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Category Archives: Communications
Just when I was about to open a vein over the incessant furor about how Millennials are different, unique and in need of such nonsense as influencer marketing, they’re dead. Here comes Gen Z (sheesh–will somebody brand the next round … Continue reading
Tuesday, 30 January 2018 7:01 am
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Be The Solution
We get the advertising we deserve. As marketers, we’ve put our skepticism on hold. And we’ve been taken. Programmatic buying, content marketing, influencer marketing, and native advertising are just a few of the fallacies the advertising ecosystem has foisted on … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, digital marketing, Education, Marketing, Philosophy
Tagged Bob Hoffman, digital marketing, Richard Feynman, science
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Mad Men Was Better
You used to pay your ad agency a 15% commission back in the day. You groused about the high fees, the bad or non-existent data about campaign performance and wondered why you had to pay for those fancy Madison Ave … Continue reading
Paywalled, but interesting article at New York Times today on Renee DiResta’s work on peer-to-peer disinformation and how social media can be gamed to lead one into an echo chamber where vaccines can cause autism, planes distribute chemicals via chemtrails, … Continue reading
Monday, 13 November 2017 1:30 pm
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Guitar Effects: Two Legends and a Sale
My core beliefs include positivity and assuming goodwill. If you only knew me from my writing here, you might not think that. It’s hard to be positive sometimes when I seem to spend the whole day mired in “digital” marketing … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Communications, digital marketing, Guitar, Marketing, Media, Sales, Social Media Marketing
Tagged Anderton's, guitar, Lee Anderton, Pete Honore, TC Electronics, Tore, YouTube
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TIKI: You Could Have Been Firmer
Imagine your brand being co-opted by an odd mix of right-wing frat boys with funny haircuts, toothless old men with grey beards and beer guts, and sniveling shifty-eyed wanna-be soldiers. In other words, the Master Race, same as they ever … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Diversity, Leadership
Tagged alt-right, branding, charlottesville, TIKI
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Says the great Drayton Bird in his email this morning: “On-line marketing is just accelerated direct marketing.” He’s right. It’s therefore more important than ever that your marketers are properly trained: it’s harder to keep the rubber on the road … Continue reading
Thursday, 27 July 2017 11:14 am
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A Loyalty Program Retort: British Airways
“When you pass the football, three things can happen. Two of them are bad.” This quote has been attributed to Woody Hayes–probably incorrectly–Darrell Royal, Chuck Mills, and several other famous football coaches. It’s stuck with me over the years, particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Customer Care
Tagged direct mail, Drayton Bird, Loyalty, Retention
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