The Hard Sell
eBook - ePub

The Hard Sell

The tricks of political advertising

  1. 255 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Hard Sell

The tricks of political advertising

About this book

In The Hard Sell, creative director Dee Madigan uses her trademark humour and down-to-earth approach to unveil the world of political advertising. Drawing on real-life stories from her own recent Federal and State campaigns, she gives us fascinating industry insight into:
• How political ads are designed to work;
• Who are they designed to work on;
• How we pay for them;
• Why we make so many negative ads;
• How personal is too personal;
• How spin works, particularly in an election campaigns;
• How to make messages cut through the cynicism;
• How politicians use journos who use politicians who use journos;
• The gendered nature of it all;
• And finally, what happens when it all turns to sh*t!
Dee is candid about the tricks of the trade and the lessons that can be learnt.

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Table of contents

  1. The Hard Sell
  2. Foreword
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. 1 Branding is not a dirty word
  6. 2 The purse
  7. 3 Getting the most bang for your buck
  8. 4 Focused on focus groups
  9. 5 The truth is out there . . . somewhere
  10. 6 Positive ads reinforce beliefs not change votes
  11. 7 If everyone hates negative ads, why do we keep making them?
  12. 8 Selling chicks
  13. 9 The thinking behind the ads
  14. 10 Lights, camera, action
  15. 11 TV isn’t dead but the internet is awesome
  16. 12 Why babies still need to be kissed
  17. 13 Spinning around
  18. 14 No one is perfect
  19. 15 So, do ads work?
  20. Acknowledgements
  21. Notes
  22. Index