March 2010
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February 2010
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January 2010
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Brandi Clinch, Saleswoman
My father almost died last November. According to the doc, he was about an hour away from death. He’s fine now and back to normal. But, needless to say, I’ve come to look at my Dad a little closer. And because he was in recovery, I spent a little over a month doing the heavy lifting. Literally. You see, my father is a salesman. Good, old-fashioned, pre-Don Draper salesman. His...
August 2009
1 post
Storytime
So I was looking back in time (aka, reading old posts on Confessions of a Creative Recruiter), and Cecilia asked the age-old question, Why Me? What makes me different? Why am I better than the next writer? My answer to this is best conveyed through a story. I was in 6th grade. The height of my school district’s newest fiasco - the school uniform debate. It was Language Arts class (I never...
May 2009
3 posts
April 2009
2 posts
March 2009
9 posts
Is Facebook Digging Itself a Into a Hole?
People hate change. We all come around to it. But sometimes it seems like more of an effort to get people to accept change than it is to actually make the changes. Which is a bit of a conundrum in itself. Why make changes if the payoff is so distant? I bring this up because Facebook has, yet again, changed it’s layout. And people are annoyed. Annoyed because they have to learn something new....
I Need a Lesson in Typography
So I’ve always been a whole hearted believer in learning by osmosis. Be around it long enough and you’ll figure it out. It’s about effort. But I have to say that this idealistic view of acquiring knowledge has, I’m sad to admit, finally failed me. I blame it on the field of typography - the target to my osmosis arrow. I’d like to think that I’m not completely...
“Fortunately, opportunities exist all around us. Companies can participate in...”
– Phil Johnson in AdAge last Friday
We’ve all heard it said before, but for the first time I wasn’t annoyed by the syntax.
February 2009
3 posts
I May Not Ever Understand Advertising
At what point does a ridiculous idea become something you actually do? In advertising, it seems like it’s all about getting noticed. Especially as a young creative (but generally for everyone). But I think we’ve all wondered about it at some point. You sit around drinking with friends, laughing at things said. And underneath, you’re thinking, wow, that’s kind of a cool...
The Decline in Broadcast Journalism and,...
It doesn’t matter which local news station you tune into. No one type of story. There is no one reporter. No particular scapegoat that I can beat with a stick that magically and exponentially increases in size with each smack down. But, really, how is it possible? How can you seek out the dumbest possible people to make a comment that goes out to an audience of millions? I know nothing about...
I'm a Sad, Sad Advertising Student
It’s been almost 48 hours since the Super Bowl and no one is talking about it. There were a few mentions. Everyone picking their requisite favorites for the evening and the worst. But why are people not shouting? When I’m in a room full of the next generation of advertisers and we stop watching the commercials in the second quarter… then there is something wrong. There was more...
January 2009
5 posts
“Luke was anxious to distribute his trophies and he waded knee deep to offer each...”
– overread
Facebook Requires a Little Imagination
Okay, I get it, some people don’t get Facebook. Friending people you haven’t seen in 20 years. When did “friending” become a verb? Writing on their wall? You wouldn’t go and spray paint on the wall of their house would you? No. So why would I go and do the same thing? Because it’s fun to talk to people — that’s why. Waiting until the reunion to see...