Our ability to be selective in our shopping experiences has increased dramatically since the heyday of household TV advertising. There are almost too many products to choose from now. It’s become so much more difficult to decide what we want, versus what we need.

Advertising, CultureAshley VillarrealNovember 8, 2019grocery, choice, package, marketing, advertising, branding, strategy, consumer, commercial, buying, shopping, decision, Internet, Amazon, moreComment

Pick Up The Phone

On average, email takes up roughly 23 percent of an employees workday. For every email they receive, it takes them about 16 minutes to refocus after receiving an email. That's while already receiving an average of 304 weekly business emails.

Culture, AdvertisingMike OsgoodJune 18, 2018account, agency, average, best, bond, business, cell, client, computer, connection, contact, creative, desk, email, employee, engagement, feedback, future, media, meeting, mission, office, opinion, partner, phone, project, relationship, school, small, speaking, strategy, talk, team, thought, top, weekly

For a Stronger Brand, Find a "Black Hat"

As I sit here typing this, Mark Zuckerberg is mea-culping live on CNN about Facebook’s privacy breaches. In parallel, our good friends (forgive the sarcasm) in Russia are endorsing their candidates for the 2018 U.S. elections. Not to mention, the credit reporting agency Equifax has—well, the kimono isn’t just open, it’s gone.

Advertising, Culture, NewsTom GearyMarch 26, 2018advantage, agency, benefit, best, black, brand, business, campaign, company, content, critical, data, Experian, Facebook, failure, finance, hat, headline, impact, important, Mark Zuckerberg, marketing, media, mistake, perspective, Prudential, retirement, Schwab, smart, speech, startup, strategy, success, tech, technology, thinking, tomorrow, transform

Wine Disruptors

Making US wines an appealing choice to Millennials, people who live, breathe and drink a variety of brands, is perhaps the biggest change that the industry will experience. Finding meaningful ways for brands to stand out and connect with their audience will be a core ingredient for success.

CultureRachel NewellApril 1, 2013advertising, agency, Americans, audience, Bay Area, branding, business, California, company, consumers, content, coverage, creative, documentary, ForageSF, generation, growth, industry, local, love, marketing, Millennial, news, professional, San Francisco, scale, school of thought, small, social, strategy, tech, top best, unique, video, wine, young

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