The Best Ever Un-Advertising Campaign.

Recent Ads That Suck The Butt Of A Butt Beast.

The Most Creative Gaming Ads Of The Last 25 Years.

The Lost Art Of Long Copy Ads.

The Darkest Dark Chocolate Ads Ever Created.

These Are Not The Looniest Tea Ads I've Ever Seen.

10 Year Old Liquor Campaign That'd Be Canceled Today (NSFW-ish).

Earnest Advice For Aspiring Female Copywriters.

Nine More Of The Best Ever Advertising Quotes.

SH!T POST FRIDAY! (#2)

15 Memorable Ads That Are Simply Copy And/Or Type.

The Most Disgusting Vintage Food Ads.

More Copywriter Copywriting That Shouldn't Have Been Copywritten.

SH!T POST FRIDAY! (#1)

How To Be A Better Art Director.

Are These New Dog Food Ads Good? Bad? Sexist? None Of The Above?

BAD AD COPY, AD INFINITUM.

How To Get Ahead In Advertising (free post Friday).

Terrible Trend Alert: Intentionally Bad Ads.

I'm also on Substack Notes now (WHOOP-fucking-EE)

The Funniest, Most Effective Luggage Ads I've Ever Seen.

A Collection Of 12 Of The Best Fake Viagra Ads.

Nine Funny Local Ads Found In The Wild (free post).

More Bad Ad Copy That Abuses The English Language.

One Of The Best Ever Print Campaigns Used Only Stock Photos.

New Pot Noodle Campaign Best Of 2023.

Creative Lesson: How To Write (And Not Write) Ads Targeting Runners.

Nothing Dehumanizes People Like Modern Marketing.

The Best Fake Ads Of The Last 20 Years.

Pro Tip: How To Train Your Brain To Think "Creatively".

If AI Isn't Writing These Crappy Ads It Damn Well Should Be (free post).

Creative Insight: The Difference Between Good-Different And Bad-Different Ads.

Pro Tip For All Creatives: How To Make "Disruptive" Ads.

Nine Of The Best Ever Banned UK Commercials

The Most Powerful, Disturbing Child Abuse Ads Ever Produced.

The Unsubtle Phallicism In The Classic "What Sort Of Man Reads Playboy" Ads

The Five Worst Ads Of The First 80 Days Of 2023.

10 Pro Tips For Young Ad Copywriters

Best Ads Of The Last 20 Years: Volkswagen.

In A Sea Of Ad Waste, Canal+ Is A Creative Lifeboat.

New Coffee Ads Don't Make A Lick Of Sense.

Art Directors Who "Pushed The Envelope" Over A Cliff (NSFW).

Welcome To The Ad Pun Hall Of Fame

How To Write Good Obnoxious Copy.

You Wanna See Two Good International Women's Day Ads? Here Ya Go.

The Only Current Celebrity Ads That Don't Suck.

Well Butter My Biscuit! It's A Good "Unexpected Visual" Campaign.

Where Are The Good Copywriters?

Six Vintage Ads With Magnificent Visuals

"Deez Sho Are Some Racist Olde-Tyme Ads!"

Cringey Retro Ads That Made Women Look Like Idiots.

Nine "Sexual" 1960s Ads That Don Draper Could Have Written.

10 Vintage Cereal Ads Featuring Creepy Kids

The GEICO Gecko Has Become A Dreary Daily Reminder That We're All Going To Die—Before He Does

The Laughably Bad Animal Metaphor Ads Of Investment Banking.

The Story Of Why A German Shepherd's Head Was Left On The Brooklyn Stoop Of Our Client. (AUDIO)

The Eight Best Ad Exploitations Of US Presidents

The Best Super Bowl Ads Were The Jesus "He Gets Us" Commercials

ON CRAPPY COPYWRITING (Continued)

Russian Ads From The Last 10 Years That Have Not Aged Well.

There Will Be One (1) Not-Terrible Super Bowl Ad—But You Won't See It.

RantCast™ #2: Client Meetings From Hell (AUDIO)

8 Ad Mascots That Will Be Here Long After Humans Are Dead

Ad Blimps We Could Sacrifice To China

McDonald's Should Do More "Wasted" Advertising

In Our Dystopian Future, You WILL Be Advertised To.

Stupid Ad Campaigns Can Be Good

Into The Creative Void Comes The Nihilist Tagline Writer

Dirty Pot Noodle Ads That Would Get Canceled To Hell Today

Friday Fun Ad: Altoids “Blowhole Bob”

A Half-Assed Examination Of Bullshit Insurance Taglines

The Best (And Worst) Things Ever Said About Advertising (Free Article)

A Carefully Curated Collection Of Visually Unsettling Ads (9 Ads)

RantCast™ #1: McDonald's #RaiseYourArches Ad (AUDIO)

Ron DeSantis Can Eat A Bowl Of Black Diarrhea

Let's Write Some "Authentic" Taglines

Copyranter AMA: Ask Me ANYTHING—I'll Answer Best I Can

The Lazy Ad Exploitation Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Minority Ad Report: 12 Ridiculously Racist 21st Century Adverts.

Top Ten Best Ever Reasons Why You Should Pay Copyranter $50 A Year, LOL!

What If Corporate Lawyers Wrote Taglines?

Hey Brands: Let's Maybe Give Einstein A Rest.

Ladies & Gentlemen: We Have The First Nomination For 'Worst Ad Of The Year'

Who's The Biggest Creative Department Douchebag?

Five Recent Ads That Make Me Feel Ill