Tag: Copywriter
Are “digital” creatives the future for traditional shops?
There's been a lot of discussion lately about what the future's creative department should look like and who it should be headed by. Do traditional shops need to get rid of their old guard and make way for leaders and practitioners steeped in the traditions of the digital shops? Surely…
Hey junior, wanna avoid producing #$2=@!. Or how to sell good work.
Image by Slightlynorth via Flickr Fact of life, junior creative: not every client is going to buy your great work. Some will just wear you down until what finally runs is just bad. Why? Politics, bad taste, stupidity, or just plain arrogance. And in a good economy, great agencies fire…
Time to stop pussy footing, creative folks.
Image by musha68000 via Flickr I'm a copywriter and also a social media guy. So a post by Jim Mitchem got me fired up last week. And it also got me thinking about the role that creative folks are playing in the social space right now. The reality is we're…
Fast enough is the new good enough
[caption id="attachment_295" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Pick two and only two sides"][/caption] Today fast enough is the new good enough. Fortunately, this will change and clients will start by asking for quality again, in addition to cheap and fast. The cyclical nature of business will cause them to demand memorable and even…
