Laura Whitehouse’s Design Services Ad

A great dog-fooding example. The ad shows you what you’re paying for.

Broken down:

1) Hook. No clever tricks. The straightforward and unapologetically honest approach is refreshing. Plus, it creates self-selection — the target demographic identifies themselves immediately. “Oh yeah, that’s me. I do need a poster.”

2) Trust-building. The armchair line shows a little exasperation. It’s humanizing. Leaning even more into the honesty.

3) Punchline. “I scratch your back, you scratch mine.” Activates the imagination by introducing the concept of working together. Call-back to the previous line for humor and flow.

4) CTA. “Take a look at more of my work:” Simple and direct.

You glance at your watch.

It’s 6:28. You’ve been at it since 3.
Crap. Your hot date is at 7. Running late. Sink shower it is.
Nowhere close to done editing…

“…at least all the ideas are laid out, so there’s that. Did I miss anything? I don’t think so? Ok, but how do I make it flow? I need to get the final draft to Stacey for design asap, team cutoff is at noon Thursday…”

You’ve spent dinner completely distracted. Your date just took off. You go home exhausted, plod to your desk, and crack open the laptop.

Or… it could go like this:

5:41 — you’re out of the shower and lip-syncing.
6:17 — dressed to the nines and zenned out.
7:03 — the sunset glints off your aviators as you smile hello.
8:36 — it actually feels like you’re hitting it off. Not just hot, funny to boot.
Next morning, 10:27 — polished draft ready in your inbox.
10:31 — Stacey messages back, “thanks, looks good!”

The difference?

You had Copygloss handle it yesterday afternoon.

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