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Rupert Stubbs's avatar

The shampoo ad bit reminds me of the classic ad for child roller skates (no pics allowed here, but nicely broken down by Lewis Folkard below):

https://lewisfolkard.co.uk/ad-breakdown-fisher-prices-anti-slip-roller-skates/

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Oliver Johnson's avatar

Nice story, I hadn't seen that before!

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Rupert Stubbs's avatar

Proper old school advertising. Dramatise the benefit in a way that stops the reader turning the page, make it especially impactful for the target audience (parents with small kids), don't insult the reader's intelligence, tell a story quickly and colloquially as though you were talking face to face, give the reader clear reasons to believe you, and end the copy with a gag that makes the reader feel you're repaying their investment in reading an ad. Can't remember the last time I saw one that even came close.

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