Category Archives: Marketing

Like Is Not Enough

“All You Need Is Love” — Lennon/McCartney, The Beatles Facebook over the past several years has done the unexpected in creating exponentially vast usage of the noun/verb Like. This has been fun for those of us who indulge in broadly … Continue reading

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Say It Loud

I like that people are speaking out.  I like that customers are letting corporations know what they think.  It’s good for democracy and free enterprise.  It’s great for business. Last week one individual, 27-year-old art gallery owner Kristen Christian, kicked off a true grass-roots movement … Continue reading

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Brand vs. Direct: Must We Choose?

My distinguished colleague Gene Del Vecchio sent me some insightful follow-up thoughts to my post last week on advertising.  Gene’s credentials in this area are much deeper than my own, with more than 30 years of advertising experiencing rising to the … Continue reading

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Evolving The Ad Measure

Last week I spent a day and a half at a four-day conference in Los Angeles known as Digital Hollywood.  I can remember speaking at this conference a number of times back in the bygone CD-ROM years, when QuickTime v1.0 was all … Continue reading

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