Advertising is No Excuse to Not Improve

Summary: Advertising and product innovation go hand in hand. A good product cannot grow its audience base solely on performance alone, not in this monopolistic economic environment. Nor can a bad or plain product bring in a ton of revenue with a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign. Something usually has to give. During this era’s proliferation of digital media…

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More Brands Delay Payments to Agencies

Summary: Imagine that you are a massage therapist. A customer walks in and says that they need you to perform your services for their entire company. They want the message to be done well, efficiently, and without any complications. And for your efforts, you would be paid in 75–120 days after your services. Would you take that deal?

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Return of ‘The Pitch’

Summary: Much to the chagrin of advertising professionals nationwide, The Pitch is coming back. And it looks bigger and stronger than its first season.

We are quite torn with this show, because we’ve heard nothing but less than favorable things about it from other ad professionals (we refuse to watch it), and know no one in our social circle not in advertising who watches it. Then comes the question: are those who wish failure on the Pitch…

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