Cindy Gallop continues to wallop the industry with painfully necessary truisms. In a recent interview she said: Q. What is the biggest mistake companies – brands or the industry – are making in their attitude to age today? A. They don’t understand that experience and expertise are incredibly time and cost-efficient, and that they could […]
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Catching Up with Bart Cleveland: Art Director, Mentor and Entrepreneur
Bart Cleveland has a lot of energy and much to teach today’s up and coming advertising professionals. An art director by trade, he has been a partner in three successful ad agencies—Cleveland Clark, and Sawyer Riley Compton, both in Atlanta; and McKee Wallwork Cleveland in Albuquerque. Today, Cleveland is the founder of Job Propulsion Lab […]
Honest Abe To The Rescue
Are you planning a Super Bowl party? You won’t need a Benjamin or two to feed your friends, because this year, a stack of Lincolns gets the job done. GSD&M’s new ad campaign for Pizza Hut—the agency’s first, after adding the account last year—relies on two of the foundational concepts in marketing: price and promotion. […]
Make Sure Your Brand’s Audio Is In Tune
Do you recognize these sounds? Which brands do they represent? All of these brands carry a distinctive sound. Apple’s power up sound; it’s simple and elegant just like the brand. I can almost imagine Steve Jobs chanting this on one his meditative retreats. NBC’s three-note tag is a mnemonic. It helps you remember the brand […]
Colle McVoy Is The Thoughtful Agency
As a new year’s gift, Colle McVoy sent me a series of “cubespirations” to help keep me properly motivated throughout the year. Here is one of my favorite messages in the collection of beautifully made letterpress cards. I like this design concept. With just two words, the agency’s creative team is able to make a […]
Three Simple Rules to Guide Your Marketing Communications Spending
Teachers take complicated subjects and make them easy to understand. Before Bob Hoffman became an ad man, before he started, ran and sold Hoffman/Lewis in San Francisco, and before he was known as “The Ad Contrarian,” Hoffman was a science teacher. Now that he’s enjoying his retirement from the agency, he makes time to speak and […]
Doner Sued for Age Discrimination
There’s an odor to ageism. Limburger smells better. According to Lindsay Rittenhouse at Adweek, the stench of age-based discrimination led copywriter and creative director Susan Walsh, who worked for Doner for 10 years, to file a lawsuit against the agency for age discrimination. Walsh says the only explanation she received for her termination was that […]
Need New Answers to Old Communications Problems? Head to the Woodshed
Crispin Porter Bogusky is building a woodshed in the lobby of its Boulder headquarters. The woodshed will be a designated place to host important conversations. Is it a podcast? Is it an incubator? Is it a plane? It can be hard to say what grand designs exist in Alex Bogusky’s mind. Here’s the teaser: We […]
Escapist Fantasy or Effective Recruitment Advertising?
How do you get bored kids in dead-end McJobs to want to be part of something bigger than their present-day circumstances? For decades, military service has been framed as a way out and a way up. For kids who are not looking at college, the military offers training, pay, shelter, a sense of belonging and […]
Make It Crisp, Keep It Crisp
Crispin Porter & Bogusky isn’t like other ad agencies. They’re notably better. When the agency introduces a new website to showcase its best thinking and attract the best clients and best talent, it’s worth clicking around to see how the Boulder-powered creatives frame things. Artfully, is the answer. At the same time, there’s a clear […]
Matt Ingwalson Joins Heinrich Marketing as Vice President of Creative Strategy
When you’re a Friend of Adpulp (FoA), you get special recognition from time to time. Matt Ingwalson is a FoA. He’s also the new vice president of creative strategy at Heinrich Marketing, a Denver-based marketing agency. Ingwalson joins Heinrich following 18-years on the job at Vladimir Jones, IMM and Karsh\Hagan. He worked as creative director […]
This Christmas Eve, JetBlue and MullenLowe Are Wrapping Five Live
One problem that many consumer promotions suffer from is believability. People don’t believe they will ever win the prize that’s being dangled before them. Like winning the lottery, the odds are against it. One way to combat this is to make the promotion even more unbelievable. JetBlue and MullenLowe have managed to do this with […]
