The Adpulp Interview

When The Book of Gossage was first released in the mid-90's, I was a student in ad school. I'd never heard of Howard Gossage or seen his work, but his philosophy about advertising and his work clearly had an influence on many ad professionals. Still, he remained a bit of an enigma, a sort-of cult favorite among ad people. Thankfully, British author and veteran adman Steve Harrison has written a wonderful new …

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Rhode Islander, Ernie Schenck, is one of our industry's brightest stars. He's been writing copy and hauling in hardware for decades. He's also an author, a columnist and he's active on Facebook. Like all great writers, he also has an ear for what will and what will not resonate (see his Liberty Mutual work below). It's my distinct pleasure to present a small slice of his nutrient-rich thinking here. Enjoy. Q. In …

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As editor of AdPulp, I get to meet a fair number of smart and talented people (which helps explain my long term commitment to the project). In the best cases, these people become friends and that's what happened last October in Boston when I met Bob Knorpp, host of The BeanCast, the finest marketing podcast in the land. Bob and I had been talking on Skype, and I'd appeared as a guest on his show a number of times, so …

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Dave Wilkie is a copywriter, and like all many copywriters he has a novel in his drawer, and another one on the way. Wilkie is also a retired ad blogger, having shelved Where's My Jetpack last February. Wilkie's novel, Random Scratch, is set in and around one of America's most prominent and media-savvy megachurches, the fictional Oak Canyon. This is how the book begins: He had no license to do so; still he …

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