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Hey, account guy, where’s your book?

Share Image by Street­Fly JZ via Flickr Every cre­ative in the busi­ness has a port­fo­lio. It’s our call­ing card, our proof of worth, and our stamp of iden­tity all rolled into one. Resume? Why do peo­ple even have those when a book says so much more about your abil­ity to work won­ders day in and day out? …

May 13, 2010 – 8:00 pm | By Jimmy Gilmore | Posted in advertising, creative | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Channel your passion. Just don’t necessarily listen to it.

Share Image via Wikipedia My fist hit the table this morn­ing. I was feel­ing pas­sion­ate. Really pas­sion­ate about my work. It’s an empow­er­ing thing – feel­ing so pas­sion­ate about what you do that you’re will­ing to sacrafice your hand. The one you use to write with, which is how you make your liv­ing. My job doesn’t …

March 25, 2010 – 1:19 pm | By Jimmy Gilmore | Posted in advertising, creative | Tagged , , | View Comments

Fast enough is the new good enough

Share Today fast enough is the new good enough. For­tu­nately, this will change and clients will start by ask­ing for qual­ity again, in addi­tion to cheap and fast. The cycli­cal nature of busi­ness will cause them to demand mem­o­rable and even enter­tain­ing work again. Do you have a plan for this even­tual turn back toward qual­ity? …

December 10, 2009 – 11:08 am | By Jimmy Gilmore | Posted in advertising | Tagged , , , | View Comments