Month: June 2011

What follows is a condensed version of this week’s edition of Hungry for Gumbo, the email newsletter I started sending out in March. If you’d like to read the entire newsletter, and future weekly installments, subscribe today. It only costs $1/month or $.25 an issue and payment is handled by Amazon Payments. Note: Hungry for… Continue reading Free Sample: Hungry for Gumbo

David Ogilvy was born June 23, 1911. Adweek is celebrating the great ad man’s legacy with a graphic novel treatment, an essay from Michael Wolff and the following video. We all know what Ogilvy brought to the ad business. Wolff reminds us what the man also brought to the business of letters: Among the giants… Continue reading Don’t Bunt!

Advertising blimps: a big boon for business. Blimps or airships have come a long way since World War I. In those days it was specifically used by the military but now it is used to promote business by the corporate world. Advertising blimps are one of the most innovative and highly successful ways of marketing… Continue reading Advertising blimps:a Big Boon for your Business