There are definitely some advantages to working for a smaller agency. One, you’re not pigeon-holed into a singular role of only working...

Sure, I believe some of the stuff I’ve written over the years has played a role in a purchase decision or two. But I never imagined I...

After spending umpteen years working solely as an ad writer, I find myself in an evolving market where it’s not as easy to define oneself...

Coming back from Phoenix this week, I had the pleasure (read: luck) of meeting an actual published author, Judith Avila. She happened to...

It was only a matter of time I suppose, for seemingly spontaneous crowdsourcing to begin doing something with more of a social conscious....

There’s no question that, when it comes to advertising, the US market is much more…prudish. Take a look at this M&M’s campaign Down...

These days it seems companies are jumping on the Facebook and Twitter wagons like lemmings. And usually with the same disastrous outcome....

yesterday was my first day back to FT work. it feels odd — but also great — to be getting back into a regular routine and regular...

I should know better than to watch the Rachel Maddow show. (Actually, I love her, and her show. She is one of the brightest — and most...

OK, so it’s election day in parts of the country. And, even though this blog is intended to talk about my life in and around advertising,...

One of the “joys” of breaking into a new market is getting your name out there. There’s the slow, plodding cold-calling-one-person-at-a-t...

According to another article from BusinessWeek online…. A survey from IBM’s Institute for Business Value shows that CEOs value one...

It’s almost election time here in the ABQ. And we all know what that means…. They’re all over town, on practically every corner where...

“The average company takes better care of its copiers than it does its talent.” So says an article for BusinessWeek. Or was that more “I...

Name just about any large company these days, and chances are you’ll be able to find them on Facebook. Or tweeting their chubby lil...

Things are starting to heat up here in the High Desert. And with this warm up — and dryer conditions — comes greater risk of wildfires....

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of grabbing lunch at a small cafe here in our new adopted hometown. From the handshake greeting from the...

At this week’s NM Ad Federation monthly luncheon, the group brought in a couple of CDs from KC to dish about the “Creative Departments...

The economy is recovering, eh? Seems every time we get close to pushing that big rock up and over the hill, right when we’re near the...