Hasta La Creative!

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Remember when Johnson & Johnson (healthcare) said it was going to consolidate its $3 billion dollar media bonanza? Oh yeah. Well, in case you weren’t aware, we heard that the race for first place began about two weeks ago, and that the next round is soon to come.

The take is big; per our spy, “the winner gets 130 brands worth $120 mill [sic] in agency fees.”

After round 1, during which all the holding companies presented, WPP, IPG and inVentiv Health are supposedly still in the race. Omnicom, and Publicis, we’re told, took a wrong turn somewhere, and are now wallowing in their own…stuff.

We heard Havis made a bid too, but can’t confirm their participation. We’re just glad that a big account like this is out there. At a time of economic meltdown, any winnings are good news (uh, so someone should win this, and that’s good). Go get ’em, BDAs. Just remember, karma’s a bitch &#151 a win now is a failure later, if you don’t share the love.

(Ed’s note: yeah, it sucks that the work is getting consolidated. But J&J has made the decision, and there’s no reason to rehash that. So let’s be glad that a large portion of the community will be able to feed their kids, even though half of the rest of you are dealing with the ass-end of this deal. For you, we are truly sorry.)

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MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — Another day, another 348 points down on the Dow, as the crisis on Wall Street and Pennsylvania Avenue hasn't been mollified by the Senate vote on the big bailout. People don't seem so happy, either, which is making Friday's House vote another nail-biter. So maybe it's just matching the mood of voters when viewers preferred prime-time crime and cops capers, instead of relationship dramas, in all three hours Wednesday night.

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Kent Lewis, President of Anvil Media, is Portland’s search engine marketing expert. More than one source has shared this insight with me since arriving on these mossy shores. It’s not a topic I know a great deal about, but its one that a bunch of clients with tightening budgets want to understand.

Kent shares his take on the Portland Ad Fed blog:

For agencies out there that are struggling through the economic downturn, I encourage you to shore up your client relationships by taking a deeper look at online marketing strategies, and how they integrate into the traditional marketing mix. Highly measurable, low-cost marketing campaigns are in great demand, and search engine and social media marketing are a natural solution.

Social media marketing, on the other hand, is a topic I know well. I must say, the fact that social media marketing is affordable and growing faster than kudzu on a hot day in Macon, is somewhat comforting.

Here’s a short list of some of today’s tips, rumors, rumblings et cetera, that we thought you might like to hear about. Send us more info about them (and whatever else you feel like sharing) at matt@mediabistro dot com.

&#151 “lots of shake ups and rumours [sic] at atmosphere bbdo layoffs…resignations…… possibly merging?”

(Ed’s note: The official response from BBDO on these accusations: “…people come and go all the time. However, there have been absolutely no changes in the senior management team,” said BBDO’s Roy Elvove in an e-mail. The official response on the alleged mergers and resignations: “no comment”.)

Find out what else is going on, after the jump.

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