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AdFreak- A 'Relax' cover? Oh Red Stripe, don't do it. July 28, 2010You'd think an elder statesman like the Red Stripe Ambassador would know better than to cover Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" in his musical debut. […]Adweek Blogs
- Did this tweet merit a $70K copywriting job? July 28, 2010Saatchi & Saatchi L.A. exec Mike McKay's idea of hiring a copywriter based on a single funny tweet seemed like bad idea jeans from the get-go. […]Adweek Blogs
- Go earn that GED and trash your crappy job July 28, 2010The Ad Council makes a potent, straightforward case for getting a GED: It can help break down barriers and lead to better jobs. […]Adweek Blogs
- A 'Relax' cover? Oh Red Stripe, don't do it. July 28, 2010
Brand New- Virb is the New Virb July 29, 2010In the Mesozoic era of social networking — that distant year of 2007 — a new community was poised to take over the web, replacing the aging and visually painful MySpace species. Virb allowed users, who joined by invitation only, to craft and customize extremely elegant and sophisticated personal profiles with all the accoutrements of online social behavior. […]Armin
- More Tickets Available for Brand New Conference July 28, 2010Thanks to the positive response we received earlier this week and plenty of sad-faced emoticons in Twitter and our inbox of people who missed out on registration, we are definitely upgrading the capacity of the conference. The switch to the bigger auditorium means that an additional 25 student tickets and 210 regular tickets are now available for purchase. I […]Armin
- Pac-10 does The Wave (and The Mountain) July 28, 2010I have always been amazed at both the freakish passion with which Americans love their college sports and the economical, social and logistical complexity of its athletic governing body, the NCAA. Every layer of the operation matters. Which is why something as natural as a redesign can be turned into a big media crusade when one of the more than thirty confe […]Armin
- Virb is the New Virb July 29, 2010
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The Illusion of Brand Control
9:00 AM Friday November 13, 2009 ANDREW MCAFEE You’ve probably heard by now that “your brand is no longer yours.” The assertion’s based on simple math. In the era of blogs, discussion boards, Facebook, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 tools, virtually everyone can get online and talk about your company and its offerings. As a [...]
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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The future of “Print”?