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Collaboration is the key that unlocks creative greatness. The best films, music, food, advertising, media, and so on, are all made by teams. Therefore, joining a highly functional team and learning to be a productive member of the team is the way forward for ambitious makers. Two professors at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas […]

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Ageism is one of the most embarrassing problems in the advertising industry. It’s a topic we continue to cover in these pages and a problem that lingers like the vilest of stenches. At the same time, some of the industry’s smartest people are working on solutions. Jane Evans, author of Invisible to Invaluable: Unleashing the […]

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“When I went to Mother, it was like I was asked to put on my funny pants. At Pyro, I wasn’t allowed to be funny. It was more about being cool. And so when I went to Mother, if I tried to do anything cool, it was like, where’s the joke?” This episode of Ad […]

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People inside and outside the agency business sometimes wonder what strategy is and how it works. Strategy is about creating change and transformation, according to Martin Weigel, chief strategy officer at AMV BBDO. I’m glad he is in the mood to explain the strategic offering and argue for its value. Let’s look at just one […]

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In his new book, Black on Madison Avenue, Mark Robinson does something few other advertising autobiographies do: he takes us back to a different era and ties it to our complicated, frustrating current era. He’s the consummate advertising account executive, coming of age when big New York-based ad agencies provided extensive training to their new […]

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During this episode of Ad Chatter, host Dan Goldgeier talks about the advantages and challenges of mid-sized independent ad agencies with Steve Red, the President + CCO of Red Tettemer O’Connell & Partners in Philadelphia. Discussion topics include: How a copywriter/art director partnership became a business partnership His agency’s “No shitheads” rule Whether he’d pitch […]

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The truly odd thing about ageism is how every single living creature on this planet is aging. We’re all aging right now, as we do each and every moment of our lives. Ultimately, this means our bias against aging people is discrimination against the self, and that ageism is a brutal form of self-hatred. As […]

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If you’re a creative working in advertising, running your own shop sounds like a dream. But it involves much more business thinking and a whole lot of other skills. On this latest episode of Ad Chatter, Justin Bajan, the co-founder of Richmond’s Familiar Creatures, talked with me about running his own shop. We discuss: How […]

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David Esrati is the owner of The Next Wave, an ad agency in Dayton, Ohio. He’s also currently the Democratic nominee for Congress in Ohio’s 10th District. Dan Goldgeier talks with David about the intersection of politics and marketing, along with: How military experience relates to an advertising career The commercialization of Memorial Day and […]

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A new generation of ad pros is getting more vocal about what they’re willing (and not willing) to work on, and how to do their work. Joe Cole is at the intersection of both of those ideas. He’s the Creative Strategist for Clean Creatives and a Creative Recruiter for We Are Rosie. In this 35-minute […]

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