CREATIVITY, INTELLIGENCE & INSANITY

Trying to understand the relationship between creativity and intelligence has always been intriguing to me. As a young person, I assumed there was a direct relationship and my later interest may be a product of wanting to know how wrong I was. The rabbit hole [...]

By |2018-10-25T14:07:05-04:00September 22nd, 2015|Creative, People, Research|Comments Off on CREATIVITY, INTELLIGENCE & INSANITY

THE IN-HOUSE PHENOMENON

The practice of companies building and using their own internal creative and media resources has been around for a long time. It has often been the starting point for small entrepreneurial companies and larger companies that focus a major portion of the marketing budget in [...]

By |2021-07-21T15:05:36-04:00June 15th, 2015|Creative, Media, News, Social Media, Strategy|3 Comments

EQUINOX DOES A BENETTON

The winter solstice has heralded a new chapter in the advertising campaign for Equinox Fitness, the worlds largest luxury fitness club chain.  As reported in Advertising Age, [1] here's a video synopsis of the creative, which actually works best in the print medium and/or single image [...]

By |2017-05-30T18:46:49-04:00January 6th, 2015|Creative, People, Strategy, World|Comments Off on EQUINOX DOES A BENETTON

THE PROBLEM WITH TRUTH IN ADVERTISING

Here's a head-scratcher. Canada’s non-profit, self-regulating Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) is currently re-running their 2010 “Truth in Advertising Matters” campaign. Now admittedly, working for any industry association is tricky. Have a look at the TV version, if you haven’t seen it: My issue isn’t with [...]

By |2018-05-18T13:44:56-04:00January 28th, 2014|Creative, Strategy|Comments Off on THE PROBLEM WITH TRUTH IN ADVERTISING

THE POWER OF THE GENERIC BRAND

Here’s something that I went by recently and then was drawn back to when I realised what it was. In the Aug 19, 2013 analogue version of Marketing Magazine, there was a full page ad for Kimberly-Clark’s Kleenex brand: click ad to enlarge Huh? One [...]

By |2020-09-28T15:16:23-04:00September 17th, 2013|Creative, News|Comments Off on THE POWER OF THE GENERIC BRAND
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