We started our little company in the early 90s and used computers as the core of our infrastructure. This was a quite unusual at the time; but, it paid off over the years. Slowly we added people. First there was an Art Director who had recently arrived from India. She had worked for a multinational… Read More »
The leaves don’t turn; the snow doesn’t fall. It doesn’t get colder or in the spring thaw. There are some seasonal changes, more or less rain, hurricanes. But no gradual progression of the seasons. So how do people mark the changing of the Florida seasons? The secret for Florida residents is the flow of commercial… Read More »
There were many times when we presented commercials to clients who we felt wanted to make changes to make sure their input was included in the commercial. The one who pays the piper wants to call the tune and be recognized. So here is how we would describe a typical commercial: two women are discussing… Read More »
Everyone thinks that the way things are now is the way they have always been. You hear it in dismay about the horrors of global climate change to the changes in language, technology, business, or society. While we can intellectually understand that the world is a place in transition, we have a lot of emotional… Read More »
Watching retailers do their own commercials on TV often makes me cringe. Particularly car retailers. They start their commercials by yelling and keep it up. Their theory may be that all their energy makes the viewer think that something exciting is going on. But is just yelling enough? The result is a constant yelling throughout… Read More »