In a down market like the one that we have been experiencing for the last year and a half, it’s easy to understand why businesses are watching every penny. I do it when I go shopping – why wouldn’t a marketing manager or CEO? But lately I have been surprised by the number of business [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Career’
March 2, 2010
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 company thirty years ago making books. Knowing that I work in interactive marketing where 99% [...]
December 8, 2009
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 that sometimes these sorts of things can be humorous. Today, they posted a Dilbert cartoon: [...]
December 4, 2009
A Taste of the Good Life
I want to share this link with you (sent to my office by one of our clients who knows what’s up) to give you a taste of what I get to deal with on a daily basis. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell While at times it can be very frustrating (and humorous) to provide client services to people who [...]
June 9, 2009
When I Grow Up I Wanna Work in Advertising
This video is a few years old, but it’s hilarious.
May 27, 2009
The Joy and Sorrow of Account Service
The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations I’m big on metaphors. This movie? A metaphor for my job.
May 11, 2009
Why Tweets aren’t enough
I’ll admit I’ve been sucked into the Twitter world. So much so, that I have to limit my time on it to once every few hours. Hey, some people get coffee breaks or cigarette breaks… I get Twitter breaks. I started using TweetDeck, which is an application that allows you to organize, search and mark [...]
July 30, 2010
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 be biased and meaning distorted than if an artist sketches the conversation. This was a [...]
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