All posts tagged website

If You’re Not Doing E-Commerce, You Should Be

If you own a business, you hang on every word uttered by business media. And it’s confusing. The sky is usually falling. And then it’s not. Spending us up. Then down. Then up again. Spending is up, but confidence is down. A roller coaster ride that never seems to end. It’s enough to make any [...]

I Hate Ad Agencies (.com)

Yes, it really exists.  www.IHateAdAgencies.com is a web site supposedly dedicated to those who believe that the ad industry is now at its lowest point ever, and that there are any number of reasons for the good people of the world to vent their frustration on our profession. First, the idea of hating agencies is [...]

Why Ads Are Like Foreplay

(Headline) the silent sweep of lips over the neckline (Visual) the kiss, slow, with tongue of course (Body Copy 1) the warmth of hands on the waist… (Body Copy 2) the hips… (Body Copy 3) the inner thigh… (Call to Action) anywhere that’s not quite “the spot,” but almost. Need a cold shower? Good. That [...]

Get your brand in a Tablet state of mind.

Consumers are starting to abandon their desktops and even laptops in favor of Tablets like the iPad and whatever all those other ones are called. I am one of these consumers. Unless I need to type up a document for work, I am sitting downstairs using my iPad, which affords me instant satisfaction, while my [...]