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Humorous ads make over 100% more profit than non-humorous ones: I help brands achieve this | MD: HumourScope® | Int'l Keynote speaker | Is Humour Right for Your Brand? Find out with The HumourScope® Quiz: https://quiz.humourscope.com/

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The Joys of Being Called a Jackasshole
YouTube video by HumourScope® The Joys of Being Called a Jackasshole

The Joys of being called a Jackasshole (or how to survive insults and enjoy praise): this week's video.

Starring:

— A New Yorker called Donald Trump
— A Californian called Anthony
— A Kenyan called Boniface

#trump #insults #praise

youtu.be/td_wcKoWUAg

10.06.2025 08:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Humour has been shown to increase ROI by over 100%*.

But is it right for your brand?

You could take this easy, 10-question quiz to find out.

It'll take two minutes.

And I'll send you my 5-Part Course in Humour & Marketing — completely free.

quiz.humourscope.com

* IPA Databank survey, 2022.

04.06.2025 08:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Is your Brand Ready to Benefit from Humour? Humorous ad campaigns deliver over 100% more profit than non-humorous campaigns. So is your brand ready to use humour? Find out by doing the quick and easy HumourScope® Quiz.

This week I’m launching The HumourScope® Quiz.

Humour has been shown to increase ROI by over 100%*.

…BUT! Is it right for your brand?

Take this 10-question quiz to find out. And get my 5-Part Course in Humour & Marketing — completely free.

quiz.humourscope.com

* IPA Databank survey, 2022.

02.06.2025 13:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Drum kindly asked me my thoughts on how brands should treat April 1st.

Here are my thoughts:

www.thedrum.com/opinion/2025...

01.04.2025 11:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Do these words look clear to you?

A Brands & Humour special on funny optical ads:

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/the-funny-...

31.03.2025 10:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Heard about the brand that went from horror to humour?

I have.

This week in Brands & Humour: a special on the RSPCA’s rebrand.

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/the-brand-...

24.03.2025 12:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A shop ignored by the biggest narcissists on Earth.

www.humourscope.com

21.03.2025 09:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My shop opened this week.

Interest is healthy and sales are good.

When you've got time on your hands, by avoiding that visit to your local Tesla dealership, you're more than welcome to pop in.

www.humourscope.com

20.03.2025 10:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you Andrew!

20.03.2025 10:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My shop, HumourScope®, opened its doors yesterday.

These photo shows the frankly disgraceful melée that ensued.

Please visit today, when things are quieter. www.humourscope.com/shop

18.03.2025 11:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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In this week's Brands & Humour:

What do your customers do in their downtime?

(And how you can mine it to find the best, funniest ads.)

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/how-do-you...

04.02.2025 10:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In a world of suffering, why try to be funny?

A special edition of 'Brands & Humour.'

Photo: a house in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California; 9th January 2025, Josh Edelson/AFP.

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/what-place...

30.01.2025 14:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In a world of suffering, why try to be funny?

A special edition of 'Brands & Humour.'

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/what-place...

Photo by Adem Altan: Mesut Hançer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter, Irmak, Turkey, February 2023.

27.01.2025 09:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brands & Humour.

The free, weekly Substack ignored by the people you'd prefer to ignore.

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/why-you-se...

21.01.2025 10:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week's Brands & Humour just dropped:

'Why You Secretly Want to Rob a Bank.'

Just click on the link below, act natural, and nobody's gonna get hurt.

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/why-you-se...

20.01.2025 13:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The new Brands & Humour is now out — looking at some of the funniest ads ever made for a Swiss insurance company (sic).

Here’s the link:

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/got-a-dull...

14.01.2025 13:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brands & Humour.

In a world populated by robots, reading it is a sure sign of humanity.

Current issue: brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/a-boy-stan...

08.01.2025 13:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nine-out-of-ten people who receive 'Brands & Humour', the hit newsletter, report that watching funny ads beats the back-to-work blues.

Some readers even enjoy me talking about them.

This week's issue, fresh off the press:

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/a-boy-stan...

06.01.2025 10:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nice wee bit of logo design for this coffee brand.

24.12.2024 08:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this week's Brands & Humour: A-list stars, underpants and lookalikes.

Special guests this week include:

— Jeremy Allen White, actor, (b. 1991)

— Immanuel Kant, philosopher (1724-1804)

— The brontosaurus, a dinosaur of the Late Jurassic period

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/havent-i-s...

09.12.2024 11:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this week's Brands & Humour?

Why humour goes too far — and why it should:

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/dont-sell-...

www.studiogilmore.com

03.12.2024 11:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week's Brands & Humour?

Nothing about cars, re-brands, or jungle cats.

Plenty about Ryan Reynolds, Hollywood actors, and you can even see me in shorts.

Brands & Humour: read something interesting.

brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/in-praise-...

26.11.2024 09:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My weekly Substack, Brands & Humour, is out today. And it's Annual Competition time, in which you can win some luxury truffles.

Just pop here: brandsandhumour.substack.com/p/the-brands...

18.11.2024 11:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Good Sense of Humour.

Thank you for the dental compliment. I shall pass it on to my hygeinist, the next time I get a scale and polish.

15.11.2024 21:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Twitter refugee, 50, seeks friends, has GSOH, own teeth.

For a Brit, that's quite an achievement.

15.11.2024 19:16 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

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