Just who is your competition?

Rohit Bhargava of Ogilvy and author The Influential Marketing Blog, made me think twice today. He asked: “If we were to ask you to describe your competition, you’d probably talk about companies that do exactly what you do. The owner of an Indian restaurant will...

Living a Life of Purpose; The Richly Working

Steve Spalding suggests that 80% of People Quietly Despise Their Lives. Are you among them? Via: https://howtosplitanatom.com/news/80-of-people-quietly-despise-their-lives/ This isn’t a statistic tic, it’s a casual observation based on talking to way more people about...

The Beginning (Or The End) For Ad Agencies?

This speaks to the current POV that agencies who focus solely on brand building and marketing will have a hard time growing their business. Clients realize they can now do much of the marketing heavy lifting themselves — and very cheaply. Agencies who focus on...

You Have To Be Cheapest Or Be Best

Another brilliant blog post by my friend Andrew Jaffee: Motorola is one of America’s proudest brands. Started by the brothers Galvin in Chicago in 1928 as a battery company, it moved to manufacturing car radios, hence the name a combination of “motor” and...

Toyota Flirts With Going It Alone

AdAge reported that Toyota is thinking of firing its ad agencies and doing everything in-house. My friend Andrew Jaffee has some interesting comments: Toyota spends $900 million in measured media in the U.S. alone, according to Nielsen. That means they’re...
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