Wichita based B2B agency, Sullivan Higdon & Sink, is the first ad agency to my knowledge to provide a weekly podcast. The show, American Copywriter is the work of agency creatives John January and Tug McTighe. According to the agency web site, John and Tug will share their unique take on the world of advertising, sports, music, TV, movies, pop culture, Halloween and really just about every topic imaginable. …
Fiorina Ousted
HP's hard-charging CEO and chairman is out. Carly Fiorina, one of the highest ranking female executives in the world was dismissed today by HP's board of directors. According to an AP report, board members said they fired Fiorina because she failed to execute a planned strategy of slashing costs and boosting revenue as quickly as directors had hoped. CNN reports that Ms. Fiorina's golden parachute is worth …
Rubel Rocks The House
"I am very pleased to announce that today I became an "intrapraneur." CooperKatz & Company, my employer, is launching a new practice that will carry the Micro Persuasion brand. You can read the full details on our first service offering in this press release we …
What Are We Feeding Our Young?
You know you're old when you find it necessary to take up Sir Paul's cause. And I'm not even from his generation, but the next. One of the Adfreakers, Mark Dolliver to be exact, posted in favor of Sir Paul's Super Bowl halftime performance, as I did here a few days ago. Imagine my chagrin upon discovering blasphemy in the comments. "I thought it sucked - plain and simple. Too old, too corny, too boring, sooo not …
Listening In On Microbrands. Hook It Up!
LA Times is running a piece on the return of internet radio. Since I listen to internet radio every day (I'm near a computer), I hadn't realized the medium had gone away. In fact, I'm still discovering new stations all the time. Just last week, thanks to Bret Dougherty, I found WXYC in Chapel Hill and it instantly became a new favorite. Doc Searls didn't think much of the article. However, I did find some of it …
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Word Of Mouse
"You know what killed the first crop of stupid $100 million Internet consumer service startups? Advertising. They all believed that they need to spend millions to build a brand. …
Wal-Mart Frames The Message To Perfection
Cal Berkeley linguist, George Lakoff, talks eloquently about how politicians frame their messaging to achieve intended results. Those of us in the ad biz also know a little something about the practice of framing. For a great example of framing, let's look at Wal-Mart. The world's largest retailer is running a documentary-style TV spot right now that zooms in on Gastonia, NC. In the spot we hear from local merchants …
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Forget Michael Jackson. This Is The Trial To Keep An Eye On.
Where's Geraldo? Where's Court TV? Doesn't matter. I'm glued to Adweek's play-by-play coverage of the trial of Shona Seifert and Thomas Early, two former Ogilvy executives accused of fraud and conspiracy in an attempt to make up a $3 million revenue shortfall by overbilling the government on the Office of National Drug Control Policy account. Anyone looking for a revealing look at the kind of office politics, …
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