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🎤 The SWIPES Email (Friday, December 12th, 2025)

Friday, December 12th, 2025 ​​​​​​ ​​SwipeFile​​​​​​: Inspiration for your marketing. ​​​​​​CopywritingCourse​​​​​​: Get good at selling your stuff.Let's jump in with...

Swipes Email/Newsletter
2 hours ago
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VW Ad: When “It Couldn’t Be Done” Sells Better Than Bragging

This classic Volkswagen Beetle ad with basketball giant Wilt Chamberlain shows off brilliant honesty in advertising. Instead of pretending their...

Ads/Copywriting/Volkswagen
4 hours ago
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The Ad That Made “Small” Cool

This classic VW Beetle ad flipped all car marketing on its head. While every other brand shouted about power and...

Ads/DDB Agency/Copywriting
10 hours ago
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The Law of Distribution Arbitrage

Every marketing channel starts hot, then cools fast. David Sacks nailed it: once everyone copies a distribution trick, it stops...

Data/Advice/Social Media
12 hours ago
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VW Shows the Power of “Proof You Can See”

This vintage Volkswagen ad is a masterclass in visual proof. Instead of just telling people VW parts are easy to...

Ads/DDB Agency/Copywriting
16 hours ago
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App takes normal photos and uses AI to make “restaurant quality photos”

Ever notice how a quick change in photo style can make the same dish look way more appetizing? This image...

Data/Images/Advice
1 day ago
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The Power of “Going, Going…”

This vintage VW Beetle ad makes minimalism do the heavy lifting. One image, three words, and a clever twist on...

Ads/Copywriting/Advice
1 day ago
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The Ad That Turned “Lemon” Into Gold

This 1960s Volkswagen Beetle ad is one of the boldest headlines ever printed: “Lemon.” It flips a negative word into...

Ads/Business Ideas/Copywriting
2 days ago
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The Power of Simple, Cheerful Copy

This classic Guinness ad nails the art of keeping things simple and joyful. A happy toucan, a smiling man, and...

Ads/Copywriting/Images
2 days ago
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The Seal That Sold Guinness

This classic Guinness ad nails memorability with humor and visual storytelling. A zookeeper chases a seal balancing a pint—simple, funny,...

Ads/Print Ads/Copywriting
2 days ago
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How Guinness Made a Toucan Sell Beer

Guinness nailed simple, memorable advertising with this old-school toucan ad. Just one image and a few words make the brand...

Ads/Copywriting/Images
3 days ago
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Why This Guinness Ad Is Still Marketing Gold

This Guinness ad nails something most modern campaigns forget: pure visual joy. The image of flying toucans balancing pints in...

Ads/Copywriting/Images
3 days ago
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The Ad That Flipped the Script on Masculinity

This Daihatsu Hijet ad takes a cheeky jab at traditional car marketing. Instead of selling “sex appeal,” it celebrates practicality...

Ads/Copywriting/Headlines
3 days ago
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This Van Outsmarted Lamborghini’s Marketing

Sometimes the best way to sell is to poke fun at your competition. Daihatsu’s ad claims their van “picks up...

Ads/Copywriting
4 days ago
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Porsche Makes Luxury Feel Guilt-Free

This ad nails emotional reframing. Porsche takes something often seen as selfish—buying a sports car—and spins it into an act...

Ads/Print Ads/Copywriting
4 days ago
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eCommerceFuel pricing page

This pricing table nails how to sell value instead of features. It’s not just a list of deliverables—it’s a transformation...

Copywriting/Data/Sales Pages
4 days ago
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Everyone Has Leases. But No One Else Has Porsches.

This Porsche ad nails the art of exclusivity. It takes something ordinary (leasing a car) and flips it into something...

Ads/Print Ads/Copywriting
5 days ago
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Porsche Makes Health Sound Fast

Sometimes the best way to sell luxury? Don’t sell it. Instead, make it sound like common sense. That’s exactly what...

Ads/Print Ads/Copywriting
5 days ago
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Beat the Tax, Beat Everyone Else

This Porsche ad nails the magic of using urgency and status in one clean shot. The headline “Beat the luxury...

Ads/Print Ads/Copywriting
5 days ago
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The Ultimate Souvenir: A Porsche

Ever notice how this Porsche ad makes you feel a little boring for just taking travel photos? That’s intentional genius....

Ads/Print Ads/Copywriting
6 days ago
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Eight sleep email gif targeting specific customers

The eight sleep email it came from: This image nails personalization with just one word: “Dear” It feels like a...

Ads/Copywriting/Advice
6 days ago
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Porsche Ad That Passes Every Test

Porsche nailed this ad by mixing speed, wit, and subtle bragging rights into one perfect line: “Appearing soon in a...

Ads/Print Ads/Copywriting
6 days ago
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Posted by Neville MedhoraNeville Medhora

🎤 The SWIPES Email (Friday, December 5th, 2025)

Friday, December 5th, 2025 ​​​​​​ ​​SwipeFile​​: Inspiration for your marketing.​​​​​​CopywritingCourse​​​​​​: Get good at selling your stuff.Hey hey it's Neville here,...

Swipes Email/Newsletter
Dec 5, 2025
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What Podcasting’s Gender Split Teaches About Audience Fit

This chart from Chartr shows a wild stat: while men dominate most podcast genres, women actually lead in True Crime....

Data/Advice
Dec 5, 2025

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