Month: March 2011

John January, Senior Vice President and Executive Creative Director at Sullivan Higdon & Sink in Kansas City is one of the good guys. Why else would the American Advertising Federation’s Kansas City branch name him Kansas City Advertising Professional of the Year? I suppose it might have something to do with commitment to craft, a… Continue reading The AdPulp Interview: John January

IBM is using its information technology and consulting prowess to get into the marketing services business. According to Ad Age, IBM’s “Smarter Commerce” initiative links its 2010 acquisitions Coremetrics, a web-analytics firm; Unica, an interactive-campaign-management firm; and Sterling Commerce, a retail-systems and analytics company in a rollup of web analytics, consumer behavioral data, store data… Continue reading IBM To The Rescue, Tech Giant Brings Focus On Results To Marketing Communications

Caroline McCarthy of CNET listened to IAC founder and Chairman Barry Diller speak at South by Southwest on Monday. She says Diller provided “a bit of blunt, curmudgeonly insight for a conference best-known as a hub of the young, wide-eyed, and exuberant.” Diller was asked on stage about the presence of a tech bubble. “Well,… Continue reading “Money Chases Things,” Says Diller