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🚀 [Daily Ad] Showing-not-telling, agitating the problem - and more. 🎮

Published 6 months ago • 1 min read

Hi [FULL_NAME GOES HERE],


Here you go on ads from this week’s Daily Ad.

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🚀Showing, not telling.🌟

For visual products, cut to demonstrate the action.

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🌟Word game as relaxing product🎮
It’s all in how you position it.

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🧠Mind-Bending Math to Money-Saving Magic🧩
Linking math to money.

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✨Stopping the Scroll with a Different Frame✨
An ad, but in multiple mockups like OOH, subway ads, tweets, and messages.


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🎉Problem, Meet Solution: A Skit Journey📱
Go from 'Is this real?' to 'Join the party!

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🎨Customizing and appealing to self-expression🌟
This ad shows how choices and options showcase customization, and appeal to self-expression.


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🌟How to Agitate a Problem ⚡️
… before showcasing a solution. .

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That's it for this week.

We'll send you more analyses next week.


Cheers,

Shamanth.

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