Killed in Concept Ep. 4: The Clientโ€™s Wife Destroyed the Campaign (A Creative True Crime Story)

Killed In Concept by Joshua Hays

Episode notes

What happens when a ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป gets un-alived before it ever launches?

In this debut episode of ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜, we investigate a chilling true-crime story from the marketing world โ€” where a bold, scroll-stopping video campaign was ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑโ€ฆ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต by internal politics, ego, and โ€œwe know our audienceโ€ syndrome.

From rebrands and websites to a cringe-brilliant commercial that should have crushed on Facebook ads, this episode unpacks how creatives lose control of projects ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ โ€” and why some clients are far more dangerous than bad ideas.

If youโ€™re a ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏย ...ย 

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