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Marketing Philistines Are Everywhere. Don’t Be A Marketing Philistine.

"Training in marketing makes marketers better. It’s the way we all improve and ultimately move the discipline of marketing forward" -Mark Ritson Mark Ritson is a Marketing Week columnist, consultant and adjunct professor at Melbourne Business School. Last year, he wrote about marketing philistinism. I didn't see the article then, but I see it now. To be a philistine today means to be ignorant and lacking in …

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The Need for Better Brand Storytelling Is Helping To Fuel the Growth of PR Agencies

There used to be a series of dividing lines that kept agencies in their lane. In the most simplistic terms, above-the-line agencies were separated from below-the-line agencies. Above-the-line agencies made the broadcast and print campaigns, and the below-the-line agencies did everything else. Thankfully, this weak linear construct did not survive Digital Disruption. Today, agencies of every type and size are …

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Ad People Aren’t Paid A Ton, They’re Paid By The Ton

Clients. You can't live with them and you can't live without them. Increasingly, ad pros are somehow living without them, and in too many cases it's the agency's fault. Kristi VandenBosch of VandenBosch Group in NYC asked when did our industry become so dishonest? It started with the financial model: the FTE as a unit of value. We began to sell inefficiency. The only path to growth was through more people, and …

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Are You A Counselor to Brands? Or A Circus Freak Out On Loan?

Generally speaking, agencies of record are no more. Today, even the fattest of Ad Cats are happy to take on projects. Has this change ushered in an era of egalitarianism? Or has it turned ad men and women into fine young cannibals? A Lament for Lost Days The breakdown of the AOR relationship between agency and client (that sustained the agency business for decades) is one of the topics adressed by Mirco …

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Ad Age Names Several Small Agencies of Year; In Other News, Barton F. Graf To Close

Agencies rise and agencies fall. Let's start with the bad news. Barton F. Graf, the small indie agency in NYC, like Wexley School for Girls in Seattle (and other "hot shops" before it), is closing down. Jeff Beer writes about advertising for Fast Company. When learning of the closing of Barton F. Graf, he pondered what, if anything, it might mean for the industry at large. The ad industry is prone to …

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Ogilvy’s Recruitment Advertising for U.S. Customs and Border Protection To Continue

The Wall Street Journal reports that staff pushback at Ogilvy was not strong enough to topple management's decision to keep the U.S. Customs and Border Protection as a client. Ogilvy’s CBP contract is valued at more than $12 million, and is expected to generate around $1 million in annual fees for the agency. “Some of you feel strongly that we should stop working for CBP,” Ogilvy Chief Executive John Seifert …

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When I Paint My Masterpiece, Everything’s Gonna Be Different

There's a new website in town. OVER 30 UNDER 30 endeavors to highlight ageism in advertising—a topic a bit too close for comfort for me and many of my peers in the business. On LinkedIn, I recently highlighted the site's feature on Kevin Kehoe, a creative director who left advertising behind to pursue painting full time. The article was popular with my followers, for good reason. Kehoe lays bare the absurdity of …

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Advertising’s Young Folks Don’t Need Awards or the Long Hours

The industry has changed. Change is hard. This may or may not explain the plethora of bitching and moaning about how the industry has changed not for the better. Before we get rolling, may I suggest a musical interlude? https://youtu.be/OIRE6iw-ws4 Really? Another Trophy? How About A Raise, So I Can Buy A House? Adweek reports that young people working in advertising see awards shows as a waste of time, …

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