Category Archives: marketing

Cringely: How to Think Creatively

I attended this session to see Robert X. Cringely speak. His self-introduction came across as so much self-aggrandizing, but it’s likely he has no name recognition with the audience so some credibility-fishing is called for.
Disappointingly, he had little to say about the proclaimed subject matter, but rather sought to introduce us to a history […]

ad:tech Chicago

So, here I am at ad:tech. We came in late to the keynote, but got to watch the second half of a dry, read-from-notes tour of one agency’s “multicultural” promotions. It was littered with meaningless results numbers, and punctuated with a slide touting the success a major campaign that primarily cited impressions.
Aren’t impressions […]

Build your card

The MINI Card is pure genius. Enter your VIN or choose your setup manually and they’ll print your credit card with a Cooper in your personal configuration. From the old films project through today, BMW continues to impress with innovative marketing ideas, executed well.