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AdPulp Too
Brad Kay and Adweek's Brian Morrissey have been IMing. Turns out Morrissey isn't wild about PR practitioners. I’m a reporter. If I had my druthers, I’d never deal with PR people. Nothing against them. I’m sure the vast majority are great people. PR, like the ad world, is still all about ‘impressions.’ That leads to spray and pray. The other half of PR is controlling access. Both parts of it inevitably rub me …
Aspiring A.D. Monetizes His Search
I recall a number of years ago a prospective student crawled into a wooden crate and had himself delivered to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Art Center didn't appreciate the stunt, but another, less prestigious art school did. They offered the guy admission. Now, Adfreak points us to Mike Cessario, an Art Center student with an out of the box idea. He's selling ad space in his portfolio. He's pitching …
Time Warner Wants You To Pay For Your Web Usage
My first reaction to this story is that if anything could kill off interactive marketing, it'd be this: Some customers of Time Warner Cable in Beaumont, Texas, may soon end up paying more for their Internet access than other customers. In a test of metered Internet access that's set to begin Thursday, subscribers who go over their limit for uploading and downloading material will be charged $1 per gigabyte, according …
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Save Habitat And Printing And Postage
I'm on a mission to stop environmental groups that I support from sending me direct mail. To that end, I've emailed both NRDC and Greenpeace about it. Thus far, neither group has responded. The sad thing is I won't give them any more money, until this is worked out. …
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The Advertiser’s Bill Of Rights
I just came across Creative Director George Tannenbaum's blog Ad Aged and there are some interesting thoughts there. Like this, The Advertiser's Bill of Rights. Of course, it's not exactly written from an advertiser's point of view, or let's just say a client would never write it like this: 1. You have the right to be spared the expense and time in having us attend endless meetings with people who can only say no. …
Kinko’s Vanishes In The Night
FedEx Corp. plans to stop using the Kinko's name on its copy and office service stores. The company said it will change the name of its FedEx Kinko's stores to FedEx Office over the next several years. "The FedEx Office name better describes the wide range of services available at its retail centers and takes full advantage of the FedEx brand long recognized for excellent customer service, quality and reliability," …
Big Boss Man Woman
Ad Age released its list of 2008 Women to Watch in advertising, marketing and media. Two of the women I took note of are Karen Kaplan and Pam Hamlin, president of Hill Holiday and Arnold, respectively. Kaplan's rise is particularly noteworthy. In an industry where shop hopping is the norm, Karen Kaplan has ascended from receptionist to agency president in the past 26 years all under the same roof. To boot, she lives …