Big Balloons

The Wall Street Journal interviewed McCann head man Nick Brien in advance of Advertising Week. I like what he says about being open to change.

WSJ: What’s the biggest threat to the advertising marketing business today?

Mr. Brien: Ourselves. If we don’t continue to innovate our business models and become much more obsessed about training, developing [...]

To Americans of a certain age, and advertising junkies, the phrase “It’s morning in America…” means Hal Riney’s voice and the sunny optimism of Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election campaign. Not anymore. Here’s what we’re getting from an organization called “Citizens for the Republic.”

Here is the original, written and voiced by Hal Riney:

Citizens for the [...]

Mitch Spolan, Yahoo!’s Vice President of North American Field Sales, wants us to approach the digital ad space like the blank canvas that it is. He wants us to spatter paint on it, chew on it and maybe bleed on it. Presumably, because he’ll be more able to sell our creative output when we really [...]