Archive for the ‘creative’ Category

Pregnant is the new black

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

My wife Lora is due with our first little one on October 16. I found out last night that Jeremy, one of my Barkley colleagues, has been added to the growing list of families with babies on the way. I know of about 10 others off the top of ...

blog away, little marketer. blog away.

Monday, May 21st, 2007

I was reading Max Kalehoff's article on Why All Marketing People Should Blog, and he has a few solid points. Blogging is one of the best ways to internalize marketing and publish your ideas Blogging forces you, as the writer, to better understand your audience Blogging is a good lesson in syndication (popular ...

Messy desk? Check. Productivity? Check?

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

I got an email today from Hewlett-Packard, from all people, about the new book "A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder" by authors Eric Abrahamson and David Freedman. It was a soft sell from HP and was included as a link from their small business monthly email. The authors ...

Chipotle Billboard – Meat Au Naturale

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Did you want antibiotics with your lunch? We didn't think so. - All meats served in Kansas City are naturally raised - This is a follow-up post to my other Chipotle billboard post: Chipotle Billboard - Antibiotics - chicken not as dangerous to eat as before. I like this billboard because it expresses ...

Will Advertising Agencies Embrace User-Generated Content?

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

This has been on my brain for a while, ever since social networks started to gather steam: How can businesses take advantage of the user-generated content that is being created? I work for an Ad Agency, so more specifically, how can advertising agencies utilize the general audience to help come up ...

Chipotle Billboard – Antibiotics – chicken not as dangerous to eat as before

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Get Antibiotics from your doctor, not your chicken. - Now serving naturally raised chicken in KC - There have been a few billboards around town that have gotten my attention, so you will probably see future topics on outdoor ads as I'm able to capture a decent picture while driving (don't try ...

Political Correctness in Advertising

Monday, February 12th, 2007

I gotta give credit to Bart Cleveland for posting an article called "The Day the Funny Ad Died" on the AdAge site as part of the Small Agency Diary. Basically, the summary is that someone is going But the point is, you can't make everyone happy. Now don't get me ...

bquotes – live life creatively

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Today's bquote from bguides(tm) got me inspired. Inspired to pursue creative outlets. Inspired to keep blogging, when I only have a handful of people reading. Inspired to not give in to the budgets, schedules and numerous demands we all live by. And most importantly, inspired to have the courage and patience to keep pushing ...

Reality TV? I’ll stick with my own reality, thank you.

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

I was reading my daily bquotes newsletter from bguides.com, and the trend mentioned today was the continued success of American Idol. I'm not going to get in to any jabs at the stars or the hosts, because there is an endless supply of that on and offline, but I saw an ...