Archive for August, 2006

Media Consolidation… who cares?

August 30, 2006

Not so long ago, I used to get rather upset by the frequent consolidations of major media outlets (particularly news providers). I feared that they were constricting or filtering the flow of news and information. Fox News and their gaping bias was certainly a big factor in this way of thinking. Recently I realized that [...]

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Speaking at WOM Conference in Toronto Nov. 14

August 28, 2006

Okay, I feel bad about blogging this now, because I have been meaning to mention it for a while, but Toronto is having its own Word of Mouth conference called Word Up on Thursday November 14th at the Design Exchange. Dave Forde of Profectio is putting it all together.
The reason I feel bad is that [...]

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Don’t hate me because I work in advertising

August 22, 2006

As someone who has spent ten years of his professional life shilling other people’s products, I have come across my fair share of people who question my integrity on the sole basis of my chosen career. Many of these people would think that any ad or PR person gets pretty good at tuning out the [...]

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My Favourite Keywords for finding this blog

August 21, 2006

Searching through the keyword searches that delivered people to this blog is certainly revealing, perhaps a little too revealing. I think the last two searches resulted in dissappoinment upon arriving here…

bad customer service stories
when does the philips bodygroom become available in canada
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australia hairy man commercial
who among famous people use blackberry
does lovespring [...]

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Bridge crossing

August 21, 2006

Bridge crossing

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