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    Product naming: art, science or attack of the giggles?
    Hayley Cherrett
    • 5 min

    Product naming: art, science or attack of the giggles?

    Buildings, brands, babies: everything needs a name. If it’s your baby you can choose what you darn well like and hang the consequences....
    How a giraffe's bra can help you write better copy.
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    • 2 min

    How a giraffe's bra can help you write better copy.

    Pardon? Giraffe bras? By St David Attenborough’s underpants, surely that’s not a real item of lingerie? No, but it is a useful aid to...
    millennials are destroying the english language
    Chris Silberston
    • 2 min

    millennials are destroying the english language

    OMG millennials are destroying the world vital reporting from the likes of Business Insider shows how theyre killing everything from...
    Design vs copy slam down. Who are you backing?
    Hayley Cherrett
    • 3 min

    Design vs copy slam down. Who are you backing?

    Design vs copy. You know you need both. But which is going to make most difference to your brand? Which one is more likely to grab...
    The toughest two minutes of your life
    Chris Silberston
    • 4 min

    The toughest two minutes of your life

    From DIY explainer clips to Oscar-worthy ads, video can captivate audiences and transform fortunes. Our straightforward guide gets you...
    How to make your fucking awful brand not make me want to gouge my eyes out
    Chris Silberston
    • 4 min

    How to make your fucking awful brand not make me want to gouge my eyes out

    People respond to other people. We crave human connection so much that we even see faces in inanimate objects. So if your brand sounds...
    Everyone panic! GDPR is coming!
    Chris Silberston
    • 5 min

    Everyone panic! GDPR is coming!

    Is this the end of marketing as we know it? Wetherspoons have shown us the perfect solution for complying with GDPR: delete your email...
    Persuasive food packaging: work that space!
    Hayley Cherrett
    • 6 min

    Persuasive food packaging: work that space!

    In the supermarket, shoppers mooch around mindlessly. They see irresistible special offers or instagrammable packaging, chuck products in...
    How to make sure your emails are opened even when your business isn't.
    Hayley Cherrett
    • 5 min

    How to make sure your emails are opened even when your business isn't.

    ‘Oooh, an email from a random brand, how exciting. Can’t wait to open it!’ When was the last time you thought like that? 2001? If ever....
    5 things I learnt at an A Thousand Monkeys workshop
    joanna02450
    • 5 min

    5 things I learnt at an A Thousand Monkeys workshop

    First of all, I learnt a lot. Far more than just five things. I learnt you’re reading this in an F shape, skimming over my carefully...
    How to make sure your case studies have happy endings.
    Hayley Cherrett
    • 5 min

    How to make sure your case studies have happy endings.

    Let me tell you a story about a business in a land not so far away. They had a dazzling website that attracted customers from miles...
    Leave them hanging, and your readers will be desperate for more.
    Chris Silberston
    • 5 min

    Leave them hanging, and your readers will be desperate for more.

    Sometimes copywriting is so functional it loses its magic. If you’re writing a web page, the wisdom is to front-load content because...
    Quaffing copy: how to make words look delicious
    Chris Silberston
    • 5 min

    Quaffing copy: how to make words look delicious

    I once tasted a hop pellet on a brewery tour. It was probably the most disgusting thing I’ve ever eaten. If you ever get the chance to...
    Introducing the fantabulous Thousand Monkey headline generator.
    Hayley Cherrett
    • 2 min

    Introducing the fantabulous Thousand Monkey headline generator.

    Nobody said writing great headlines was going to be easy. But wannabe attention grabbers often make it harder work than it needs to be....
    7 tips that turn form-filling into persuasive masterpieces.
    Chris Silberston
    • 4 min

    7 tips that turn form-filling into persuasive masterpieces.

    Some opportunities aren’t obviously what you’d think of as copywriting. But, whether you’re writing a funding bid, a tender return, a...
    Everyone’s a copywriter now. So you have to try harder.
    Hayley Cherrett
    • 3 min

    Everyone’s a copywriter now. So you have to try harder.

    My son’s 12. He’s addicted to memes – those poster-like lines slapped on pictures of cats, Korean despots, grumpy babies and luminous...
    Is your copy fit for purpose, or just written to fit?
    Hayley Cherrett
    • 4 min

    Is your copy fit for purpose, or just written to fit?

    In your heart of hearts, is your marketing copy everything it could be? It’s ok, but somehow a little underwhelming?  A little bit ‘meh’....
    To dee-dum or dum-dee that is the question.
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    • 6 min

    To dee-dum or dum-dee that is the question.

    Words are musical. When we read a book, we don’t just absorb the meaning – we hear a voice in our heads making sense of things. If your...
    “Did you eat the last biscuit?” Detecting the copy criminal.
    Hayley Cherrett
    • 3 min

    “Did you eat the last biscuit?” Detecting the copy criminal.

    You want your reader to believe you. If they’re going to buy your product or service, you need them to trust you. But, unwittingly, could...
    Why storytelling is in pieces.
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    • 4 min

    Why storytelling is in pieces.

    In a recent poll published in Marketing Week, Apple was voted the nation’s favourite storytelling brand. Well not quite. To be precise,...
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