Really, that's pretty much all you need to know. But for the specifics, here's Adweek: General Motors is shifting national creative duties on its Saab nameplate from Interpublic Group's Lowe to sister shop McCann Erickson in Detroit, GM confirmed on Thursday. At the same time, GM is re-consolidating its corporate image business at McCann in Detroit, after splitting duties between McCann and another IPG shop, …
The Good, Bad And Fugly Of The Zims
Agency Spy points us to a a very complimentary article about Zimmerman Advertising, a South Florida agency approaching $2 billion in billings. But it's the comments section where anonymous types of all kinds are getting their 2 cents in. There's 9 pages of memories, rumors, defenses, innuendo, accusations, counter-accusations, and everything else in between, related to the agency, its management and how it treats its …
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When Bad Ideas Happen To Good Agencies
I had an interesting conversation with the Design Director at my agency today. She said she thinks the whole Apple iPhone price cut and rebate/apology to-do was completely and totally planned in advance. Personally, I highly doubt it. I think Steve Jobs would've come off as a hero by announcing a rebate at the same time he announced the price cut. To do it on a stage in front of the whole world would've been the …
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Everyone Needs A Getaway Car
A long time ago, in a brand galaxy far, far away... The man was huge. …
Grey Goes Green
Ad agencies, like most offices, are pretty wasteful places. Ad Age reports that Grey is trying to combat it. The agency has created a website where New York agencies can blog about their internal efforts to stem carbon emissions, and is trying to drive traffic to the site with a full-page ad in the official guide for Advertising Week, which will be held later this month, directing people to the site with a call to …
Ads To Icons: A Great Book But A Misleading Title
It's really too bad that Dr. Paul Springer, the author of Ads To Icons: How Advertising Succeeds in a Multimedia Age got saddled with, or settled for, a horrible looking book cover and a completely misleading title. Because you can really learn a lot from his book. If you're like me, you've watched all the new media/viral/buzz/web-based/experiential ad campaigns get lots of fawning press and attention without a lot …
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iFeel Like An Idiot. Not.
The news of Apple's iPhone price drop and subsequent mea culpa from Steve Jobs brought out a legion of naysayers, including one on this board who called buying a product on its launch day an "idiot tax." "Idiot tax"? Well, speaking as a genuine, stood-in-line-for-2-hours idiot, I wish more folks in corporate America would do what Steve Jobs did and try to make amends when they screw up. I hope all the "let's have a …
Donny Deutsch’s Protege Becomes A Talking Head
OK, I'll readily admit that when there's nothing worth watching on TV, I'm a a sucker for the Hardball-Countdown-type cable news talking head shows. But I did a double take when I saw Deutsch LA's ECD Eric Hirshberg on the Dan Abrams show last night. The topic? The war in Iraq and President Bush's definition of success. And there he is talking alongside Arianna Huffington and Pat Buchanan, in a conversation that …
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