Helping Your Small Business Find Its Voice
People who make ads shouldn’t confuse their work with that of an artist. An artist, by definition, creates something uniquely beautiful — makes tangible some otherwise intangible emotion or idea from inside him/herself. And then the appreciation of that creativity is where the “art” happens. An advertisement, on the other hand, is a public piece […]
Great story I’d heard before, but was reminded of while reading The Simple Dollar, a new blog I discovered recently: A French woman, upon seeing Picasso in a Parisian restaurant, approached the great master and insisted that he put down his coffee and make a quick sketch of her. Graciously, Picasso obliged. When he was […]
Take a look at this spoof commercial from The Midnight Show: Commercial Community College Commercial – watch more funny videos Maybe I have a different philosophy when it comes to advertising, and professional videographers who consider every commercial they produce to be “art” may put a bounty on my head for what I’m about to […]
About six weeks ago, my wife Kelly started her new job in Tucson, Arizona, leaving me to contend with winter back in Maine. Well, a few days ago, I decided I needed a break, so I packed a bag and flew out for a visit. I’m now writing this post from the apartment we’ve dubbed […]
Whose happiness is more important to the success of your business — that of your future customers, or that of your longtime customers? I let my cable/internet/phone provider have it yesterday, because I found out that new customers are able to purchase their services for a lower “introductory” price than I, who have been a […]