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If Tony Robbins Was A Planner

October 23, 2008

Some things are just so basic. So obvious. And yet, we sometimes seem to forget about them. In the world of advertising we are often up to our ears in cool designers, focus groups, and media choices that we forget the most basic aspect – human psychology. What makes us do what we do? I [...]

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Is Social Media Scaring The Pants Off Planners?

October 14, 2008

Every once in a while you read blogs from ad people (mostly planners) where they question whether agencies can ever succeed in social media. The most pessimistic ones in the discussion refer to the lack of successful examples in the past. And sure, you could say that there aren’t many, even though there are definitely more than one (Nike+ being the one most often referred to).

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Is Social Media Scaring The Pants Off Planners?

October 6, 2008

Every once in a while you read blogs from ad people (mostly planners) where they question whether agencies can ever succeed in social media. The most pessimistic ones in the discussion refer to the lack of successful examples in the past. And sure, you could say that there aren’t many, even though there are definitely [...]

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The CopyCat Agency: How To Become Rich And Famous In Advertising

May 23, 2008

Good artists borrow, great artist steal, right? Why put all this effort, strategically and creatively, into putting out new campaigns when you can just steal an old one? Stealing the ones that are tested and proven is just so much cheaper! And they work! Most of the customers out there are not pathological followers of [...]

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Is The Brand of Green Going Stale?

April 28, 2008

There is not much left in the world that is not green, organic, and sustainable. If I want to be evil and don’t care for mother Earth, I’m really stuck with a pitiful selection of Earth-abusing stuff. When I was in New York the other week the apple was really greener then big. Everybody wants [...]

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