Jason Fox Quotes

101 Jason Fox Quotes (Leeclowsbeard Quotes)

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As in life, advertising isn’t about having something worth saying, it’s about having something worth hearing.
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Never trust an agency that can’t figure out it’s own brand.
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Simplicity is usually the result of much complex thinking.
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Consensus too often equals a bunch of usually smart people agreeing to do something dumb so they can go have lunch.
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Great clients prefer education to justification.
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The love of money is the root of much bad advertising.
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If a client doesn’t deserve your best thinking, why are they your client?
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Successful collaboration does not require a single committee.
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Like the world in general, advertising needs fewer gurus and more visionaries.
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We sell stuff, get over it.
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It is no irony that the thickest skins often belong to the sharpest minds.
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Baby steps are for babies, not brands. Be amazing, or be surpassed.
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Consumers never complain about ads being too smart.
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My ad should say one thing well. Now here are fifty-three bullet points why.
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Your ad begins as an interruption. Make paying attention to it feel like a reward.
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Art direction is part of a brand’s voice. So consider not using Trajan Pro this time.
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A technique or look is no substitute for substance.
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TV spots are short. If you can’t hold folks’ attention for 20 secs before revealing the brand, find another line of work.
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Never underestimate the intelligence of your audience. The subtleties of value-priced hemorrhoid cream are lost on few.
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It’s called a creative brief, not a copy-and-paste brief.
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It’s the little comprises that add up to a giant bucket of suck.
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I’ll trash your ads, you take care of your magazines and newspapers.
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Too many people think the things that are easy about advertising are hard, and vice versa.
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One list of bullet points does not equal a ‘single, most-persuasive message.’
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If no one reads body copy, why are we on round 13 of client revisions?
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Budgets don’t constrict ideas, they hone.
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From mass to social, media is consumed by individuals. Speak accordingly.
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An ad discussing negative things does not a negative ad make, e.g., every problem-solution ad ever run.
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Beat up the brief before it gets approved, or it will beat you up when you’re trying to get work approved.
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It’s not that consumers have short attention spans. It’s that we give them so little of interest to look at.
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Thank a media person today. After all, no one remembers an ad they never see.
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Every client wants something new. And three examples of where it’s worked before.
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Media runs from free to expensive. But your idea should always be rich. This is less obvious than you may think.
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Dearest copywriter, please thoroughly learn your native tongue before you butcher it for advertising.
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Dear client, Glad you believe advertising can do a lot for your brand. Just remember ‘a lot’ is a far cry from everything.
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Advertising is always transitory and often disposable. We can only prevent people from becoming the latter.
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If ROI only means bumping tomorrow’s numbers, the spammers have already won.
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Try asking your doctor to do a little angioplasty on spec.
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Dear Assit. AE, Please stop sending PDFs to the client with the closing, ‘Let me know if there are any more changes.’
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‘What do you think?’ is not code for ‘What’s wrong with this?’
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