Six things to keep in mind while crafting your holiday campaigns
You’re probably well into the process of developing holiday ad campaigns for your clients. (If not, good Lord, get it in gear.) Even so, it’s never too late to check …
The three best presidential speechwriters of the modern era
Now, people have differing opinions about the outcome of the election (I think I’ve made it apparent which side I fall on), but I think we can all agree that …
The Momentous Writings of the Notorious RBG
This week, we lost a part of jurisprudential history, a defender of human rights, a trailblazer for women, and, more importantly, a strong and brilliant woman. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has …
On mastery
I’m not jealous of mastery. Okay, I am a little bit. (Who wouldn’t be?) But I’m more impressed with it. And fascinated. I love watching people who are masters at …
How to get infographics right when it really, really matters
So here’s the deal: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said they “hope to finish this pandemic [in] less than two years,” which seems to me to be …
Ads I Wish I’d Made: Coronavirus Edition
I’ve mentioned that the path to my advertising career started at a young age, and that seeing Ads I Wish I’d Made played a part in keeping me on that …
On Memorial Day
With appreciation to those who gave everything. For the Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,England mourns for her dead across the sea.Flesh of her flesh they were, …
Your vaguely advertising-adjacent summer reading list
They say (you know, the infamous They) that readers make the best writers. Theoretically, readers who read about writing should be the best writers of all, right? (Realize that, as …
Bonus Fun Time: Work-From-Home merit badges
Well, just look at you, work-from-homers! You’ve been working hard to adapt to a new work-from-home environment, and I’m proud of you. (Assuming you’ve actually been working hard to adapt …
12 tools that help me focus when it’s really SQUIRREL
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Kid with ADHD. Kid with ADHD — Want to go ride bikes? I’m allowed to make that joke, because I have what doctors refer to as …