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2012 ReCourses New Business Summit

On January 25-27, I had the pleasure of joining nearly 100 other professionals representing dozens of creative services firms in Nashville to attend the 2012 ReCourses New Business Summit (NBS). Hosted by ReCourses principal David C. Baker, and Blair Enns of Win Without Pitching, the event’s subtitle reads, “Using Your Positioning for More Reward, Impact, Control, and Fun.”

When it was all over, I asked many of my fellow attendees to provide two words that best describe their takeaways from the event, and the word cloud embedded above reflects their input. For anyone who has not spoken with me or others about our remarkable experiences at the summit, this provides quick insight into its powerful impact.For a bit more background, Read more

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Sharing Secrets: Public Relations Expertise

The publishers of Brand Republic, the UK’s leading online destination for people working in the advertising, marketing, media and communications industries, offer an editorial on their website entitled “What’s the secret of a long ‘marriage’?” In that, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO chief executive Farah Ramzan Golant offers these wise words: “The key to long-term client relationships is constant reinvigoration…. You should constantly be looking at how you can do things differently, keep freshening the account teams and stay ahead of the game.” As a PR practitioner providing ongoing, dedicated counsel to a small roster of clients, I firmly believe in these vows, and back in December, I participated in an enlightening webinar hosted by Vocus and presented by PR industry thoughtleader Deirdre Breakenridge, who is the author of “PR 2.0” and “Putting the Public Back in Public Relations.” Entitled “Eight Techniques of the New PR Champion,” the knowledge and insights Deirdre shared really blew me away. Read more

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Killer reels: B-Reel

Founded in 1999 with full service offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Stockholm, B-Reel specializes in the field of advanced digital productions on multiple platforms including web, mobile and out-of-home media. They collaborate with sister company, B-Reel Films on integrated campaigns. B-Reel Films is a traditional film production company.

B-Reel swept the 2011 Cannes Lions’ Awards with a Cyber Grand Prix, a Golden Lion and three more awards from its 15 nominations, and in July, it was named the most awarded digital company in the history of the prestigious FWA Awards. Since November of 2005, B-Reel has earned 57 Site of the Day honors.

For more information, visit www.b-reel.com and @B__REEL

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eBay’s give-a-toy stores

Starting last Friday and for the next month, shoppers in New York City and San Francisco can use their mobile phones to purchase toys for children in need at two new interactive storefronts presented by eBay and Toys for Tots. The initiative conceived and produced by advertising agency Venables Bell & Partners features interactive displays created by international production company and design studio Brand New School (BNS) and its School of Interactive Media.

As reported by TheInspirationRoom.com, all web-connected shoppers can experience the Give-A-Toy Store and make donations online by visiting www.eBay.com/GiveAToyStore and www.Facebook.com/eBay.

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One amazing night in San Francisco

Back on September 6, ATTIK creative director Ron Lim and ten more of San Francisco’s greatest creative minds were invited by the editors of The San Francisco Egotist to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime gathering.

Over the course of the evening, they discussed all aspects of creativity. Thanks to the SF Egotist, you can be a fly on the wall throughout all 10 episodes, and take advantage of this rare opportunity to learn from some of the top minds in one of the world’s most creative cities.

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Business and brand strategy alignment

For his recent post on BNET entitled “The Death of Branding and the Scam of Storytelling,” ghostwriter and author Jeff Haden reached out to the illustrious David C. Baker, whom I have written about before. David is the head of ReCourses, which provides consulting services and educational events for marketing firms. In Jeff’s story, David says a lot about branding and storytelling, including this.

“Alignment is simply telling the truth: To your customers, to your employees, and to yourself. When you do that everything else falls into place. Then your brand makes sense and the stories you tell support your brand — because your brand is you.”

Personally, I have long admired the dedication of my clients at global creative agency ATTIK focusing in on these critical areas of business. I believe their work for Perkins+Will featured above is a solid example of David’s ideas at work. I hope he agrees with me.

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AICP Conference 2011



This week, The AICP Conference will unite prominent leaders from the advertising industry in New York City to collectively explore ideation, creative execution and the best practices reshaping the ever-evolving creative industry. Set for October 26 and 27, the must-attend event will directly address every major issue affecting the business of creativity.

Topics include a keynote address by Joe Pytka: A Look At The Past, Present and Future, and these Read more

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More reasons to love San Francisco

Courtesy of Ad Age: Attend the Ad Age Digital West Conference on Tuesday, September 20

Ad Age’s premiere Digital event arrives this week in San Francisco, the city it calls “the cradle of the digital revolution, where search, social, mobile, and gaming are now redefining communications and marketing.” Bridging the gap between the technological innovation and active creation of new models and platforms on the West Coast with big brands and media looking to evolve and execute on their own internal visions for progress, Digital West promises to unite the marketing, media, and entrepreneurial communities in new levels of collaboration and innovation.

Courtesy of AICP: Attend The AICP Show and Next Awards San Francisco on the evening of Tuesday, September 20

The 2011 AICP Show, The Art & Technique of the American Commercial, hosted by the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), premieres each year at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), before travelling on to high-profile venues across the United States. Artists from international production company Brand New School created the show graphics packaging shown above for this year’s 20th anniversary AICP Show, designed the visual identity system and presentation graphics for the Next Awards, and developed and programmed a thematically related, 40-foot interactive installation for the 2011 AICP Show AND Next Awards.

Courtesy of the San Francisco Egotist: Do something good: Support your fellow ad people/cyclists for a great cause.

Later this week, Fireflies will commence their six-day, 550-mile cycling ride, benefiting City of Hope hospital’s Leukemia and Lymphoma treatment and research for a cure. As part of the official festivities at Tuesday night’s AICP Show, the AICP will honor The Fireflies Ride at the AICP Show & Next Awards’ Autodesk Gallery. Fireflies riders — who have raised over $200,000 for charity over the past several years — will be on hand to provide information, answer any questions and accept donations on behalf of City of Hope.

Courtesy of BtoB: Attend BtoB’s Top Digital Marketer Awards on Wednesday, September 21

At this three-hour luncheon event, BtoB will name the Top Digital Marketer of the Year in the course of honoring 25 top digital marketers and engaging them all in discussions focused on how they are using new technologies to deliver extraordinary client results.

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Engaging and tracking

Linda Ong’s Advertising Age article last week suggested this: “Drop the Words ‘Relevance’ and ‘Authenticity’ From Your Marketing Lexicon; Culture Is What You Should Be Focusing On.” While I feel that most people probably need to do a better job of tuning into all of those areas, Linda makes many fine points for executive marketers, and I also really appreciate this comment from Denise Lee Yohn:

customer experience + culture = brand

relevant, authentic (and i would add differentiated) customer experience + strong culture = great brand

For businesses and business professionals, the proliferation of trackable communications occurring in real time is monumental, and most likely, moving forward, tracking, measuring and reacting to it will be essential to your success. Here’s a short list of social media monitoring services you may find helpful. To learn more about these and many others, please visit this meticulously organized Social Media Monitoring Solutions Wiki created by Ken Burbary and Adam Cohen.

Adobe SiteCatalyst
Alterian.com
BuzzLogic.com
Cymfony.com
Facebook Search
Google Blog Search
HootSuite.com
Nielsen Buzzmetrics
Radian6.com
Tinker.com
Topsy.com
Trackur.com
Trendrr.com
Trucast.net
Twazzup.com
Twitter Search

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ATTIK’s hot summer

This summer’s shaping up nicely at global creative agency ATTIK, where co-founder and ECD Simon Needham and company have sprung forth Zeus himself for their Scion Release Series tC 7.0 cross-media campaign — while also adding a lot of impressive new talents in San Francisco. In June, they welcomed two new ACDs: internationally recognized creative and art director Rey Andrade, and renowned brand and experience design leader Paul Wang. Senior digital art director David Ziganay, and senior interactive producer Scott Howe came onboard in May. For their newest developments, please visit www.attik.com.

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