You might want to apply so that I can get a $3,000 referral fee when you win the spot! AD PROFESSOR (newsletter@marketingplug.com) is HIRING > They'll want to see work that rivals, if not crushes, their own! Got what it takes? Well, you wouldn't be in THE AD AGENCY if you weren't, right? Don't wait long to reply — this actually could be the most fun job in advertising... until you meet the Professor? GOOD LUCK! Remember to mention me so that I can collect my bounty! 🤠

There are so many good ideas just waiting for you (and me, too) to exploit. I know, we're in the creative business, and any purest will tell you that you should be the product of your "original ideas". NEWS FLASH: There are no "original" ideas... just inspiration and edits you can make to pick up a ball and run with it for yourself. Are you familiar with Allan Peters? Designer extraordinaire from the land of 10,000 lakes? Well, you should be, and "fixing" big brand logos is netting him (great) paying work from the very companies he's working on "speculatively". Show your own process on a logo (big or small)... or find a big brand logo and fix it. Film, photo, AI, make a short and post your reel. You may get trolled. Then again, if you think you're pretty good, you'll get fans. Actually be good, and you'll get work. 💰

Here's a combination between ChatGPT and Relevance AI. Saw a post from the Ad Professor about Heinz ketchup with a nifty symbol of the stem of a tomato that looked like a tennis player. Thought to myself, "what if Heinz was the primary sponsor of a tennis tournament?" This is what I came up with. Needs some finesse, but the results are rather startling. Think the tourney gets high ratings. 😳