Broken Client Records

Shit clients say over and over and over again.

[James Hodson @misterhodson]

A great CD I worked with had of list of banned things because you see them too often in ads. We’ve added to it over the years. Any others??

Robots
Meteors
Astronauts
Aliens
Cavemen
Fairy tales
Lost toys in the city
Talking animals
Singing animals
Singing babies...(1/2)

[Broken Client Records @BrokenClient]

So happy Lynx is free this year 😂 Don’t miss the last day of #LYNXLive featuring @Visamiddleeast @LeoBurnettMEA @Tahaab @FP7McCANN

[adbasha @adbasha]

Dani Richa, Chairman & CEO at BBDO, on pandemic work “The work is not as good. We have unconsciously lowered the bar and started celebrating our ability to deliver work despite the production limitations. Craftsmanship is crucial” @dani_richa #LYNXLive #dubailynx

[adbasha @adbasha]

Patou Nuytemans, Chief Digital Officer EMEA at Ogilvy "CREATIVITY DRIVES EFFECTIVENESS. Clients are too focused on short-term sales activations. Let's demonstrate to them that creativity impacts growth" @Patou_N #LYNXlive #dubailynx @Ogilvy @MemacOgilvy

[adbasha @adbasha]

Ali Rez, Regional ECD at @Impact_BBDO "I was standing on a thick white line, one foot in Pakistan, one in India. The area we're in was no man's land, it didn't belong to either country. We had all these children with us so we took the decision to start playing cricket" #LYNXlive

[adbasha @adbasha]

Ali Rez, Regional ECD at @Impact_BBDO "Courage and faith in what you are doing is very important. You need to find the right people that will push you to cross that line" #LYNXLive #dubailynx

[adbasha @adbasha]

Ali Rez, Regional ECD at @Impact_BBDO "I got to work with incredible talent from this region: @dani_richa, Paul Shearer, Kalpesh, @Tahaab, @FadiYaish, @WalidyKanaan. Incredible talent that created incredible work" #LYNXLive #dubailynx

[Ryan Wallman @Dr_Draper]

Apologies if this has been done before.

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Only pick one

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Client “I like it a lot... it just isn’t quite ‘there’ yet”

Agency “Can you be more specific? What would you change?”

Client “Hmm possibly all of it”

#fml #clientfeedback #shitclientssay #clientsbelike #advertising #design #adlife #adfail #agencylife #adweak #notthereyet

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Client “I’ll know when I see it”

How many times have you heard that before?

#advertising #clients #brokenrecord #fml #shitclientssay #clientsbelike #adlife #agencylife #adweak

[Praveen Vaidyanathan @v_praveen]

If you think creatives can't be CEOs, you're wrong

via @Schwartzie14, CEO, @TBWAChiatNY

#PraveensNotebook

[Praveen Vaidyanathan @v_praveen]

Thanks for the kind words, friends. @Schwartzie14—Thanks for the terrific agency tagline piece.
@faris—That's a lot of research mate. @tomroach—Amazingly comprehensive piece.
@adamferrier—Great read.
@koningwoning—If I were a client, I'd look here first
https://t.co/bOEEKad2MV

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Client “I like it but...”

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Client “Let’s have a meeting about it”

Agency “You want to have a meeting about a full stop?”

Client “We have very strong opinions about this. How about we discuss over the weekend?”

#advertising #clients #adlife #agencylife #shitclienrssay #meetings

[Broken Client Records @BrokenClient]

@YumnaYousry W lazem yeb2a fy wa7ed Emirati w Saudi w Hindi w Engleezy. Preferably holding hands oh no wait, it’s Corona, ok 2 meters apart but all smiling as they co-exist happily.

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Client “We are targeting everyone”

Agency “Everyone??”

Client “Yes. Males and females aged zero and up”

#shitclientssay #clientsbelike #brokenrecord #duck #sittingducks #adfail #adweak #adland #badvertising #fml #mondaymood #advertising #marketing #agency #agencylife

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Client “Weekend”

“We have an urgent brief that we need to be live with on Sunday. Our CEO is going to check it. We’re going to have to work over the weekend”

Agency to client “Of course”

Agency to itself “FML”

#advertising #clients #shitclientssay #noweekend #weekendvibes

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I can totally see this happening

[ADWEAK @adweak]

BREAKING: Samsung Social Team Calls Emergency Meeting To Analyze Why "Learn More" CTA Is Out-Performing "Buy Now" By 000.2%

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Client “This is totally off brief”

Agency “We’ve made sure to answer the brief we agreed on last...”

Client “Oh did Seth not tell you?? We changed the brief a few days ago”

#shitclientssay #clientsbelike #adweak #adfail #adlife #agencylife #agency #advertising #fml