
Friskies Cat Food Print Ad
A cute vintage ad with a great headline for pet owners that want to make their cats happy.

Nokia “Personal Assistant” Phone Ad
While this phone looks extremely primitive to us now, this was once considered so high tech that it would be...

Built-In Crayon Sharpener Box
If you wanted to flex as a kid, you showed up with the box of Crayons with the built in...

1959 Crayola Print Ad with Great Headline
This ad from 1959 shows some of the original Crayola advertising. This cool ad shows a little kid with his...

Avis “We’re only Number 2” Ad Campaign
This “reverse psychology” style ad campaign from Avis did a fun judo-move and turned their “being only No. 2” status...

Attention-grabbing Handwritten Window promotion by Andersen
While this is a printed advertisement, because it looks like a hand written estimate it REALLY grabs attention!

“Handwritten” estimate flyer grabs attention
Because it’s “handwritten” you think someone left this at your door…and it definitely got my attention enough to read through...

1912 mail order house plans
This ad is a little confusing, it sort of “implies” you can build a 7 bedroom house for $759 to...

Testimonial + Pic for the ultimate social proof
This Instagram Ad uses a simple testimonial along with an aesthetically pleasing photo to make the testimonial really POP.

1967 "What does a banana have to be to be a Chiquita?" Ad
A hilarious 1967 print ad with a shocking image, intriguing headline and copy making you crave a banana. 🤣

“Gets Better With Age” Twitter Wallet Ad
This simple ad on Twitter shows a wallet on Day 1 and Day 1,582….and it looks exactly the same….showing that...

Vintage Domino Sugar comparison Ad
The sugar industry fought back in the 1950's when the health-conscious tried to remove sugar from the American diet. This...

Visually showing procrastination
I like how this simple ad hits home by shoeing what you intended to do, then what *actually* happened!

Wal-Mart’s First Print Ad in 1962
While this small launch party in the city of Rogers, Arkansas may have not been a big deal, the rise...

Call to action based pizza ad:
This 1979 ad for Jeno’s Pizza Rolls has a strong call to action to write in (a physical letter) to...

Cool “Us” vs “Them” graph showing a service
This is a cool way to demonstrate the value of a hiring service, but showing the end results of their...

Before & After Hair Loss Ad
There’s nothing like a good old fashioned Before & After photo to demonstrate the transformation a product claims. Instead of...

1947 Welch’s Grape Juice Print Ad
1947 was LIT! There’s two funny things going on in this ad: 1.) Granny is straight up spiking the grape...

MarketHire to-the-point ad
As a copywriter I love simple and effective ads. This MarketHire ad on Instagram shows “Lisa” who can increase your...

Straightforward headlines are best when advertising
There’s zero frills, and zero mis-understanding when reading this headline. That’s wise because they are PAYING for clicks, so you...

White paint on brick trend before/after
An extremely common Instagram Ad I’ve been seeing is this white paint makeover for older brick houses. They just paint...

1961 Ford Econoline “Price Advantage” Ad
This headline gets straight to the point: This is the CHEAPEST pickup you can buy! The smaller copy then goes...

1951 “Instructional” Orange Juice Ad
This ad cleverly shows you how to use the product…and to use A LOT of it! Not sure if this...

McDonald’s 1984 swag game was hard!
To be honest I would totally buy a Big Mac just to get this hat!!!