I thought you had to be a septuagenarian to enter anyone's Hall of Fame. Guess not. …
Feelings
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AdPulp Too
Brad Kay and Adweek's Brian Morrissey have been IMing. Turns out Morrissey isn't wild about PR practitioners. I’m a reporter. If I had my druthers, I’d never deal with PR people. Nothing against them. I’m sure the vast majority are great people. PR, like the ad world, is still all about ‘impressions.’ That leads to spray and pray. The other half of PR is controlling access. Both parts of it inevitably rub me …
Aspiring A.D. Monetizes His Search
I recall a number of years ago a prospective student crawled into a wooden crate and had himself delivered to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Art Center didn't appreciate the stunt, but another, less prestigious art school did. They offered the guy admission. Now, Adfreak points us to Mike Cessario, an Art Center student with an out of the box idea. He's selling ad space in his portfolio. He's pitching …
Big Boss Man Woman
Ad Age released its list of 2008 Women to Watch in advertising, marketing and media. Two of the women I took note of are Karen Kaplan and Pam Hamlin, president of Hill Holiday and Arnold, respectively. Kaplan's rise is particularly noteworthy. In an industry where shop hopping is the norm, Karen Kaplan has ascended from receptionist to agency president in the past 26 years all under the same roof. To boot, she lives …
Ground Zero Adds Some Creative Muscle
Tell The Truth
Brian Brooker, CEO & chief creative officer of Barkley, writing for Talent Zoo asks agency personnel to consider doing something radical to improve the work. Here’s a thought on how advertising could move up a few notches: Tell the truth. Tell the truth in a way that inspires rather than dulls the mind like a double scotch. Tell the truth in a way that reflects real life, not an advertiser’s pipe dream. Tell the …
How Clueless Are We?
There's really no way to accurately measure cluelessness in the agency business, but that hasn't stopped Brad Nierenberg and Charlie Jones from trying. The agency universe is suffering a rapidly declining population of managers who get it. In fact, on average, we submit that only 15% of all agency people actually get it. Yes, we know: We sound like snobs. But our hearts are in the right place. Honest. We're not …
