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“Small is the new big. Sustainable is the new growth. Trust is the new competitive advantage.”

Fear seems to be the big ruler of large organizations right now. And understandably so. But fear is paralyzing and inhibitive. Exactly what we DON’T need right now. It’s a time of change and transition, but it’s also a time of growth and creativity. Impersonal and disconnected just doesn’t work in this environment. People want [...]
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Lessons learned and people I’m thankful for

Many, many years ago, I was living in Ft. Lauderdale trying to figure out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I had recently moved from Southern California where I had left behind a six-figure sales and consulting job. I had been extremely successful at sales after some intense training while [...]
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The race is on. Enjoy.

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The need to be inspired.

It’s hard not to fall into the trap of “fear of failure” in this marketplace. And believe you me, I am one of those people as well. So how do we stay inspired? 1. Play. Look around you for things and people you admire. Do something new “just because”. 2. Get out of your comfort [...]
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Surviving an economic downturn

Your business survival or success should not be based on your advertising. Yep, I said it. And that’s the business I’m in. In fact, it’s advertising that gets a lot of businesses into trouble. There is a quote that goes something like this: “The best way to put a bad company out of business is [...]
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CEOs: How to Confront the Financial Crisis

BBDO’s Andrew Robertson and Others on the Challenges Facing the Industry By Michael Bush ??Published: September 22, 2008 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — To no one’s surprise, the first topic of discussion at Advertising Week’s CNBC CEO Summit was the meltdown of the financial markets last week. “You can’t talk about the impact in general terms,” [...]
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Welcome to THEM!

First off, we’d like to say that truly great creativity and thinking is what pushes our buttons. It’s not something that we really chose. It’s just kinda part of who we are. We are a non-traditional marketing agency in the sense that we don’t have a ton of committees that review and kill great ideas. [...]
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