Patrick Quinn

What Is Most Important – Copy Or Pic?
When, some little time ago now, I first descended upon the advertising scene, we were a good deal more concerned than most people seem to be today about the nature of the business we found ourselves ......
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Testing Headlines
A correspondent to AdBriefing, my monthly newsletter, has posed a very sticky question. How, she asks, can you tell whether a headline you have written is a good one…or not? What she means by this, I......
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Kick-Starting Body Copy
Several correspondents to our newsletter, AdBriefing, say that they are having trouble writing body copy for ads. Their problem seems to be the age-old one of how to kick things off – how to make a s......
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Aint We Wonderful!
It may come as a surprise to you to discover that customers don’t buy your products or services because they feel that you have a right to make a profit. In other words, their motive for doing busine......
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A LESSON IN ADVERTISING FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Back in the 1760s, the great Dr Samuel Johnson delivered himself of the dictum that ‘promise, large promise is the soul of advertising’. It’s a good thought, a great thought; and I contend that what ......
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Some Copy Tips From An Old Hand
I have been in the ad game for a long, long time. I have trained hundreds of writers, and I’ve been responsible for moving of millions ? & $ in product worldwide. Here are just a few tips that I hope......
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Larson Electronics Mangalight Supports US Troops With Spotlights And Flashlights
Larson Electronics Magnalight worked with family members to equip US soldiers in Iraq with high power lighting products to detect and destroy roadside bombs and snipers. SFC Henk's group in Iraq based Camp HIT clear roadside bombs and IEDs for other units admist sniper fire and uncooperative ...
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Confusing Commercials
I may be missing something, here, but it seems to me that, inadvertising terms, the loonies have taken over the asylum. Whatis getting me all lathered up is the preponderance of TVcommercials that go out of their way, not only to confuse theirtarget audience, but also to project an alarming image of theirproduct. I'll elaborate. The first example is the sad, but fortunatelyshort story of a current......
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Authors; Patrick Quinn