Advertising Age, the leading trade magazine for the marketing industry, has pulled its March 16 issue. There has been a lot of talk about the decline of print media recently but instead of just reporting another story that not only impacts readers but the lives of the people who work there, PSFK dec...

  (image note: Yes that is me. The tube is a camelback filled with margs. It was a good night.) If you’re thinking of skipping the largest free show on earth because the economy sucks and you want to save the money – shame on you – but at least now, you can not only be at Mardi Gras, but get ...

Here in New Orleans, the Christmas decorations have given way to the Mardi Gras decorations, which got me to thinking about an old blog post I wrote a few years ago about connections. As I sat on the neutral ground one year during Mardi Gras helping my kids yell for and catch beads, toys, etc., I ha...

With 2009 shaping up to be a banner year, marketers everywhere need to strap in for what is sure to be a rough ride. Below are five resolutions that if made and kept, should calm the seas of change. In 2009 you will: Give more than you take. Value is the name of the game and he who consistently deli...

2009 Will Be Year Of Comfort Food, Cocktails - via MediaPost Internet Tops Newspapers As News Source, Still Lags TV - via MediaPost Why Local Sports May Pay Off for Marketers - via Ad Age TV Retains Marketing Dollars in Hard Times - via The New York Times Media Jobs? Depressing - via Ad Age Technora...

Unless you've been living under a rock lately, you probably have heard the #motrinmoms flap that started on Twitter and led to Motrin's pulling of a nationwide ad campaign. I chose to focus my latest Ad Age post on the topic and think you might find my research interesting. I've reprinted the entire...

It’s not often I read an article and stand up and cheer. Well, a recent Advertising Age interview had me doing just that. And, yes, I did get some funny looks from those around me. Who had me doing the Tiger Woods I-just-made-another-eagle-putt fist pump? Avinash Kaushik. (The title of the Mya...

Pick up the newstand copy of Advertising Age today if you can.  Today’s copy includes a circular entitled “Ad Network & Exchange Guide” and so far, it’s excellent if you are involved in digital media or the advertising business.  I haven’t finished reading it as I...

Paul Tilley, the ad exec who killed himself because blogs were mean to him (or something), continues to inspire the most self-righteous and least self-aware of scribes to put quill to parchment, adjust their oft-dropped monocles, and write, more in sadness than in anger ("I think I'm more saddened t...

You know what they say: Big pants … big star! And in the world of advertising pitchmen, Jared Fogle is one of the biggest—even if the brand he shills for sometimes wishes he’d just go away. Jared has been the face of Subway for 10 years now, an eternity in an age of one-ad wonders ...