Altered StateDon't restrict your ads to the same clichéd images. Break away with visual special effects to create more bite.
ByJerry Fisher•
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of handsome, even hip,advertising sameness on display in the nation's periodicals, soyou have to wonder how much of it gets passed over because of itsmonotony and, thus, invisibility. No, not every car ad displays itssedan against a backdrop of the desert, mountains or sea, but mostdo. Not every inkjet printer ad shows a color print of a cockatooor clown sliding out, but few don't. And let's be honest,the predictably stylish fashion, liquor and fragrance ads do abetter job of promoting the cheekbones and chest hair of theirmodels than the products themselves.
Where's the originality out there? Where's the "tryharder" mentality that's needed to grab the attention ofthe indifferent readers who typically breeze through a magazinewith little regard for the ads it contains?
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