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How to Write A Creative Brief + Samples & Video

The AdCracker creative briefs are based on Steve McNamara's experience at JWT, BBDO, Rapp-Collins and Capital One. They are used daily by many of the world's leading ad agencies, marcom groups, freelancers, and design shops.

> Sample Creative Brief - AdCracker's classic creative brief ... for print, TV and other advertising projects. See all sample creative briefs below.

> 10 tricks to brand-building, sales-ripping creative briefs - An article by Steve McNamara - packed with practical tips to help you write brilliant creative briefs.

> AdCracker CD gives you all R sample creative briefs (below) as well as a completed brief with the resulting print and TV ads, plus the Six Tips video (below).

> AdCracker creative brief seminars give you best international practices to discover consumer insights, shape advertising strategy and explore psychological motivations.

> Video: Six Tips To Writing Great Briefs. R
This video is packed with expert How To tips that will lift your brief writing skills to the standards of an international ad agency. Based on high-performing campaigns for Citibank, Apple, Motorola and Capital One. Now available instantly online with AdCracker CD or Online Access. More info.

> Advanced Creative Brief. R
This is an advanced brief for new business pitches, new product launches, and new campaigns. Or perhaps when bringing a new creative team to an existing client. This brief is popular with strategic planners at Ogilvy, JWT, other international shops. Available instantly online with AdCracker CD or Online Access. More info.

> Samples: Completed Brief + Ads. R
See how real-world briefs are written with samples that include the resulting print ad and TV commercial. Available instantly online with AdCracker CD or Online Access. More info.

> New Social Media Brief. R
The perfect starting place for your social media campaign. This brief - the result of extensive research and interviews with SoMe experts - will take you step x step through the process of creating a successful social media campaign. More info.

Creative Brief Samples

> Click to get instant access to all R sections including completed sample briefs and resulting ads ... plus the instructional video.

> Long Format Brief. R The perfect brief for Web sites, brochures or videos. Available instantly online with AdCracker CD or Online Access. More info.

> Direct Response Creative Brief. R
Direct response is all about influencing behavior. And this specialized creative brief will help you do exactly that. Guaranteed. Available instantly online with AdCracker CD or Online Access. More info.

> Quick Brief.
This is a brief for those small design projects with tight deadlines. Available instantly online with AdCracker CD or Online Access. More info.

> Creative Director's Brief. R
This is the brief the Creative Director writes for a creative team. It works for anything from a Web site to a print campaign. Available instantly online with AdCracker CD or Online Access. More info.

About AdCracker's creative briefs.

Most briefs are simply a list of questions. And most advertising or design shops have one brief. Unfortunately, one size does not fit all. There is no such things as a single "perfect brief."

What you need in a brief is flexibility. You need the flexibility to select questions appropriate to any type of ad or campaign, in any medium. That could be a print ad or mailer or video. And that project could be either direct response or brand focused. Also, you might be working with a client you know well, or a new client that you do not know at all.

Clearly, you need a different brief, a different set of questions for new business pitches compared to small, fast response Web banner or newspaper ads.

So dump those old writ-in-stone printed briefs. Better to place the brief - the list of questions - on your computer. Then, for each new project, select the questions that are appropriate to the client and the project.

AdCracker's briefs give you a complete briefing system. With them you will create more insightful communications. You will have fewer mistakes, even on small, rush projects. And you will save money by preventing wasted creative or marcom time.

> Click to get all briefs, "6 Tips" video, completed briefs, and resulting ads.

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Launched in 2001, AdCracker on CD is now used in over 100 countries by many of the world's smartest ad agencies, design shops and marketers.