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Create Compelling Mobile Experiences, Or Facebook Falls Apart

Remember when the call was put out to accelerate our processes and get up to Internet speed? I think we've done it, because today a huge company can emerge from a dorm room to become a major Silicon Valley-based player in just a handful of years. Said company--Facebook--can then go public (after which its officers may begin to get their fortunes out, before the whole thing fizzles). According to San Francisco …

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It’s Earth Day. Do Consumers Really Care about “Green” Products?

Since I moved to Seattle, I've become much more aware of environmental issues and groups that draw attention to them. But where I came from, it's another story. We've seen many attempts in recent years by marketers to capitalize on a growing awareness by consumers of environmental issues. Today's New York Times reports on the efforts Clorox is making with its line of Green Works products. And up until now, the …

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Protect Yourself from Industry Hype – Search Is What People Use When They Intend To Buy

This is the hype machine and the the hype machine is deafening. Chugga, Chugga, Chugga the hype machine goes. That's the sound of spinning yarns into memes and trends. Social media is the new this. Content is the new that. And so on. Which is why I find this cold glass of water (or is it sand in the gear box?) from serial entrepreneur Kaila Colbin refreshing. In the provocatively titled “Can We Please …

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Hey Ad Man, What Business Are You In? #Rhetorical

I don't know if ad grunts are any more likely to complain about work than any other profession, but I do know we find plenty to complain about: unreasonable timelines and budgets, long hours, okay pay, testy clients and account directors, unnecessary attitudes from the creative department, mindless focus on the minutia, and so on. But all that is the glass half-empty view of the agency business. For the glass …

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Wealth Accumulates In Pockets

Here is an ad for Harvard University, not that Harvard needs ads. One reason, among many, that Harvard does not needs ads is numbers. The institution has all the numbers on its side. For example, The Atlantic looked at data that shows that 3,000 graduates of Harvard University are worth more than $30 million, and that most of them earned rather than inherited their money. It's a stat that sticks out -- …

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Kansas City Shifts To The Tech Fast Lane, VCs and Ad Creatures Put Gas In The Vehicles

If you're wondering what investment in infrastructure looks like, take a look at the terrific corporate-led model presently underway in Kansas City. Google selected the Hanover Heights neighborhood in Kansas City, KS to be the first “fiberhood” in America, and the search giant is now busy supplying the area with its most awesome Google Fiber. The action on the ground, as you might imagine, is spurring significant …

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When “The Numbers” No Longer Mean Anything…

It's the ad business. We throw projections around like confetti at a wedding. Of course, there's nothing wrong with a little optimism. But there is something wrong with the numbers. Jean-Louis Gassée, a general partner at Allegis Capital in Palo Alto, writing for The Guardian, argues that the $20bn "opportunity" in mobile advertising is "a mirage." Gassée believes we have trouble seeing things for what they …

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Will The Newspaper Industry Save Itself By Reinventing Online Advertising?

Local advertisers in New Orleans are not happy about the recent announcement from New York-based Advance Publications that The Crescent City's daily newspaper, one of the oldest in the nation, will be printed just three days a week starting this fall. “The Times-Picayune has long been a cornerstone of my restaurant group’s local marketing,” notes Ralph Brennan, President of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group. …

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