Selling with Story

Last week I was driving my gray Mazda Tribute down the road, doing what I love to do, drinking coffee and looking at billboards. Some may call it distracted driving, I call it marketing research. Over the past trips through town and on the interstate, I have noticed...

Charging for Good Ideas

This article is more about your opinion than advice. There no are clear-cut answers to the questions or suggestions that I’m talking about here, so feel free to post a comment and tell me what you think. Advertising works in three parts: what’s said, how...

5ives: Ripe Environments for Guerrilla Marketing

Guerrilla marketing is a sucker punch. Its unexpected impact leaves you breathless. The difference in this type of marketing, versus traditional marketing, is that there’s a payoff for the recipient. So maybe a better way to state it is that guerrilla marketing...

The Elixir of Knowledge: Non-Traditional Advertising

An Elucidation of Non-Traditional Advertising Non-traditional advertising encompasses anything that is not TV, radio, standard print or direct advertising. It is designed to cut through the clutter of traditional advertising and grab the attention of customers....

5ives: Ways to Generate a Good Idea

We’re an advertising and marketing firm. Our core products are ideas. These ideas go by several names: marketing strategies, creative concepts, website architecture, positioning statements and a myriad of others. At the end of the day, they are all just...