152#: Insert joke here, Humor in Copywriting

If You Market

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This week on the If You Market podcast we talk with Dan Nelken about humor in copywriting. We talk about the merits of using humor and Dan gives us 6 specific techniques for using humor in your copywriting. We also discuss Jack in the Box, Progressive Insurance, Laughy Taffy, the Lone Ranger, company personality, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's a perfect combination of humor and technique, it's peanut butter and .

Dan Nelken is the "Chief Creative Ding-Dong" at Nelken Creative. He's a freelance copywriter and creative director in Vancouver, Canada. His work has appeared in award shows nationally, internationally, and on his mother’s fridge. He has worked for some of the most creative ad agencies in Canada, some of the world's largest brands, and for start-ups who have collectively gone on to raise billions. He has an above average sense of humor and he's an expert copywriter.

P.S. Dan didn't write this, it would have been better if he did.

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