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Post LinkedIn lead magnet · Advertising
I've seen this brief. You probably have too. Eight strategic objectives. A target that's basically "humans who buy food." Fourteen mandatories. A brand idea that says everything and means nothing. And then the marketer wonders why the agency came back with garbage. Here's the truth: a bad brief doesn't just waste money. It actively destroys good creative work before it starts. The agency can't save you from your own brief. The ugliest flaws I see — again and again: → Targets everyone (so speaks to no one) → Data dumped where insights should live → One main message that's actually seven messages → Mandatories that back the creative team into a corner The brief IS the strategy. If your brief is fuzzy, your ads will be too. I broke down every line of a creative brief — the good and the ugly — with real examples. Link in the comments. P.S. If you want to go deeper, I wrote the full chapter on creative briefs in my book Beloved Brands — with templates, examples, and every flaw explained. It's the cheat code for brand managers. Link in comments.
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