Should art directors and copywriters become more involved in developing the strategy for the ads they work on? Can you do anything about if you’re handed a bad strategy? What if your client wants to push a bad strategy on you?
That’s the focus of my new column on TalentZoo.com.
Hey, I never said I had all the answers. But, to give one glaring example, when KFC came out last year and used the strategy “Fried chicken is part of a nutritious diet,” somebody involved must have had their bullshit detector on.
I want to know what you think.
David Burn says
Ad agencies can only survive if they offer a service no one else can, and be the impartial thinker that aims to make the client
Tom Asacker says
Absolutely! But why do “anything” that’s off strategy? It’s not just an ad thing.