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HDTV Future Advertising?

April 13, 2009

Today I am working from home and have my nice new flat panel on the wall next to my desk, which is really great. I hate to admit it, but yes, I watch The Young and the Restless and have since I was a small child. Today I have the luxury of watching it live, [...]

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Olympic Thoughts on Gymnastics, Food in China, and Advertisers

August 15, 2008

Okay, so I’ve seen the Olympics both on TV and up close and personal. Here are some thoughts I’ve collected throughout the last 10 days that I thought would make good full posts, but really think they should all come into one post.

Why are people so surprised that the food sucks in China?  It’s CHINA. [...]

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Ad Agency Genius…the LG Campaign I bigpuffyheart

April 29, 2008

For all of you that accuse me of “hating ad agencies” and “not appreciate brand managers” here is one for you.  This campaign is one of the rare (in a sea of thousands of really crappy campaigns you see very few that are genius) examples of where ad agency dollars pay off (and where they [...]

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“We meant to do that” and other random quotes

February 12, 2008

I’m not sure why, but it always amazes me that people cannot simply accept the knowledge of others, or even better, perhaps thank them for sharing that useful intellectual property.  Everyday, especially when speaking to small clients, you hear funny little quotes; most of them tied to an odd sort of defense mechanism than anything [...]

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Ohhhh…Everything 2.0

January 30, 2008

Today I feel like I’m in a time machine, or having flashbacks, or some mixture of both.  When monitoring the feeds coming in from writers that are seeking sources for stories, one of the requests for someone to comment on “sales 2.0″ and it led me back to my early days at AOL when we were working [...]

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Writers versus PR Professionals – where’s the disconnect?

July 20, 2007

Today’s prize for my “puzzled look of the day award” goes to writers that flame PR professionals for sending them releases and inquiries. Now, first, let me clarify that we are talking about information that DOES relate to their publication or blog, at least insofar as THEY have offered the researchers at the various [...]

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What’s Great About Phoenix, and How Some Miss it, Entirely

August 29, 2006

It’s always interesting to me how everyone, including our local government, insists on selling Phoenix on it’s weather. It’s programmed in all of us to say, “it’s a dry heat,” and “it’s only hot three months out of the year.” That’s not true. At all.
So, you ask, why the heck do I live here now? [...]

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Phoenix Press Awards

July 3, 2006

So, today, I thought I’d hand out some awards. The local chapters of PRSA and AMA always give awards to those with the better firms, but I want to extend awards for MY reality when dealing with the press for my clients….
BEST TV PRODUCER: Brandy Aguilar, Channel 3, 3TV Health Producer

Why? , Brandy [...]

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