A little bit of marketing advice. A little bit of trend surfing. A little bit of opinion. A little bit of ranting and raving. A little bit of, well... everything from our creative — and insightful — noggins.
We were very excited this fall to launch the new brand for our client, the Nix Health Care System. It's very rare that we get the chance to do a total brand makeover for a client, from head to toe. But this was one of those very rare opportunities. John Streiby, Nix Health CEO, was […]
OK , so I promise this is not a blog-writing cop-out. I just simply happened upon this article today and was jumping up in my cushioned ergonomic chair saying "YES! YES!" My whole life people have always been telling me "You're so creative." But it's also a compliment I subconsciously tend to brush off -- […]
A client sent me this funny video, which was a nice way to start the day. But more than that, it made me think about the current state of TV advertising. Clients have asked me many times recently, "Is traditional media dying? Will social media and the internet cause a steady decline in traditional advertising […]
Thirty-eight percent of American mobile phone users — 120 million people — access the web via their mobile device; fewer than 30 million are iPhones or Android phones. (Mobile Access 2010 Pew Internet and American Life Project) and according to a research report by Morgan Stanley, mobile web usage will exceed all other web usage […]
Facebook came under fire this week for violating privacy policies where they were revealing your name, the names of your Facebook friends, and potentially tracking the websites you visit online to some advertisers. We’ve all seen the ads on Facebook; mine are all about healthy eating, baby products and sometimes I even get advertising professional […]
I read an interesting article from Mark Evans pondering what Twitter is actually worth. Considering that Twitter has yet failed to make any money, it's an intriguing question and I'll be eager to see the outcome. Some have pondered that the company could be worth a billion + based upon its network of over 125 […]
Hindsight is 20/20, right? Seems more than once in the past few years, I have found myself grumbling that I wish I had just become a writer instead of an art director. "They have it SOOO easy" I'd say to myself, as I dig through color chip books and paper sample books while on hold […]
Last week, Gap unveiled their new logo after ditching their iconic blue box logo that represented their brand for over 20 years. Of course, as you’ve heard by now, this logo change came with much criticism from consumers, brand enthusiasts, advertisers, creative’s, you name it… someone had something to say about it. So much so […]
And the war is on! After years of losing incremental search market share to the ever predominant Google , Yahoo is looking to regain some ground. While Google has won internet searchers with its clean and simplified interface, Yahoo has reinvented their search results hoping to differentiate themselves from Google. Their new interface gives users […]
