Tag: swearing

CAP – Oh fudge! Some bloomin’ good advice on swearing in ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Oh fudge! Some bloomin’ good advice on swearing in ads. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. ****WARNING! This article contains very strong language**** Swearing or allusions to swearing in advertising often attracts attention (and complaints!) and over the years many advertisers have argued that their humorous intentions weren’t in breach of the Code, from Burger…

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CAP – Oh fudge! Some bloomin’ good advice on swearing in ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called:  Oh fudge! Some bloomin’ good advice on swearing in ads. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. ****WARNING! This article contains very strong language**** Swearing or allusions to swearing in advertising often attracts attention (and complaints!) and over the years many advertisers have argued that their humorous intentions weren’t in breach of the Code, from Burger…

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CAP – Some *bleeping* useful advice on profanity [*contains strong language*]

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Some *bleeping* useful advice on profanity [*contains strong language*]. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Swear words in advertising often attract attention (and complaints!) – But does the context make a difference?  And is ‘swearing’ in ads ever acceptable? Read on for some useful advice on how to avoid making the ASA ‘curse a blue…

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ASA: Some *bleeping* useful advice on profanity [*contains strong language*]

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA have released a post which talks about “Some *bleeping* useful advice on profanity [*contains strong language*]”. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Swear words in advertising often attract attention (and complaints!) – But does the context make a difference?  And is ‘swearing’ in ads ever acceptable? Read on for some useful advice on how to avoid making the ASA ‘curse…

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