Headline Roundup

A few recent headlines of interest.

Thanks to Social Media, Direct Marketing Is Going Do-It-Yourself – via Ad Age

4 Reasons to Fire Your Digital Ad Agency – via MarketingVOX

Why Taglines Are Keepers – via Adweek

Headline Roundup

Just because we haven’t done one of these in a while… A few headlines from around the industry:

Local TV, Radio Ad Market Poised To Rebound: May Top $34 Bil By 2014 – via MediaPost

Welcome to the New Normal – via Talent Zoo

Employee Benefits – via Brandweek

Hiring FreezeĀ Starts to Thaw as Agency Business Hunts for Talent – via Ad Age

Quick Hits: Headline Roundup for August 6th

Here are a few headlines from around the interwebs that caught our attention recently:

Ad Biz Faces the ‘New Normal’ – via Adweek

Agencies Get Social– via Adweek

Advertiser Outcasts– via Adweek

Timing is Everything: Handing Off The Baton As A Team – via MediaPost

Quick Hits

Ignite Boise is today, and today is Ignite Boise Day.

Oliver Russell recently launched their redesigned website.

The Boise Centre on the Grove has a new identity as Boise Centre, courtesy of Rizen Creative.

George Parker is still gleefully ranting away on Adscam. (Personal aside, his latest book, The Ubiquitous Persuaders, in next in line on my reading list. More on that at a later date).

PARAGRAPH may have just found THE solution to fix the agency pitch process.

Headline Roundup: June 1 – 5

A few articles that caught our eye over the past week:

Six Ways to Avoid Landing in the Product Failure Bin – via Fast Company

A Case for Non-Ad Revenue on the Web – via The New York Times

Most Marketers Ignore Brand Metrics Online – via Adweek

7 Myths Of Metrics – via MediaPost

Del Monte CMO: Spend During Downturn — or Else – via Ad Age

BK’s ‘Whopper Freakout’ Wins Grand Effie – via Adweek

CC, DoubleTake Bringing Ads to Baggage Carousels – via Mediaweek