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Call PAM Today, After You Pre-Qualify Via the Agency’s Self-Assessment Tool

The great majority of ad agency websites suck. The sites tend to be little more than digital brochures and chest-beating exercises. Agency sites are also focused on past accomplishments, which is odd considering that the buyers of ad agency services want future successes. Thankfully, PAM Advertising in Zurich, Switzerland doesn't play by other people's rules. PAM was founded by Parvez Sheik Fareed and Miro …

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Dear Advertising Professional: Don’t Become Toast

There are few ad blogs left standing today. Most of them are toast. One ad blog that curious minds like to visit is The Agency Review by Martin Bihl, a site full of excellent book reviews and more. I was reading Bihl's interview with Luke Sullivan, a.k.a. Saint Luke and this one passage stood out, among many fine passages. Here’s the thing about our business. Unlike other industries like, say, grocery stores or …

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David&Goliath Helps To De-Stigmatize Mental Illness, Provides Staff A Mental Health Day

Did you know that one in five people living in the U.S. experience some form of mental illness? For people working in creative professions, the number is even higher. Yet, 63% don’t get the support or help they need. Primarily due to the stigma associated with it. To shed light on this jarring statistic and help de-stigmatize mental health, David&Goliath announced it will add one floating PTO day to the …

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From Brighton Beach to Madison Avenue Lets The CPA Have His Say

Perhaps the biggest legacy of the TV show “Mad Men” was how it prodded numerous ad industry veterans to write their memoirs and tell their tales of a business that’s changed immensely over the decades. But if you’re thinking, “When is the accountant going to write his book,” here you go: David C. Wiener’s From Brighton Beach to Madison Avenue: The Real Business of Advertising is what you’ve been waiting for. …

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Oddly, Workplace Ghosting Is The Trend That Reveals

Do you know what ghosting is? It started with online dating, but the practice of disappearing in the middle of a project you're working on, or a job interview you're in the middle of, is now widespread. It's a sickening trend and its end is not now in sight. The LinkedIn post I made about ghosting in the workplace received over 3300 views and eight comments. Based on the interest in the topic, and based …

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What Did You Learn Today?

When I was a boy, my grandpa would ask me the same question over and over. "What did you learn in school today?" The repetitive nature of his questioning helped to create an awareness in me that school was important and that I needed to bring focus and attention to it, to get the most from my teachers. Today, I ask myself, "What did I learn today?" Did I learn to be a better writer, a better advertising …

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How and Where Do You Learn the Art and Science of Advertising?

Advertising is omnipresent; yet, most people, especially on the receiving end of advertising, have little concept of who and what's behind it, and no idea how it gets made. There are a handful of schools that endeavor to teach advertising, but most practitioners learn on the job. Because there are thousands of agencies, each with their own take on the business and how to raise the creative bar for clients, there …

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Small Teams Generate Big Ideas

In any given year, the number of agencies who win awards and earn accolades in the industry press totals about 500 to 600, give or take. These name brand shops paint a picture of an industry in transition (some would say decline). But, limited views provide limited information to base conclusions upon. Here's a conclusion not based on anything the name brand shops are doing: The agency business is highly dynamic. …

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