Tag Archives: creative

Creative in the age of measurement.

New post on agency blog: The dig­i­tal age has added a new respon­si­bil­ity to the creative’s job. It used to be that we just had to be funny, smart, and on tar­get. Now we have to be mea­sur­able, and we must cre­ate con­tent with mea­sure­ment in mind. While this cer­tainly sounds like an extra layer that

The business of Art

When I first started in the ad busi­ness I couldn’t decide if I was an artist, a crafts­man, or a hack. Now I’ve come to real­ize that I’m all of those at the same time, maybe even on the same day. It may be a cre­ative busi­ness, but busi­ness it is and some­times in busi­ness

Where is Alex’s chorus? Or the triangle of ad deprevity.

Imag­ine a tri­an­gle. On one side is push­ing tobacco. The other side is glam­or­iz­ing gam­bling. And the last side is exploit­ing chil­dren. When I started my career this was the ter­rain I promised myself I would never work. And I never have. And, frankly, my moral com­pass hasn’t wavered much through the years. But I’ve never

Hey, account guy, where’s your book?

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? It’s

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

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 save

Fast enough is the new good enough

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? Are