Mike Greenlees used to tell me he hated presenting ads with creatives in the room. He said one of the worst to present ads with was David Abbott. I asked him why.
Also on Dave Trott's Blog:
Twitter has stopped growing (maybe) having peaked in July 2009 and not reached those highs again. That heady summer when it seemed that every news story going had to mention Twitter and ideally Stephen Fry.
Also on Gordon's Republic:
Bucking the trend of
economic gloom and agency redundancies, share prices of most UK
marketing services companies showed big rises in 2009.
Also on the Bottom Line:
Here in the US, AdAge has just put out its “Annual 2010” issue, which
gives all kinds of boring stats about the current pathetic state of the
ad biz in America. However, the one that really stands out is the
number 187,500… because that’s how many people in advertising and media
have lost their jobs since December 2007.
Also on MadScam:
Constantly I’m shocked at how others see our business and
how they think anyone can do it. We all know that most clients think they can
write copy, and some even think they can art direct, but these pale by
comparisons to those seeking government funding to get kids off the dole and
offering kids false hope.
Also on Arnold on Ethical Marketing:
At the weekend I became weirdly obsessed by following Policemen on
Twitter. I don't know why or how - but I did. Maybe it's something to
do with the fact that my grand father was a policeman.
Also on Rubbertopia:
So, Rage Against the Machine beat Joe McElderry to become the UK's Christmas number one. There's been enough column inches wasted already discussing the
implications of this somewhat odd development so I won't be adding my
tuppence worth.
Also on IAB Blog:
Today at 1pm, I went to collect the Euros that I'd ordered using the Post Office's Travel Money service. The online experience had all gone very smoothly, I got a decent enough exchange rate and the service guaranteed to have my money round the corner at my local post office by 1pm the next day.
Also on Alan Munro's Blog:
We’re now at roughly the half way stage in our annual (well, second) ad
industry TVIQ competition and patterns are starting to emerge about
which sectors of the industry have more TV nous.
Also on The Thinkbox Blog:
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Also on Comment Central:
A pox on T-Mobile for allegedly selling the personal details of thousands of customers to rival companies, in my opinion. Henceforth they should be known as F-Mobile, I reckon. ‘F’ as in fail - both the standards and responsibilities required under the Data Protection Act and its otherwise innocent, unsuspecting customers.
Also on DM, Data and Beyond:
A couple of interesting research studies into celebrity endorsements
have surfaced of late, prompting us to look again at the role of
endorsements in music. A new
Adweek Media/Harris Poll,
investigating the persuasiveness of celebrity endorsements, offered an
insight into the most effective routes to market.
Also on Frukt on Music:
Belinda Parmar - N900 is a star in the Nokia family
After the disappointing N97 it was all to easy to dismiss Nokia as a
fading star of mobile phone design. The flagship which failed to float
was the perfect excuse for a whole horde of doomsayers to predict the
end of the once-greatest mobile company.
Also on Lady Geek:
Home Depot may be struggling, but it owns a lot of land – up to 15
acres per store, including vast parking lots. Now it hopes to cash in
on all that sprawling vacant asphalt by selling off lots to other
retailers.
Also on the Daily Poke:
This Monday the world's leading contributors to mobile technology
will gather at the BFI Southbank to celebrate an industry that is
transforming how we connect with each other, access the Internet and
entertain ourselves with the Heroes of the Mobile Screen event, in conjunction with Mobile Monday.
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