Comments on: How to write a 30-second TV commercial script

By: Dean Rieck

Dean Rieck — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:47:41 +0000

Copywriter Salaries and Fees on my business website:
http://www.directcreative.com/copywriter-salaries-and-fees.html

Comprehensive information about freelance copywriting:
http://www.directcreative.com/copywriter-information-center.html

By: shunga

shunga — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:31:27 +0000

$500 an hour? Really? Who would in their right mind pay you $500 an hour? You sir are delusional, a con artist or a liar. But what you are not is a copywriter, an ad writer, a writer for that matter, or an ad guy. You are a fraud and your advice is worthless, pitifully so.

By: Dean Rieck

Dean Rieck — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:14:40 +0000

$500 an hour.

You’re a troll, shunga. I don’t have time for trolls. Be gone.

By: shunga

shunga — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:51:40 +0000

No clue? I wouldn’t hire you, and I’ve hired some of the best in the industry. $500? For what? Dribble passing itself off as effective communication? I’m sure there are agencies out there that would give you a position, that doesn’t make you or them what advertising is about. You are the contemporary version of the carny barker, and you do a great disservice to any who dream of getting into advertising.

By the way, $500 a day is a flat rate paid to entry level wannabe’s and Mac jockeys. hardly a verification of your imagined skills, though I would be suspect of any ‘agency’ or “client’ who would pay $5 for what you are offering.

By: Dean Rieck

Dean Rieck — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:33:54 +0000

Shunga,
You have no clue what you’re talking about. And as for getting a job at an agency…agencies offer me jobs frequently and they can’t afford me. I bill out at $500 an hour.

By: shunga

shunga — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:05:32 +0000

A fantastic formula and road map Dean, if one’s intent is to force even more blight on the culture while scraping the bottom of the barrel in craft, style and most assuredly real persuasive effectiveness. Screaming 50% off doesn’t require a copywriter or even a writer, just someone willing to accept the erroneous belief that this complete lack of skill and ability is somehow doing the job. It isn’t. It is however why people dislike advertising, are often offended by advertising and most often turn the channel.
Be honest with your audience Dean, you couldn’t get a job in the mail room of an agency where people know what they are doing. As being a benefit for beginners, that is only true if one is beginning to be the absolute worst in his or her imagined advertising career. This is not how it works, it is only how real amateurs might go about doing it. You should be ashamed for presenting it as otherwise.

By: Hollybear

Hollybear — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:37:07 +0000

Dean,

If Catalectic has a problem with your advice, I’m sure they’re welcome to offer a better choice; since they haven’t, I can only surmise that they don’t offer a comparative option of their own. You have, by comment & review, examples of people who’ve benefited from your assistance. . For a beginner or someone doing this for small audiences, I think your completely FREE contribution of advice will serve to start someone on the road as opposed to regaling this cynic in order that they simply never try Thank you for offering assistance and a basic framework to start with.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:41:32 +0000

I see I’m a little late to the party. In any case, I started a web site called SpecBank.com that provides ad-agency-quality TV commercial scripts to aspiring commercial directors to shoot for their reels. If you’re interested in submitting TV spot scripts, and they’re good, I would distribute them to the members to see if anyone is interested in shooting your ideas. You can also download free samples of TV commercial scripts. Dan

By: Freddy

Freddy — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:49:17 +0000

Hi Dean!honestly u saved myday.A’ve been storming my head to wok things out but here is the way forward.
I have ideals to make ads but i failed in tactical implementation of it and how to sell the ideals(scripts).
Soon il strt up a TV program and in this project i want to be unique therefore i designed package which can accomodate various commercials in a three different segments therefore i found ur tips very helpful en il take these tw days to work on it.QN:in my work plan i spared 1min for ad at the end of each segment.it can sound good to fix 3ads of 30-sec with in a time frame?thnx.

By: spelly

spelly — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:08:03 +0000

well i am applying for a place in an advertising school, and i have applied for copy writing but now I am worried about job placements in the industry of copy writing. i would truly love to be the best at what i do but it seems as if, if you do not follow the trend you are most likely to loose. from South Africa