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How does your paper resume stack up to this?

May 1st, 2013 · Innovation & Creativity, Trends

The world has changed.  Things are different.  This is the new normal.  This ain’t your grandaddy’s marketing.

We can say it a million ways but some folks just aren’t going to get it.  Or at least not yet.

With the tools out there, the connections that can be made and the audience’s diminishing tolerance for being shouted at — there are many things we need to do differently.  Including finding a job.

Check out this slideshare (PPT) presentation that Lorenzo Galbiati sent me as he embarks on a job hunt.  ( if you want to chat about career possibilities)


Imagine you need to hire someone.  You get a standard paper resume and this PPT.  You can only interview one candidate — who would you choose?

We need to re-think everything and there are plenty of sacred cows that need to be done away with.  If someone ever says to you — this is how it has to be done or this is the standard — ask more questions, think beyond the “usual” and remember that the world has changed.

The last thing you want to demonstrate is that you haven’t been keeping up.

 

Can’t see the PPT?  Click here to view over at www.slideshare.net

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How does your customer use what you sell?

August 24th, 2012 · Innovation & Creativity


An exercise we don’t do often enough (especially if you sell a service rather than a product) is taking a look at how our customers actually use what we sell them.

When you make the time (not take…make) to actually dig into the functionality, the how and where they use it, and what they have to do to it to make it more practical/useful, etc. you learn some very interesting things and it’s a great way to innovate an existing product.

How do you suppose Puffs came up with the tissue box that fits into your car’s cup holder?

 

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Advertising can’t just be funny

July 16th, 2012 · Innovation & Creativity, Media, Storytelling, Strategy · 13 Comments

Don’t get me wrong.  I like funny.  Most of my favorite movies are funny.  The TV shows I watch — usually funny.  And I appreciate a funny ad. But…it still has to sell something.  That’s the ad’s reason for existence.  No company runs a TV commercial just to entertain the viewers. So when I see [Read more...]

Going viral = out of your control

May 8th, 2012 · Growing & Learning, Innovation & Creativity, Life, Social Media, Trends · 1 Comment

It seems like one of the goals I hear more and more is… “and we want it to go viral.”  I translate that to mean — we want a lot of people to see it. But rarely when someone says they want something to go viral, do they really understand the implications of that.  The [Read more...]

The psychology of color

February 13th, 2012 · Innovation & Creativity, Psychology · 23 Comments

Color (or the lack of color) triggers a very powerful emotional response in us.  We can use insight as we select company colors, design logos, create ads, build websites and even create products. Check out this fascinating infographic on how we react to color.   Bravo to CertaPro Painters for creating this and Cool Infographics [Read more...]

Do you take yourself seriously?

October 7th, 2011 · Agency life, Business owner/leader stuff, Innovation & Creativity, Love affair with customers, Passion · 5 Comments

At McLellan Marketing Group, we live by our core beliefs.  One of them is: We take our work seriously.  Ourselves… not so much. Let’s be honest here.  None of us save lives every day.  (Okay, if you actually do… you have my permission to skip this post) Sometimes, I think we need to just get [Read more...]

How to be creative on purpose

July 31st, 2011 · Books, Innovation & Creativity · 12 Comments

…Do you need to be creative on demand? My job is to be creative on demand. The demands come in all forms.  It might be a strategy session for a client’s marketing plan, writing a print ad that will generate action or keeping the content on my blog, newspaper column or enewsletter fresh and worthwhile. [Read more...]

Just because you can…

July 6th, 2011 · Innovation & Creativity, Strategy · 17 Comments

At MMG, we’re often heard saying “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”  This applies to many things but it seems to come up most when we’re talking about design. Just because you can use 12 fonts on one piece doesn’t mean you should Just because you can auto tweet every 5 minutes doesn’t [Read more...]

Smart logos

June 21st, 2011 · Branding, Innovation & Creativity · 17 Comments

I can’t draw a stick person by hand or on the computer.  So I have always marveled at people who can really take design to a different level and go beyond pretty/cool to smart.  That’s what brilliant logo designers do. I thought you’d enjoy checking out some of these very smart logo designs. If you [Read more...]

Free mortgage… if you turn your house into a billboard

May 13th, 2011 · Innovation & Creativity, Media · 17 Comments

Thought this will amuse you on this Friday the 13th.  And for some of you, it might be a great solution to paying down that mortgage. Want someone to pay your mortgage?  No problem.  Just let Adzookie give your home a paint job.  Adzookie says it will pay the house owner’s mortgage every month for [Read more...]