All episodes of Ad Chatter are now available on Apple Podcasts \ Spotify \ Stitcher \ Amazon Music \ Listen Notes \ Deezer \ Podchaser \ Podcast Addict \ Google Podcasts In this new edition of Ad Chatter, Dan Goldgeier and I discuss: The blight of overworking people in the agency business Rao Homemade's deceptively simple homemade-looking ad adidas and the KC Chiefs' QB Patrick Mahomes connect around …
Is Your Homepage All the Page You Need?
For small businesses who need a website, there is a myriad of options, not all of them equal. Squarespace sells the dream in this new long-form commercial. The dream is that a website opens the door to commerce. https://youtu.be/dWCl6Er_VG4 Wake up, now! Thanks. Now, that you're wide awake, let's look at the pitch that Wix.com makes to small business owners. https://youtu.be/6Wu9-v6Wfy0 The dream …
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Make the Logo Better!
In the beginning, there was pulp. We took this excess fiber from the communications industry and made it into something. This is what our logo looked like in 2004 when the site launched and for many years thereafter. Thank you, Shawn Hartley. In 2017, I hired a designer in Portland who had recently graduated from the University of Michigan to make a new logo for the site. I wanted a different look and …
Funnels Make Sucky Noises. People Don’t Like Sucky Noises.
It’s not every day that I come across a mind-blowing marketing communications statistic. I found one on Kiss Metrics’ site that I must share with you. Approximately 96% of visitors that come to your website are not ready to buy. Thanks, But I'm Just Browsing To move casual browsers of company information toward a purchase, marketing professor and mini-MBA man Mark Ritson suggests more effective uses of the …
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Uber Eats Delivers Food to Your Door, And Strange Commercials To Your Screens
What are you hungry for? Depending on where you live, a driver will bring it to you? In 2018, Frost and Sullivan estimated the food delivery service industry generated $82 billion in gross revenue and predicted that this number will more than double by 2025. So, $164 billion in four years. Several players are competing for restauranteurs' attention and end-user preference. Uber Eats is currently the …
The Suset Laboy Pérez Interview (A Preview)
Suset Laboy Pérez is a public relations professional in Brooklyn. Her job is to share her clients' stories. This interview is about her story. She grew up in Puerto Rico. She has a doctorate in Latin American Studies. She runs Lalaboy PR with her sister, Maria. She also runs A Little Awareness, a coaching program that helps others beat the hustle. Are you ready to hear from an intelligent woman with a wealth of …
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Hunting Has Its Own Virtues, Virtue Signaling Isn’t One of Them
Here I find peace. Here we are free. Here the tradition continues. Here it's your season. Question. Why make a thinly veiled political advertisement (favoring one side) when the intent is to sell deer hunting equipment to all who hunt deer? Question. Who would be more likely to go deer hunting—Don Trump or Joe Biden? Free To Be You (Enter the No Judgment Zone) By using the words, "Here we are free" and "Here …
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Ad Chatter, 3: Seriously Misleading, Beside the Point, and Ads that Make Fun of Ads
All episodes of Ad Chatter are now available on Apple Podcasts \ Spotify \ Stitcher \ Amazon Music \ Listen Notes \ Deezer \ Podchaser \ Podcast Addict \ Google Podcasts Plastics Do Pile Up "One word, Benjamin—plastics." That line from The Graduate has replayed in my head hundreds of times over the years. The friend of the family was trying to give young Ben a leg up and point him toward the money. According …