Cooperatize Journal

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAFkauscKJ0 Is this perhaps the best native ad ever? President Barack Obama does an interview with Zach Galifianakis on Zach’s hilarious show Between Two Ferns. For those who have not seen the show before, Between Two Ferns is a web series where Zach interviews celebrities and essentially insults them, […]

There are a lot of great technicians in advertising. And unfortunately they talk the best game. They know all the rules … but there’s one little rub. They forget that advertising is persuasion, and persuasion is not a science, but an art. Advertising is the art of persuasion. – William Bernbach

Big ideas come from the unconscious. This is true in art, in science, and in advertising. But your unconscious has to be well informed, or your idea will be irrelevant. Stuff your conscious mind with information, then unhook your rational thought process. You can help this process by going for a long walk, or taking […]

People influence people. Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend. A trusted referral influences people more than the best broadcast message. A trusted referral is the Holy Grail of advertising. – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

Advertising is based on one thing: happiness. And do you know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car. It’s freedom from fear. It’s a billboard on the side of a road that screams with reassurance that whatever you’re doing is OK. You are OK. – Don Draper, Mad Men sponsored by […]