https://www.meghanolexa.com/blog daily 0.75 2016-12-10 https://www.meghanolexa.com/blog/knowing-copywriting-as-a-designer monthly 0.5 2019-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c7022fe4b0e462c059a836/1481408301940-UIYMA3EX1A7N2XXRO0GQ/magazine-ad.png Chitchat - Good advertising (n): When an argument always ends in harmony Good advertising achieves a perfect harmony between the main visual and the headline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c7022fe4b0e462c059a836/1481409096754-AWIHNSDT4Q17EPY23U6A/yin-yang.jpg Chitchat - Good advertising (n): When an argument always ends in harmony Text and image is the marketing yin-yang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c7022fe4b0e462c059a836/1481408453987-KS00B5CZGAVM20XRBNG2/harmony.jpg Chitchat - Good advertising (n): When an argument always ends in harmony Like "Lefty" and "Righty", writing and design must work together to harmonize the perfect ad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c7022fe4b0e462c059a836/1481408971711-ZB1ME2APO1YAB6SXHC1Y/twins.jpg Chitchat - Good advertising (n): When an argument always ends in harmony "Twinsies!" https://www.meghanolexa.com/blog/design-inspiration monthly 0.5 2019-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c7022fe4b0e462c059a836/1481410675041-N71GZ74W8WNYHCKZQJKE/image-asset.jpeg Chitchat - Design is 1% perspiration and 99% inspiration. Inspiration is 200% perspiration. I'm not even sure where I got most of this stuff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c7022fe4b0e462c059a836/1481410447810-N65KDNNKDNFESE8LMQ7L/sketch.jpg Chitchat - Design is 1% perspiration and 99% inspiration. Inspiration is 200% perspiration. Diving into those old sketchbooks may be as inspirational as they are cringeworthy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c7022fe4b0e462c059a836/1481411080752-2X0V1IOQ0VY0YLO5SNB9/sleepy-puppy Chitchat - Design is 1% perspiration and 99% inspiration. Inspiration is 200% perspiration. You can bet your dog biscuits that he's got some great ideas right now... If only he was awake enough to remember them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c7022fe4b0e462c059a836/1481409533334-BEBT3QWZZS67UIC4QVW5/mountain-view.jpg Chitchat - Design is 1% perspiration and 99% inspiration. Inspiration is 200% perspiration. 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