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Waiting on a train and riding a train used to be a time to calm your mind, to think, or maybe read. It's slightly more nervewracking now that any enclosed space where other humans breathe is a health risk. Perhaps it's better in Canada. Canadians are such sensible, practical people. For instance, in the nation's largest city, it does seem possible to ride a commuter train to the airport without being exposed …
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All episodes of Ad Chatter are now available on Buzzsprout \ Apple Podcasts \ Spotify \ Stitcher \ Amazon Music \ Listen Notes \ Deezer \ Podchaser \ Podcast Addict \ Google Podcasts \ iHeartRadio Stan Richards, 88, never intended to retire or resign from the job he loves. Now, amid a firestorm of controversy over comments he made in an internal agency meeting—and the mass exodus of clients that resulted—Richards …
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As a local TV viewer in the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), I see a ton of terrible political advertising. The media budgets are as large as the ideas are small. Here's what The Club for Growth has to say about the woman who wants to represent more than 800K central Texans in Congress. Be warned, flattery is not their game. https://youtu.be/lv0bdriNKgU Then there's Chips Aroy! and his …
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Stan Richards said something he wishes he had not said. It's personally embarrassing and it's costing his agency money. According to The Dallas Morning News, Richards described a new ad pitch for long-time client, Motel 6, as being “too black” for the motel operator’s “white supremacist audience.” According to Ad Age, the remarks were heard by about 40 Richards Group employees attending a remote internal …
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Haters are having a hard time pumping the socials full of hate, right now. No, their venomous fangs have not gone dry. Social media platforms are starting to enforce their own codes of conduct. Accountability—it's not just for breakfast anymore. F to the B Finally Tells Holocaust Deniers to Shove Off Monika Bickert, VP of Content Policy at Facebook wrote these words on the company's blog (published on …
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The Escalade from Cadillac is a sexy ride. Sexy rides need sexy drivers, and now Caddy has one in Regina King. https://youtu.be/AjWQx6wOdzs Have you seen the HBO series, Watchmen? It's as good as anything on TV since The Wire. King plays a detective in the single-season series, and she's damn good at her job. She's also damn good at making the new Escalade look good. https://youtu.be/cgxudiaXJVc Humor …
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S. Todd Anthony kindly requested a Zoom meeting with me last month. During the meeting, he asked me a lot of great questions about advertising, copywriting, clients, mentoring, and more. The full interview is available on his LinkedIn page, right now. It will also be published on Pinwheel's blog. For a taste, scroll down to the three questions I chose to highlight here. Todd is the executive creative director …
Oh, how we sometimes long for the good old analog days. That is until we recall how cumbersome and annoying the car buying experience used to be. Thankfully, with the help of 72andsunny, Autotrader is finally making "car buying is easy." It clearly wasn't easy to get a good price on a vehicle in ancient Greece. Let's watch... https://youtu.be/0QYnzyedBNs The 30-second version is better. Also, it was not …
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