Gabay's Copywriting Compendium
Published on 4. May 2005
Book
Hardback
704 pages
978-0-7506-6402-8 (ISBN)
Description
Marketers, creative writers, and individuals for whom copywriting forms part of their job are often required to produce innovative and engaging copy in a short space of time. Creativity is not always on hand, and therefore, on some occasions, additional help is required to find the right phrase, description or slogan. "Gabay's Copywriting Compendium" contains a wealth of inspiring tips, ideas and descriptions to aid the writing process, such as advice on spelling and grammar, examples of rhyming words, suggested euphemisms, and odd facts. The compendium goes on to provide a "Top 25 Rules" section for a number of key topics, such as how to brainstorm, how to write innovative copy, and how to think creatively. The text has been carefully designed to ensure the material can be accessed quickly and easily, and the easy to read layout will assist copywriters in finding appropriate help at any particular moment.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-6402-8 (9780750664028)
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Person
Jonathan Gabay is a trainer, coach and creative strategist, and has vast experience of marketing throughout his career, holding positions such as the Creative Director of the Direct Marketing division at Moorgate Plc, the Creative Marketing Group Head at Saatchi and Saatch plc, the Creative Marketing Director at DPA, and the Head of the Direct Marketing Division at GGA. Jonathan has acted as coach and mentor to some of Europes leading creative companies such as Hawksmere training, Reed Training, Accenture, KPMG, Anderson Consulting, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Vodafone, Creative Labs, Clearwater Communications, Barclays Bank, Hayes Modems, Turner Television, Nyman Libson, Paul YKK Zips, Computacenter, Compaq, and James Capel. He also works closely with the CIM. In five years he has addressed around 2000 leading marketers from top UK companies. Key roles include acting as an advisor on creativity and the Web to the Marketing Society, a copywriter on leading through-the-line-brands, and a Web creative strategist for leading e-markets. He is also a Media spokesperson on the Web and imaginative marketing.
Content
Introduction: Have genius, will travel - far; The creative briefing process; Mind your Ps and Qs; Vocabulary; Word usage; Spell well; Modern idioms; US language; Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a sloganeer!; Cliches - they're playing our song again; Portmanteau - copy blending; Rhyme time; All together now; Quotations; Wise sayings; Do your speak marketese?; Euphemisms; First come - first served; Similes; Metaphors; Tounge twisters; World data & conversion tables. Top Tips - top tips for great awareness; top tips to brain storm; top tips to 'sale' innovative copy; top tips to write reports; top tips to think creatively; top tips for great Web copy; top tips for great direct mail letters; top tips for viral copy; top tips for radio ads; top tips for book blurbs; top tips for release writing; top tips for response advertising; top tips for packaging copy; top tips for point of sale; top tips for great brochure copy; top tips for poster copy; top tips for multi-media text; top tips for video scripting. Appendices - Award winners (selection of award winning ads, key guidelines); Make contact; Addresses of leading creative and marketing organisations.