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Class of ’18, Last to Graduate from Wexley School for Girls

Wexley School for Girls, the well-regarded Seattle ad agency, is closing shop. According to The Drum, the agency's principals, Cal McAllister and Ian Cohen, are done having fun. "It wasn't driven by some big fight, not driven by bankruptcy," says McAllister. "There's still work to be done. We simply didn't want to grow by chasing work that wasn't fun for us to do anymore." Upheaval in the industry, particularly …

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The Digital Divide In Adland Is Widening

How many times have you heard the term "digital transformation" in the past year? Are you feeling transformed yet? San Francisco ad man Tom Bedecarré doesn't understand what's taking so long. In response to a Wall Street Journal article about Publicis' efforts to get the cool kids in a room, Bedecarré wrote this on LinkedIn: It's been more than 23 years since the introduction of digital advertising, and Madison …

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Add Primary Research To Your Pitch; Win the Pitch

Did you know that 70 percent of marketers expect primary research when receiving new agency pitches? In related news, 89 percent of agency pros that win new business pitches more than half the time use primary research when developing their pitch. The stats above available in a new report from Vennli, which wants to help agencies solve the problem. There's no mention in their report about the need to …

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Is Advertising Radical Enough? Weigel Weighs In

“Is advertising radical enough?” Martin Weigel, Head of Planning at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam since 2009 was asked to present answers to this non-rhetorical question. He came up with 80 answers, all pithy, and all on point. Weigel's radical vision is laid out in black and white on his website for all to see. Okay! Any questions? When you're a serious ad person, your first item of business is to free …

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Content Creation Agency, PIA, Purchased

The PIA Agency, an award-winning creative content agency with offices in Portland (OR), San Francisco and San Diego, has been acquired by CreativeDrive, a Bertram Capital portfolio company headquartered in New York City. PIA produces a wide range of advertising, digital, mobile and web content for clients which have included: HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DreamWorks, PepsiCo Blizzard, Petco and Sony. Here's …

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The Quants Runneth Over

Data collects, mostly into piles of digital rubble. Yet, data is prized and those who provide it are revered. The high priests of data analytics have the floor right now, which is understandable and ridiculous at the same time. It's understandable that clients are scared to death of their own intuition and risky creative ideas from the agency. And it's ridiculous because marketing is for the brave. A degree …

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The Not So Mysterious Case of The Disappearing Referral

Anyone who works in sales, advertising, or media knows that referrals are worth their weight in gold. In the continual slog for new business, a referral from a colleague is often the door opener to real opportunity. Mark Sneider, president of agency business-development firm RSW/US, writing a guest piece for Adweek, argues that referrals in the agency business are fast sliding into oblivion. In 2007, 94 …

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Add Value Or Be Labeled An Advertiser (Not In A Good Way)

TV is done. Radio is toast. Print is dead. Everything is always coming to an end. Unless it isn't. Maybe life is circular, not linear. One thing that does not appear to be coming to an end is the endless onslaught of bad advertising. Many companies can't waste their time and money fast enough on tired cliches and other advertising mishaps. We only need to turn on the TV to see the shocking lack of …

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