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The More Connected We Get, The More Disconnected We Become someone outside of the advertising world! (Hat's off to the NFL.)Although we know technology provides many benefits, we tend to rely on it too much for important interpersonal communication. It's a paradox. Technology helps us get in touch--and it prevents us from being in touch. It helps us save time--and makes us waste time. It helps us correspond--and it can prevent us from being understood. As a consultant, I regularly see people struggling to be understood. Interpersonal conflicts are rampant, and listening s Writing a book is writing. Writing for CNN IN Iraq is writing. Writing commercials the rest of the year is writing (arguably). But 'writing' a Super Bowl ad is about you dreaming up a killer idea for a The Price is Always Right with Cheap Printing I want to make this point crystal clear: if you write a Super Bowl ad and it gets produced and shown on the big game down in Florida, your life will be in jeopardy.One always expects to really splurge on premium products and services. After all, high-quality products don’t come by easily and come cheap. Like genuine articles, these things come at a hefty price tag for every little detail is crafted out of craftsmanship.There will always be the equivalent of a Ferrari for every product or service. Printing is no exception. But printing does not necessarily mean that you have to spend lots of money for a good, quality Why? Because the people in the ad business that live and breathe advertising have desperately wanted to accomplish that their ENTIRE careers. (That's really why they work weekends, spouses!) Writing a Super Bowl ad is their Mount Everest. And if you come in and actually write a Super Bowl ad that we end up seeing, and you're not in the business...well, that's just crazy. But here's why its actually doable: MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT WRITING A SUPER BOWL AD ACTUALLY INVOLVES SOPHISTICATED WRITING SKILLS. Dead wrong. 'Writing' a Super Bowl Ad is 95% about dreaming up a great idea and then 5% making sure you have one great line at the end of the idea. That's right. The 'writing' aspect that most people fear ISN'T really writing at all. What you'll be doing is called... ...concepting. Much, much different than writing. And that's why the NFL Write a Super Bowl Ad Contest is VERY winnable by someone outside of the advertising world! (Hat's off to the NFL.) Writing a book is writing. Writing for CNN IN Iraq is writing. Writing commercials the rest of the year is writing (arguably). 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But here's why its actually doable: MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT WRITING A SUPER BOWL AD ACTUALLY INVOLVES SOPHISTICATED WRITING SKILLS. Dead wrong. 'Writing' a Super Bowl Ad is 95% about dreaming up a great idea and then 5% making sure you have one great line at the end of the idea. That's right. The 'writing' aspect that most people fear ISN'T really writing at all. What you'll be doing is called... ...concepting. Much, much different than writing. And that's why the NFL Write a Super Bowl Ad Contest is VERY winnable by someone outside of the advertising world! (Hat's off to the NFL.) Writing a book is writing. Writing for CNN IN Iraq is writing. Writing commercials the rest of the year is writing (arguably). But 'writing' a Super Bowl ad is about you dreaming up a killer idea for a Insider's Tip That Can Direct Targeted Traffic To Your Auctions y.More than 90% of people on will find your auction through normal search on ebay. 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You, and a cup of Earl Grey, or a frosty beer, and a set of pads and a Sharpie. What you'll be 'writing' on your pad will look a lot like this: "Joe Montana walks into a bar in the old West. He notices a skunk at the bar...(MORE HERE)" Or like this... "The guy who laces up all the footballs for the Super Bowl is missing and his family thinks...(MORE HERE)" Or... "The grocery store is boarded up. The bowling alley is empty... The airport is closed... Why...because...(MORE HERE)" These are scenarios. They are the theater of the Super Bowl spot that you will write. There are no mechanics to them at this point. There is idea concepting. Don't get me wrong...it's very hard. But this is about you wring a Super Bowl ad, so suffer through it. Write down as many concepts as you can. Then short list them. Then be brutal on your ideas and narrow them down to 4 Not 3...four. Everyone does the Rule of Three, but you're trying to be a copywriter...and copywriters do things differently. Give yourself the ti
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