Back in the 20th century when commercial broadcast television first became viable, media buying and planning to support brand development was simple: you just had to have a seven figure budget. Then you could roadblock commercials on the three available networks (ABC, CBS and NBC), collect your 15% commission...Read More
It’s not fair, but it’s true. Upon meeting a person for the first time, we form a lasting first impression that we will carry with us until a nearly overwhelming amount of counter information leads us to believe otherwise. And it all happens within seven seconds. The saying “You only get one chance...Read More
“We did not develop this medicine [Nexavar] for Indians, we developed it for western patients who can afford it.” These inflammatory words, uttered by Bayer AG Chairman Marijn Dekkers at a Financial Times global pharmaceutical forum last month, have flared into an international firestorm,...Read More
First, the bottom line: According to the Jan. 27-Feb. 2 print edition of BusinessWeek: “Money velocity is at an all-time low, which usually signals growth.” Second: “We’re simply not going to get inflation,” declares a former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. How does...Read More
Mega-communicator Roger Ailes notes that the first seven seconds of contact represent the critical ones. All kinds of events transpire. In those seven seconds, you make up your mind whether you like something or someone, and if you have a choice, you decide whether or not to continue a relationship,...Read More
Every year truckloads of money get spent on brand developers, brand managers, creative design firms, and other marketing groups to fashion highly effective and expensive brand logos and corporate identities. Do they work? There no question brands are important. Brands—good or bad, strong or weak—often...Read More
With today’s media fragmentation, is your marketing creative doing its share of heavy lifting? In a mobile, tablet-driven, what’s-on-now environment, strategic creative design must perform under the most difficult pressures imaginable. How long have you got to stop a pair of roaming eyeballs? Barely...Read More
Once upon a time, scratching up funds to power up a startup business was a fairly predictable path. One got a great idea (or thought it was a great idea), mapped out first concepts toward a prototype, and then hit up the three “Fs” – family, friends or fools – for the initial cash to finish up...Read More
