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Copywriting Competition: Best Call to Action

Short and sweet: nothing gets straight to the point like the perfect Call to Action. Although we all try to avoid clicking, being only human, we’ve all been tempted on at least a few occasions to click an enticing CTA button. While it may…
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New Slogan for Berlin

What happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas. Stockholm, the capital of Scandinavia. Nothing beats Queensland. Some cities have really catchy or memorable slogans while others fall flat. As copywriters in Berlin, we all know the struggle of giving…
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Copywriting Competition: Define an Art Director

Art Directors. Love them or hate them? Are they the people who bring an ad together or just a fancy title for a glorified graphic designer? However you think of them, concisely defining what they do to someone outside advertising is difficult.…
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Alternative Olympic slogan competition

Copywriting competition is now closed and shortlist will be announced shortly. What would be a better slogan for Rio than 'Live your passion'? Copywriter Collective says: let the names begin!   With the Olympic Games starting in…
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Copywriting competition – Let’s Have A Laugh

The Copywriting Competition, Let's Have A Laugh is now closed and we have announced a shortlist of 6 entries. A huge thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the shortlisted entrants. Please click on the link below and vote for…
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Copywriting Competition: Tell us a story.

We have a winner of our "Tell us a story" competition. Congratulations to Jessica Lohmann with her winning entry: Upon landing in Frankfurt, 7416 kilometers away from ‘home’, I felt nauseous because my life as I knew it was about to change. A…
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Copywriting competition: Define the role of a copywriter

We are pleased to announce the winner of our copywriting competition. "A Copywriter is someone who can sit in a meeting with twelve different people from twelve different departments, not understand a single word of what is going on, and yet…
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Copywriting slogan competition shortlist

Back in February we ran a slogan competition to come up with a world-beating slogan for Copywriter Collective. We received all the entries in the Spring but it has taken us a long time to get everything together and decide on a shortlist. Our…
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Translation? No thanks! Transcreation works better for international campaigns.

Translation is great for getting a basic message across. But it can’t capture the real spirit of the brand you’re trying to promote. Nor does it take into account cultural differences between different target markets. So campaigns that work…
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Extreme advertising: do advertisers push the limits of what and where you can advertise?

All advertisers understand the importance of making a connection with their audience. Without a connection, consumers will not respond to the advertisement, rendering it ineffective, no matter what the message is. In our advertisement-saturated…
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Extreme advertising: how advertisers push the limits of what and where you can advertise

All advertisers understand the importance of making a connection with their audience. Without a connection, consumers will not respond to the advertisement, rendering it ineffective, no matter what the message is. In our advertisement-saturated…