Advertising is a business plagued by bullshit. It's in agencies everyday, spoken by marketing consultants, used in meetings. At Sell! Sell! we believe that you can still do advertising without the bullshit, and waddaya know? You can. No flim-flam, no bollocks, no bullshit.
And we want to share this lovely way of working with you, dear reader. This Is A Bullshit Free Zone is the first in a series of fold-out newsprint posters. Put it up where you work to discourage bullshitters and bullshittification. In your office, in a board room, in the marketing department.
Creatives, put one up in your office, and when someone bullshits you - just silently point to this poster. Clients, put this up in your meeting room, and when your agency is trying to explain why your product only appears for 2.5 fleeting seconds at the end of an ad, just lean back in your chair and nod towards the poster. Let it change your working life.
The first batch are in the safe hands of Her Majesty's Postal Service as we speak. If you don't get one in the next couple of days, and you'd like one, just drop us an email to doubles@sellsell.co.uk
Help keep it happy and bullshit-free.
Cool poster, I NEED one of these for my office - sent you an email.
ReplyDeleteGot mine, love it - thanks!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you could send them to everyone at my place - *&* might help.
ReplyDeletePS what typeface is that?
Ha cheers, will do that if you let me know what the *'s stand for :-)
ReplyDeleteThe typeface is garage gothic, one of my favourites, we use it quite a bit on our own stuff.
I need one too!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is great... would love to have one!
ReplyDeleteL.O.V.E. it. Perfect disclaimer for above my desk at work.....perhaps should have on footer of emails too?
ReplyDelete"Clients, put this up in your meeting room, and when your agency is trying to explain why your product only appears for 2.5 fleeting seconds at the end of an ad, just lean back in your chair and nod towards the poster." I'm now silently, but violently, nodding at the bullshit poster.
ReplyDeletebloody hell! could this be more appropriate in my office!!! I am a drug and alcohol counsellor!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you!
ReplyDeleteI received my poster and it made me smile ^_^
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Can you send me this poster to stefan.hodgson@endemoluk.com? PLEASE
ReplyDeleteLove this poster. good job!
ReplyDeletebullshit happens all the time over here...everywhere actually. time to end it!
Great Poster Guys... the word is being spread in New Zealand!
ReplyDeleteGot mine in my ofice. Can't wait for someone to speak some nonsense so I can just point at it.
ReplyDeleteClaudio
Are they still available? I love it!
ReplyDeleteI need one too please !
ReplyDeleteGot mine, thanks so much for it
ReplyDeleteMine arrived this morning, cheers all!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/iamjames/3739698530/
Can I has wuan 2 pleeze! :) Loving this - it'll look great in my home office - can I has please please please!
ReplyDeleteGreat poster, I love the concept!
ReplyDeleteAre these still available? I think that it is required.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
please may I have one of your posters ? This is very important to remember. Might even have to put it in a golden frame !! my email address is :
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Thanks !
Can any one apply for one of these awesome posters?
ReplyDeletenice, I would love one
ReplyDeleteMaybe make it a downloadable PDF from this page so we can print it / share it across the interwebs....
james.b at rascal dot gr
You realize, of course, that without any hyphenation, the meaning is ambiguous?
ReplyDeleteI mean, "A free zone for bullshit" is another possible reading...
This is a cool poster, this may lessen the tension between me and my clients.
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent tool for repositioning our internal strategic communications. It will help brand and realign our discussions to follow our new approach which is to be more honest, human, curious and inclusive.
ReplyDeleteAre you still posting these out to people?!?! I was wondering if I could still get one if possible - for health reasons. I'm allergic to bullshit and it's currently playing havoc with my sinuses. Many thanks
ReplyDeleteCan I put this up in my agency's bathroom? Which is also occasionally used by clients. (Bull)shit free zone!
ReplyDeleteI was using this as a strapline/front page for my wedding photography business, but had to tone it down a bit - http://martinphelps.photoshelter.com/image/I0000dRN37LYzlKk - advertising's not the only profession that needs a kick up the arse!
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