by James | Nov 17, 2020 | Advertising, Business, Marketing
Being in Boston over the weekend really brought out my love for Dunkin’. I was droppin’ “r’s,” chuggin’ iced blacks and talkin’ sh!t. I watched “The Town,” ran by the Gahden and did all the other authenticious sh!t, too. So, when I heard that Dunkin’s new holiday...
by James | Nov 16, 2020 | Advertising, Business, Marketing, Sports
It feels wrong. It feels wrong to be thinking about the Super Bowl as a Broncos fan right now. But, it feels right. It feels right to be thinking about the Super Bowl as a marketer right now. It’s a little unnerving that CBS still has ad inventory for sale. But, it...
by James | Nov 12, 2020 | Advertising, Business, Marketing
With the election and pandemic dominating the news cycle for some months now, it seems some of us have forgotten about the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google. The old dog and pony show has been successful in diverting our attention. Divert back. It’s about to go...
by James | Nov 11, 2020 | Advertising, Business, Marketing
Bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow. They call Apple wildfire, ‘cuz everybody knows… Everybody knows. And now, everybody knows Apple has an all new M1 chip available in their MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini. They also have a new spot out… More...
by James | Oct 30, 2020 | Advertising, Business, Marketing
I’ve found people with megaphones are quite good at being loud. And with a lot of megaphones they’re a lot loud. But being loud doesn’t stop Godzilla. And in this metaphor — Facebook is Godzilla. ‘Oh no, they say he’s got to go. Go, go…’ More on that later as I’ve got...
by James | Oct 28, 2020 | Advertising, America, Business, Marketing
Happy Hump Day, Black Collar Club. It’s the first Hump Day of the rest of your lives. Enjoy it. Because the times they are a’ changin’. And the way in which they are could make things pretty difficult for us marketers. But hey, that’s why we do it right? To solve...