USA Today is running an article on the power of the Harvard University brand. Here's what I find interesting. According to research from the University of Pennsylvania, the percentage of top executives at Fortune 100 companies who were Ivy League undergrads dropped from 14% to 10% from 1980 to 2001. I wonder how many Ivy Leaguers we have in the ad ranks. One thing I've always enjoyed about this profession is the fact …
When The World Zigs, Zag
Another ad agency is using the sheep metaphor for self-promotion purposes. And not just any old agency, one of the best in the world. John January what say you about this development? …
Humiliation Has A Price
eBay is making industry news this week for dumping Goodby Silverstein + Partners and calling them a "vendor" in the process, quite possibly a first for GSP. But Adpulp is more interested in the seedier side of eBay. According to Local6.com, a Knoxville, TN woman has auctioned off her last name on eBay for $15,199. The winning bidder is GoldenPalace.com, an internet gambling site. From now on the woman will be known …
Calling All Alpha Females
The Women's Presidents' Organization and Fast Company magazine are creating an award competition for female entrepreneurs. Finalists will be chosen through an open application process by the Fast Company staff, and a panel of judges will select 25 winners. The winners will be honored at a conference in April and featured in the magazine's May issue. "These awards seek to identify and celebrate women business owners …
Same Clique, New Year.
Is it any wonder the CA Advertising Annual arrives during the holiday season? Mine arrived today via the postal service. Same cast of characters as always. You don't even need to study it. Put the $24 (newstand price) towards some whiskey, is my advise. Or beer, if you favor malt beverages. Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Fallon, TBWA Chiat/Day, Arnold, Carmichael Lynch, DeVito Verdi and Wieden + Kennedy are the big …
You Want ROI? Here You Go.
from Lewis Lazare: Though the ad industry itself is in a bit of the doldrums here in Chicago, the business of advertising still packs a wallop in terms of its economic impact locally, according to a new study by Global Insight on behalf of the Advertising Coalition. The coalition is made up of nine advertising trade organizations, included among them the American Advertising Federation and the American Association of …
Talent Zoo Likes ‘Em Wild
Rick Myers, President of Talent Zoo was kind enough to call earlier this week and ask, "How can we help you succeed?" More on that later. Anyway, this doesn't happen everyday in the blogosphere, nor in life. So it's always a sweet moment to know there's someone out there and that they don't hate you. Okay, it's later. We're going to start prominently featuring Talent Zoo ad banners on this site. And I'm preparing to …
Pro Golfer Takes A Page Right Out Of Kournikova’s Book
from Business Week: With rare exceptions, the women of the Ladies Professional Golf Assn. are not the sort of half-dressed hotties who fill the pages of mens' magazines like FHM. Then there's Natalie Gulbis. Gulbis' decision to pose for FHM wasn't one she came to alone, however. A PR firm, retained by the LPGA, aided in soliciting the shoot, as it did an offer for Gulbis to appear on Howard Stern's radio gabfest. …
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