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Why Are Chief Marketing Officers (and Their Bosses) Bummed Out?

Are your clients feeling down in the dumps? Reports indicate a sourness in the land of titans. Fear of Uncertainty Is Bad for Business In an analysis of online content from more than 58,000 chief executive and chief marketing officers, the overall confidence among global CEOs and CMOs is down more than 20 percent, with the most significant drops in the United States (51 percent) and China (21 percent). Japan …

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How’s The Job Search Going?

When you're in the middle of a job search, people can be so helpful. A friend or family member might innocently and genuinely offer, "Hey, have you tried Indeed?" For the job seeker, it's the kind of question that can make one want to sink deep into a tub. https://youtu.be/MSbE6kFT_Go "Yes, thanks friend. My resume is on Indeed and I have email alerts all set up, so all the awesome jobs I might want are …

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Media Expert, Simon Peel, Helps Get Adidas on the Right Page

Why do you continue to go to marketing conferences? Are they worth the cost, the travel hassles, and the time away from the office? For people interested in marketing effectiveness, the answer last week was yes. Marketing Week, Campaign, and Footwear News are all carrying the story of how Adidas overinvested in digital marketing and underinvested in brand marketing, as told by Simon Peel, the athletic brand's global …

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Facebook’s Rogue Founder, Chris Hughes, Funds Anti-Monopoly Efforts

Do you know Mark? Mark knows you. Do you know who does know, Mark? Chris Hughes knows Mark. Hughes was there along with fellow Harvard undergrads Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, and Dustin Moskovitz when Facebook was founded in 2004. Incidentally, Adpulp was founded a few months later that same year. Because Hughes knows Mark, he is critical of Mark's choices and the unnatural powers afforded to him. …

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Facebook Blows Technicolor Chunks

Facebook blows technicolor chunks. Let's count off a few of the leading reasons for the giant suck. Facebook lies about its traffic, inflating their numbers by 900% in some cases. Facebook allows politicians (and Russian agents) to run paid lies on its platform. Facebook is the world's largest excuses factory. The San Jose Mercury News has a good overview of the legal case against Facebook that was …

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Comscore Charged with Fraud by SEC

Do you trust your data? Do you trust your data provider? Do you trust that someone on your team will parse the data that you do trust into common sense insights that can be acted upon? People say data is more valuable than gold. People also say all that glitters is not gold. I once got in trouble for saying "Comscore absolutely does not fucking matter" in a fancy meeting where I was the youngest person by …

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For Good Things To Happen, Brands First Need To Be Famous

Rory Sutherland is a deep thinker with the ability to cut through the bullshit. It's an uncommon trait, so let's pay close attention to the man's words. https://youtu.be/hcO4VLd-xYA When asked what is the biggest challenge for Ogilvy (where he works as Vice Chairman) in the next 10 years, Sutherland coolly replies: "Oh. I think that the whole advertising industry has totally lost the plot. It has become …

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Fear of Mass Shootings Is Bad for Business, Bad for Morale, and Bad for America

President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself." It's a wonderful line, but it's also from another time in American life. Today, We, the People, have plenty of reasons to be afraid. For one, domestic terrorism works. Not only do the shooters kill real people who are their imaginary enemies, but millions more viewing the carnage at home are also impacted by the violence. As a …

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