Category Archives: advertising

Advertise Yourself

With DATING CARDS! Can you imagine the reaction “Chad” would get handing these out to the lucky ladies at the bar? “Here’s my dating card.” “Umm… thanks.” “Oh, it’s not weird… I swear. I didn’t even pay for them. I … Continue reading

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Review: ANA Mobile Marketing Day

Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity to attend an ANA Mobile Marketing Day, hosted by Sprint. I was excited to go because I have worked on a lot of websites, but I haven’t had the opportunity to work on … Continue reading

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What’s in a nickname?

Just a quick post today as I’m busy with lots of exciting projects right now! You may have recently heard that Chevrolet sent a mandate that all brand communications should discontinue the use of “Chevy.” In a recent article from … Continue reading

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Worth 1,000 Words

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Recently a client request came through my office for an illustrator that does real time drawings of meetings. The idea behind the concept is that written notes are more apt to … Continue reading

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When life hands you lemons…

Make Lemonade. Do yourself a favor and take 35 minutes to watch this documentary called Lemonade that chronicles the big things that former ad agency employees were able to do once they were given the gift of losing their job. … Continue reading

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Who is JD Power?

I keep seeing all of these commercials for products advertising that they have X number of awards from JD Power & Associates. Who is this JD Power and why should I trust his associates? I went to JDPower.com to try … Continue reading

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Obsolescence

Two weeks ago, I attended a retirement luncheon for a co-worker. While I was busy grabbing a sub sandwich and slice of cake, I overheard the retiree talking to some others about how he first met the CEO of our … Continue reading

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One Leg at a Time

Everyone wakes up in the morning and puts their pants on one leg at a time… Unless you are one of these guys, who pogo-sticks, roof-jumps or back-flips into their jeans. This would make a great viral video campaign for … Continue reading

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Another day, another dime…

I usually try to avoid The Office, Dilbert or any other form of entertainment that is so painfully similar to my everyday office experiences that it cannot be funny. Then I started reading the Clients from Hell blog and found … Continue reading

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