This week we kept on adding more and more and more irrelevant attachments to our so-called brief, in order to earn ourselves a swift rebuke from the marketing world’s Brief Batman – Howard Ibach.



Inventor of the Creative Brief Mastery program, Howard is on a mission to make marketing briefs more meaningful. An advocate for clear thinking, proper collaboration and the single minded-proposition, Howard has been helping marketers all over the world put their bad briefing habits to bed (and then press a pillow over their drooling faces). He’s also an instructor at the Association of National Advertisers’ Marketing Training and Development Centre, the author of the brilliant ‘How To Write An Inspired Brief’ and host of the ‘Brief Bros’ podcast – confirming his undisputed status as the industry’s beefiest brief brain.



In this episode, Howard will pick the art of briefing down to its rickety bones, sharing his invaluable expertise on what the perfect brief should say, be and do.



This episode is proudly dedicated to Tom Jordan.



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Timestamps



03:45 - Lessons from Stonemasonry

06:14 - Path to Writing and Advertising

08:36 - The Influence of Advertising on Howard

12:29 - The Importance of a Good Brief

16:12 - Issues with Copying Client Briefs

19:49 - The Disconnect Between Clients and Agencies

24:24 - Collaboration in Brief Writing

32:13 - Commonalities in Effective Briefs

46:02 - Banishment of Purpose Advertising



Howards Book Recommendations are:



Chew with Your Mind Open by Cameron Day

Spittin' Chiclets by Cameron Day

Stones & Sticks by Cameron Day



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