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Adland Podcast Number 9: From Ad Industry Woes To New and Improved Pathways

Two advertising professionals and OG ad critics enter a podcast recording booth... Tune in now to find out what was said. This ep of the adland podcast I chat with @davidburn of @adpulp about trademarks (like adland) paying people for their work, digital debris and much more. Namechecked the @adcontrarian more than once. :) https://t.co/h06dmkJLPN — Åsk Dabitch (@dabitch) August 14, 2020 We discuss the …

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These New Holiday Ornaments from Colle McVoy Are Not Like Other Ornaments

Colle McVoy is a masterful designer of holiday cards. Every year the Minneapolis agency sends me something new and every year I marvel at the idea and the elegant execution of the idea. This year a small package arrived. Inside the package, I found four beautiful holiday-themed coasters that also act as ornaments for the Christmas tree. On the back of each ornament is a story about the featured animal and a …

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What’s Your “Truth Well Told”?

Quick. In a sentence tell me what your agency is all about. Come on, we don't have all day. Ad People Can't Seem To Sum Themselves Up Darren Woolley is the founder and global chief executive of TrintityP3, an independent global marketing management consulting company. Q. A what? A. He's a consultant. Over the past two decades, I have seen more than a thousand agency credentials presentations, either …

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The Future of Paid Content: Same As It Ever Was

Eight years ago, I had an opportunity to speak to a group of marketing pros in Boston about the future of paid content. I was invited to speak by my friend and former colleague, Sloane Kelley, one of the founders of Geekend, an annual gathering now in its 11th year. I had an audio recording from the talk in my files, and this week I finally connected it to the slide deck I presented on that day October day in …

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How Not Giving A Fuck Makes All the Difference in the World

Agency positioning is a lost art, along with long copy. Thankfully, both are currently being restored by Fallow Fields agency. Fallow Fields, unlike every other agency under the sun, has no more fucks to give. Let's dive into some of the best self-promo copy I've read in A LONG TIME... When you’re over 50, you just stop giving a fuck.That’s it. Zero fucks to give.The taste of corporate Kool-Aid makes you …

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Senioritis or Reggaemylitis?

Cindy Gallop continues to wallop the industry with painfully necessary truisms. In a recent interview she said: Q. What is the biggest mistake companies – brands or the industry – are making in their attitude to age today?A. They don’t understand that experience and expertise are incredibly time and cost-efficient, and that they could be making huge amounts more money by hiring, promoting, valuing and retaining …

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