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Bye-Bye to Imus In Your Face…

Posted in Our Opinions on April 14th, 2007 | Tags: ,

Good riddance to the sarcasm, the obscenity, the race-baiting and the malicious personal attacks masquerading as snide humor that have characterized this program for too many years. (For the latest, More...

Perfect Solution for a Step Gone Too Far…

Posted in Our Opinions on April 10th, 2007 | Tags: ,

Here we go again: Somebody says or does something exceedingly stupid and because of it his job is on the line. Here we go again too stating that for reasons of personal and professional accountability More...

How About Calling It ‘The Genocide Olympics?’

Posted in Our Opinions on March 28th, 2007 | Tags: ,

We’re always a bit skeptical when an actor decides to get serious, but one ought to take notice when the subject turns to genocide. That’s what’s going on in the More...

Irresponsibility has its price. This one was just about right.

Posted in Our Opinions on February 9th, 2007 | Tags: ,

One doesn’t want to see someone lose his job, but this case begged for an exception. Given the over-the-top insensitivity of the so-called campaign for CNN’s Cartooon Network — it’s More...

Hats Off to a World of Winners

Posted in Our Opinions on November 12th, 2006 | Tags: ,

Partway through the Diamond Awards presentations the other night it occurred to me that something had been left unsaid — so I decided to say it. We were gathered at More...

Ms. Nooye’s Next Big Challenge (after the Glass Ceiling): The Anti-Globalist Raj

Posted in Our Opinions on August 19th, 2006 | Tags: ,

A suggested first order of business for Pepsi’s new India-born CEO once she takes over on October 1: put together a company task force to deal with charges that gave More...

Food for thought: Do high-involvement promotions work better than tchotchkes and instant-wins?

Posted in Our Opinions, Uncategorized on August 11th, 2006 | Tags: , ,

Is it just me, or is there a trend developing toward promotional campaigns that call for more high involvement, that is, participation, on the part of consumers? Case in Point: More...

PSSST! Wanna Buy a Secret? (Better Watch Out!)

Posted in Our Opinions on July 7th, 2006 | Tags: ,

The recent arrest of three men in Atlanta for stealing Coca-Cola trade secrets and trying to sell them to Pepsi for over $1 million highlights the little-discussed issue of industrial More...

The Numbers Are In: More Aussies Are Surfing the Net Than Are Paying to Watch TV

Posted in Our Opinions on February 22nd, 2006 | Tags: , , ,

Marketers take note: A news item out of Sydney today tracks with Kylie’s point (see below). According to AdNews http://www.adnews.com.au, more Australians are paying to speedsurf online now than are More...

More from agencies about marketing with the Internet

Posted in Our Opinions on February 21st, 2006 | Tags: ,

Kylie Green http://www.kaleidoscope-mktg.com.au, Managing Director, Kaleidoscope Marketing Communications, Sydney, Australia: Marketers are embracing Internet promotions because they know consumers like them. In fact, a survey by IMI Research (December 2005) More...

 
 

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