The traditional advertising creative brief has a history dating back to 1863. That year, President Lincoln was asked to speak at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, ...

A good creative brief is one of the most powerful tools that any marketer has. It clarifies expectations, saves time and helps creative professionals produce work that not only looks and sounds ...

Commenting on creative work is like commenting on someone’s baby. You need to be ready for the baby’s parents to by insulted by what you think is constructive criticism. Procter & Gamble developed a ...

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Spending hours on market research, competitor analysis, and comparing color palettes to develop a creative brief may sound extraneous, especially for smaller organizations. But although compiling a ...

It was David Ogilvy who sagely said: “Give me the freedom of a tight brief”; intuitively knowing that creative effectiveness was contingent on a creative brief that was focused, specific, and gave ...

Does it sometimes feel like your writers, graphic designers, and video folks, and/or your creative agency, are not on the same page—and so the performance of your content suffers? If so, it's probably ...

A creative brief is like a road map. A good brief leads to imaginative and persuasive ads. And gets you there quickly. A bad brief starts you off in the wrong direction. So you have to stop, figure ...