Evolving How Marketing Executives Think About Managing Their Marketing Budgets and Driving Fiscal Accountability
Don’t work your “non-working” too hard. How much non-working spend is too much or too little? The most controversial topic among brand advertisers, C-suite executives and agency leaders is no doubt the infamous working and non-working spend ratio. It often makes the headline in investor calls when the CFO or CMO announces major cuts in […]
3 Keys to Finding the Best Celebrity Endorsement for Your Brand
Featured on the ANA: — Read the published ANA article — Two years ago, the Lincoln Motor Co. needed help. Following a long skid, the Dearborn, Mich.–based luxury car company was coming off a reported 32-year low in sales. Once considered a leader of the American car industry, the brand had become an afterthought for […]
Why I Ditched the Cannes Ad Fest and Headed West This Year
Featured on Forbes Magazine — Read the published Forbes article — Usually around this time of year, I would find myself on the Croisette at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Soaking up both sun and shortlists, attending a seminar or two, discussing where ad agencies get it all wrong and clients got it half right, […]
