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Truth in Advertising for Sydney, Australia.

Directed by Tim Hamilton the Director, (not to be confused with Tim Hamilton the porn star or Tim Hamilton, fashion designer) a little over ten years ago now – this short film ironically titled Truth in Advertising deserves republication for … Continue reading

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How Would You Like Your Copywriting and Marketing In Sydney?

Found this great little illustration getting passed around the internet this week. It illustrates a logical simplification of the client and marketing providers relationship. In a world where so many companies are looking after their bottom lines, they know they … Continue reading

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INFLUENCERS – How Trends & Creativity Become Contagious.

We know some stuff sells like wildfire. More than being a mere commodity, some things, some services and cultural practices are entrenched into our personality and psyche. We need to be involved with them. They are an emotional part of … Continue reading

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5 Possible Ways to Avoid Your Business From Failing – The Failure Rate of Start Up Companies

The failure rate of start up companies is astonishing! Wherever I look, new businesses are failing. Whether that is online or off-line. What’s intriguing for me to observe is that, in many cases, it’s not so much the product or … Continue reading

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A Few Good Creative Men.

We stumbled across this classic advertising spoof of that amazingly memorable scene from A Few Good Men. You know the scene, the one where Jack Nicholson plays Col. Nathan R. Jessep screaming “You can’t handle the truth!” at a much … Continue reading

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Generalist Or Specialist – Help me understand a bit more..

Jacks of All Trades or Masters of One? There can be misconceptions regarding various roles and strategies available in marketing communications and advertising. When trying to understand how marketing or advertising works, the old adage  “A little knowledge is a … Continue reading

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Is Your Business Allowed To Speak?

Copy writing the story of your business. If your brand could speak, what would it say and how would it say it? Perhaps your company isn’t quite yet a well known brand. You probably have some loyal customers and clients … Continue reading

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3 New Ways to Measure the Social Web

When most people think of web analytics, they think about page view tracking; basically, measuring which pages on a website are being viewed. Page view tracking is a well-established technology, but it’s no longer meeting the needs of many of … Continue reading

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Visual Thinking – Lessons on creativity and imagination by Kermit the Frog

Kermit the Frog gives away a creative’s secret. It takes a little more practice than 3 minutes and 48 seconds to get all those random, seemingly magic, targeted and purposeful creative juices flowing in a way that does something that … Continue reading

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Orson Welles’ Original War of the Worlds Broadcast Returns & The Dark Knight – Go Viral!!

With our society’s extensive use of the internet, viral marketing has become an invaluable tool for movie marketing.
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