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Martin Weigel Imagines A Better Future for Strategy and Strategists

People inside and outside the agency business sometimes wonder what strategy is and how it works. Strategy is about creating change and transformation, according to Martin Weigel, chief strategy officer at AMV BBDO. I'm glad he is in the mood to explain the strategic offering and argue for its value. Let's look at just one paragraph from his recent Contagious article: The inconvenient truth for those who …

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The AdPulp Book Review: “Black on Madison Avenue” by Mark Robinson

In his new book, Black on Madison Avenue, Mark Robinson does something few other advertising autobiographies do: he takes us back to a different era and ties it to our complicated, frustrating current era. He’s the consummate advertising account executive, coming of age when big New York-based ad agencies provided extensive training to their new account executives and launched them into ever-increasing …

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Ad Chatter Season 4, Episode 3: Mark Robinson, Author of “Black on Madison Avenue”

 In his new book, Black on Madison Avenue, Mark Robinson has plenty to say about his career in account management and the current state of minorities in advertising. In this new 36-minute episode of Ad Chatter, Mark talks with me about his new book and the following topics too: What agencies need to do to increase minority hiring The keys to successful agency account management Working with Spike …

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David Droga Is Always Making, Shaping, and Creating

In this on-camera interview, CNBC’s Tania Bryer asks David Droga, founder of Droga5, CEO of Accenture Song, and the most awarded person in Cannes Lion history, what his secret ingredient is. Droga replies, "Not piss a lot of people off...No, I don't know, I've always been restless and curious. I've been lucky that I've worked around the world in different markets, which gave me immense opportunities to work with …

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Ad Chatter Season 4, Episode 2: Steve Red of RTO+P

During this episode of Ad Chatter, host Dan Goldgeier talks about the advantages and challenges of mid-sized independent ad agencies with Steve Red, the President + CCO of Red Tettemer O’Connell & Partners in Philadelphia. Discussion topics include: How a copywriter/art director partnership became a business partnership His agency’s “No shitheads” rule Whether he’d pitch the Tesla ad account if he …

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You Are Not A Machine. Resist!

The advertising agency business has been in one bind or another ever since the dawn of digital. Digital shook the industry to its core, and the reverberations are still being felt from top to bottom. The list of problems is long, but one problem we don't spend enough time discussing is the problem of not knowing who or what we are, any longer. It's a confusion that I find perplexing. May I point you to an …

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Bias Against Aging People, Like All Bias, Is Idiotic and Unproductive

The truly odd thing about ageism is how every single living creature on this planet is aging. We're all aging right now, as we do each and every moment of our lives. Ultimately, this means our bias against aging people is discrimination against the self, and that ageism is a brutal form of self-hatred. As we know, ageism is also bad for business. This new 45-minute documentary film, directed by Scott Haper, …

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Ad Chatter Season 4, Episode 1: Featuring Wade Sturdivant of NowAndThentor.com

There’s no guaranteed career path in advertising. And at some point, we all need help, mentorship, or just a sympathetic ear. David Burn and Dan Goldgeier chat with Wade Sturdivant, longtime Creative Director and Copywriter and the founder of NowAndThentor, a free service to provide feedback as needed to ad professionals of all kinds. In this 35-minute Ad Chatter, David, Dan, and Wade …

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