Advert Innovator Prints

Creative Director skipping through an advertising portfolio.

"So, I see you have a background in advertising..."

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

'You'll have to take an online company aptitude test, but if you're the designer we're looking for, you've already designed an app for that.'

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

A secretary at a desk with a nameplate the says Dot Com.

Blue sky thinking

'Which sounds better: 'now with MORE XZ100' or 'now with LESS XZ100'?'

"So let's roll up our sleeves and show that America still builds the world's greatest advertising."

Direct Marketing...

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

'She posted her first blog today.'

'Frankly, I'm not sure this whole idea-sharing thing is working.'

"Well, I've emailed, faxed, and phoned Dobson. Maybe I should just walk down the hall and talk to him..."

'It's creative as hell! Now that you've got that out of your system, give me a campaign that will sell.'

"Wow! That's some PowerPoint presentation."

"The problem is that our ads have either been too Jewish or not Jewish enough."

Gerald Ratner's return

And elevator with 'up', 'down', and 'pitches' buttons

Lateral Thinking - Not Out & Not In trays.

"I think I know what your problem is. Not enough PR."

'Have your people facebook my people.'

"I'm really great thanks. The boss loves my ideas, he says I'm ahead of my time!" "Hi John, how are you? Good meeting?"

Home Business - Newspaper Ad.

As Seen Watching TV

Suggestion and 'outside-the-box' suggestions.

"In the marketplace of ideas, we may not have the best ideas, but we have the best marketing."

'This is a 'million dollar idea', Simms, unfortunately, our debt is two million dollars.'

'Unfortunately, our entirely Twitter and Facebook based business model was a little ahead of its time!'

Advertising space on jockeys' bottoms

A man stealing another person's ideas

The Big Idea vs The Small Change

'It began as The Great American Novel...but it finally sold as an infomercial.'

Dog Walker

"And now a word from our sponsors...ratings."