Adland, like so much of corporate America, is a place where egotists go to gain control. Many of us have worked for royal pains in the ass, and some of us have been the royal pain. This is why I appreciate Rob Reilly’s recent confession and recommend this talk for all people who manage creative […]
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Fade in. The writer’s room is oddly clean, bright, and empty. There’s a cog in the movie making machine. Writers in entertainment, as in advertising, dream it up and write it down. Writers are the spark that lights the story’s fire. In a city and in an industry that manufactures dreams, you’d think that writers would […]
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AUSTIN—It’s a gray Monday morning in Bat City. My commute to downtown is easy and free parking is available on the east side of I-35. I walk to Rainey Street, where Bose, the country of Australia, and other big brands are temporarily encamped between the permanent food trucks. I am here to visit the Comcast NBCUniversal House […]
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Radical candor is a form of vulnerability. In business, we don’t see much radical candor or speaking truth to power, because we’ve been trained to bow down to authority and to show up at work with our armor on. Dr. Brene Brown is an authority on vulnerability. She said, “Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, […]
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There’s an odor to ageism. Limburger smells better. According to Lindsay Rittenhouse at Adweek, the stench of age-based discrimination led copywriter and creative director Susan Walsh, who worked for Doner for 10 years, to file a lawsuit against the agency for age discrimination. Walsh says the only explanation she received for her termination was that […]
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Graphic designers and art directors know a lot about color and how it moves people to believe and to buy. Designers know these things because people who study color help them make informed decisions about the use of color for brands and products. For instance, the trend luminaries at the Pantone Color Institure just announced […]
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We are witnessing one of the great migrations. Art directors and copywriters, like Sandhill Cranes, are in flight. Their destination? Client-side opportunities. “A lot of people right now are intrigued by being closer to the core business and being much more effective,” says agency producer Jenny Gadd, who joined Airbnb last fall. According to Ad […]
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So far, nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of recreational cannabis, and two dozen states have approved medical marijuana. According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, support for legalization hit 63 percent in the survey — the highest level of support recorded by a Quinnipiac poll. Support for medical […]
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“Is advertising radical enough?” Martin Weigel, Head of Planning at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam since 2009 was asked to present answers to this non-rhetorical question. He came up with 80 answers, all pithy, and all on point. Weigel’s radical vision is laid out in black and white on his website for all to see. Okay! Any questions? […]
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Anyone who works in sales, advertising, or media knows that referrals are worth their weight in gold. In the continual slog for new business, a referral from a colleague is often the door opener to real opportunity. Mark Sneider, owner/president of agency business-development firm RSW/US, writing in Adweek reveals data that referrals in the agency […]
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In marketing circles, propeller heads rule the day, or so some say. They rule because they can quantify their work, parse the data, draw charts, and speak MBA-to-MBA. Since the dawn of time, clients have needed to muster the confidence to spend money on marketing, and bold ideas from the agency don’t exactly instill confidence, […]
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Martin Weigel has been Head of Planning at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam since 2009. He has some strong ideas to share about the business. Like this one: When we succumb to the fantasy that we can professionalise creativity, that we can extract the play, unpredictability, and human element out of the process, that it can be treated […]
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Have you noticed how lottery advertising is a category dominated by quirky, fun, and creative advertising? When it comes to the Minnesota Lottery, we’ve been conditioned to expect great things—given the strength of the creative community in Minneapolis. Let’s take a look at the latest from the Land of Lakes: This is Periscope’s first brand […]
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This year, AdPulp.com moved away from being an ad-supported site. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we currently carry no ads at all. We are now 100% publisher supported. We no longer take paid posts, although the offer is there to do so literally every day. And we no longer place banners or text […]
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British ad man, Mark Wnek, wants advertising people to loosen up. At what point did ad agency clients start coming to us because we’re the same as them? Never, I would guess. But somewhere along the line (perhaps it was pitch “chemistry” sessions?) agencies came to believe that the best way to win was to […]
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Someone sent Carls Jr.’s sexist adverting back to the kitchen. No more tits and ass. Now, it’s about the meat, the menu, and the brand’s history of innovation. In case you’re not sure what you’re missing here, let’s revisit the recent past in Carl’s Jr. land. Team Tex, meet Team Mex. On 9.25.15, it’s game […]
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Agencies are notorious for being the pauper’s child when it comes to promoting their own brand. But The PIA Agency, a woman-owned agency in San Diego, isn’t playing the avoidance game. “Our great country was built from brilliant minds and resilient souls from all over the world,” says David Clark, PIA’s executive creative director. Create […]
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Creativity is subjective, but that’s not a positive for the ad business. For the industry to function properly, creativity needs to be quantifiable and answers to questions like, “What distinguishes a great creative person from a good one?” and “What distinguishes great work from good work?” must be readily and honestly answered. James Robinson, executive […]
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Editor’s Note: I am excited to introduce Mark St. Amant to our readers. Mark is an accomplished ad guy and author of two books about sports. He lives in Boulder, CO. Human Centipedes And Other Nastiness Right now, more than any other point I can recall in my 25-year (yikes) career, the Advertising industry is […]
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Art Net News calls it, “a hypnotically-brilliant video.” The New Republic says, “It makes the end of the world seem as sweet as bubble gum.” All high praise for North Hollywood-based Mike Diva, the director behind one of the best political ads of the season, hands down. If Trump’s team knew what they were doing, […]
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