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Gary Vee Rocks The Mic, Wins AdPulp’s International Humanitarian Award

The words we use are important. Words convey meaning. Right now, I am looking for the words to convey how much I love this ass-kicking, fact-kicking session from Gary Vaynerchuk, head of Vayner Media. In the video, a person asks Vaynerchuk how to meet "relevant people" at South By Southwest. Gary Vee rightly does the questioner and the larger world a great service by breaking down what's wrong with the …

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The 3 Percent Conference Equals 100 Percent Valuable Conversation

Back when it was first announced and details were scant, I made mention of the 3% Conference, an effort to call attention to the lack of female CDs in the ad industry. Since that time, conference founder Kat Gordon not only organized a successful conference in 2012, she’s doing it again this year. And she recently took her “Where are all the Donna Drapers?” presentation here to Seattle for an evening which also …

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“Dumb Ways To Die” Lives On As Best Of Show At The One Show

Lord knows I've had things to say about awards shows and their questionable judging, but this time I truly believe The One Show got it right. Congratulations to McCann in Melbourne for their effort on behalf of safety on Metro Trains called Dumb Ways To Die. It was awarded Best Of Show at The One Show awards, held earlier this evening. It's been six months and I still can't get this song out of my head. …

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Scam Ads Are Nothing New. Perhaps The Old Ways Of Judging Aren’t Working.

Every advertising awards show season brings with it a crop of scam ads that get entered into shows and win. This year (and it's still early in the year,) a campaign created by JWT India for Ford got nailed for being fake. The creatives supposedly responsible for the ads were terminated. Ad Age has been on the story all week. Not only has the Ford scandal been a ding to JWT India's reputation, it's also now …

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George Lois Talks CLIOs, Ads, And Industry A–holes

At this year's CLIO Awards, legendary adman George Lois will be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Awards. AdPulp had the opportunity to ask him some questions about his work and the state of the industry today. The man certainly tells it like he sees it. After all the accolades and awards you’ve gotten, is it still exciting to get an award like the CLIO Lifetime Achievement Award?   Absolutely. Young …

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Small Shops Don’t Have Room For Big Problems

I'm not big on industry awards, but "Small Agency of the Year" sounds like the kind of award I'd like to win. No offense to agencies of size, but small agencies deserve more accolades. Clearly, it's not easy to keep the roof on a small agency, nor is it easy to provide the kind of compensation and work opportunities that larger firms do. I also appreciate Ad Age's approach to this annual showcase, as …

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