Friday, May 2, 2008

You can't keep the dinosaurs from the tar pits.

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Just read an article in The Economist that is all about the dying newspaper industry. It has direct relevance on the dying ad industry. Here...
Thursday, May 1, 2008

A pharma commercial of the future.

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Now that the pharma industry spends more on marketing than on R&D, I thought we could take a brief look into Ad Aged's exclusive cry...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

GM is doing better.

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General Motors lost only $3.25 billion last quarter. That's only $250 million a week or $1.5 million an hour. Or $25,000 a minute. The $...
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How many of your clients are brand managers at Tab.®

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Glenn, a friend and gifted creative, has listed Brand Manager at Tab® as his job title on his Facebook profile. When I asked him about it, ...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Some thoughts on AdWeek's agency report cards.

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AdWeek's report card is a bit like a pre-pro book. When you get a pre-pro book, the first thing most people do is turn to the personnel ...

Film-making advice from Preston Sturges.

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Perhaps the greatest comedy director of all time is someone you've never heard of: Preston Sturges. In a kinetic burst of manic energy, ...
Monday, April 28, 2008

What would happen?

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What would happen if you left your laptop in the office, if you didn’t bring your computer home one night. If your voicemail light stayed re...
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Deer Prezzydent Bush,

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Thankyou for the genneruss rebate on my taxes. I can reely uze the $600, after all though I am makeing only an avrage amount of munny, I pay...

A newspaper closes.

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One of the oxymoronicies of the advertising industry is our obsession with print now that print has virtually no role left. Before TV, print...
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Us vs. Them. A mock dialogue.

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Where do you, where does your agency sit? That’s not what the client asked for. We know more than the client about the consumer. (That’s why...
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