Facebook Google+ Twitter Email The Tyranny of Creative Correctness in Advertising Let’s define a new term: Creative Correctness. In other words, the tyrannical pressure from a specific view of artistic perfection… 0 February 20, 2012
Facebook Google+ Twitter Email Award Show Skepticism: An “Effie” for Old Spice? I wasn’t entirely shocked to see that the Old Spice social media video campaign had won an Effie – a… 0 January 10, 2012
Facebook Google+ Twitter Email There Is No “ROI vs Brand” Dilemma When You Know Your “Profit Horizon”. Far too many “smart” (aka self-conciously cool) agencies these days proudly seek talent from anywhere EXCEPT business backgrounds. They believe,… 0 January 6, 2012
Facebook Google+ Twitter Email New Book: “Building Brand with Direct Response Television” With the October edition of Response Magazine, we have released my book “Building Brand with Direct Response Television“. This book… 0 November 14, 2011
Facebook Google+ Twitter Email A Baker’s Dozen Truths About Brands and Brand Advertising Brand has become the marketing religion of our time and takes on outsized importance in every decision. And that leads… 0 October 25, 2011
Facebook Google+ Twitter Email How is it that Television Keeps Getting MORE Vital, Not Less? (Including Some Surprising Thoughts from Jobs.) There’s something in the water of technology centers in the US that drives an idea that digital media always means… 0 October 23, 2011
Facebook Google+ Twitter Email Read Headlines about New Media Research with Skepticism Just saw a headline telling me there’s this great study showing change in TV viewing habits! Wow. They did a… 0 October 13, 2011
Facebook Google+ Twitter Email More Confirmation of Traditional TV’s Advertising Strength The “radicals” who envision an internet take-over of the entire advertising world have been telling us for years that TV… 0 October 10, 2011
Facebook Google+ Twitter Email Larry King. A TV Endorsement Sell Out? Watching TV last week, my family was surprised to see an ad come up with Larry King in what looks… 0 October 3, 2011
Facebook Google+ Twitter Email My 100th Blog Post. Feeding The Beast & The Dark Side of Content Marketing WordPress tells me this is my 100th post (the celebration commences immediately). So is there a more fitting topic than… 0 September 29, 2011