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Talking with Advertising Creative Director – Mike Allen

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

I had a chance to talk with Creative Director and Copywriter Mike Allen about his career in Advertising and get some of his thoughts on branding and creativity. Here are 10 minutes from that discussion.

Everything is Social: How Creative Brands Can Earn Social Equity

Friday, April 23, 2010

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There. I’ve summed up conventional advertising in one paragraph, and brought it into the crowded, abundant, consumer centric internet years. Now it’s all about ME, keep your damn interruption marketing to yourself, I’ll find you when I want something you got. Unless ….

Live Webcast: Sean Adams of AdamsMorioka: A Very Special Episode

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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AIGA Raleigh and PermissionToSuck.com Present a live webcast featuring Sean Adams of AdamsMorioka

What’s the Deal With Storytelling?

Monday, April 5, 2010

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Things begin to go awry when I have no point of view; no opinion, no specific observation, nothing to reveal. I spend most of my time trying to uncover the problem, though once established, the rest is hard work that is relatively relaxing. I’ve discovered that most of my restlessness lies in finding the story not telling it.

Seth Godin on Linchpin, Interviewed by Piers Fawkes of PSFK

Monday, March 29, 2010

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Linchpin is his most personal book to date. In it he describes our current economic transformation from an individual's viewpoint. Think of it as a pep talk for Purple Cows or a kick in the ass for the rest of the herd.

Focus on What Matters – Good Points from Two Smart People

Sunday, March 21, 2010

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It’s easy to follow stats and change content to raise the number of visitors to your company, social media website or online publishing site. Seth Godin and Edward Boches create good discussions.

Pespi Refresh: good cause but what’s missing?

Sunday, February 28, 2010

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Pepsi uses the internet to field ideas and award favorites monthly with large sums of cash to finance a cause. Excellent. OK – that said, let me risk more by sounding overly cynical by asking about statistics regarding ROI for cause marketing. Here's a better idea.

Talking with Creative Director – Scott Ballew

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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PermissionToSuck.com interviews Scott Ballew, V.P Creative Director at Capstrat, an integrated advertising and PR agency in the South East with about 100 employees.

Crowds are Dull, Committees are Deadly, Creativity Needs Freedom

Monday, January 25, 2010

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The committee is usually wrong; yet the crowd is commonly right and incredibly dull. If you’re part of the crowd you’ll be sourced and forgotten. Ji Lee and his bubble project is a good example of how it's done right.

Take an Apple Tablet for What Ailes You

Friday, January 22, 2010

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Ben Kunz produced a great video short demonstrating the hopes of the Apple Tablet and why it will relieve some frustration points generated by Web 2.0.