In today’s edition, we have a guest contributor: Paul Jarrett. As the programs chair for the Lincoln AAF and as a marketing manager at Nebraska Book Company, Paul is very active in exploring and experimenting with social media applications for marketing and promotional purposes. [Disclosure: the Nebraska Book Company is one of my current clients.] [...]

Assorted nonsense and marginally relevant shenanigans via my personal delicious.com bookmarks. – Imagine A Pie Chart Stomping On An Infographic Forever: As you all probably know by now, I have a huge love for smart data visualization and infographics. This great post from SmashingMagazine.com talks about statistical literacy and the design difficulties around properly visualizing [...]

I know what you’re saying. “Ogilvy on Advertising? Really? Isn’t that a little…I don’t know…OLD SCHOOL?” Yeah, sure it is. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t something to be learned here. In his time, David Ogilvy was ahead of it. You could  say that his thoughts on direct response advertising (check out this video [...]

Assorted nonsense and marginally relevant shenanigans via my personal delicious.com bookmarks. – How Teens Use Cellphones: A great infographic here based on Pew Internet Research. No real surprises but it's definitely something to hang on your wall for reference…and expect to have to change in 3 to 6 months. – What role for the CMO [...]

I’ve been a fan of Austinite singer/songwriter Bob Schneider for quite some time and a quick tweet this morning from my buddy @jharr totally reminded me how much I dig this guy’s work. But alas, I’ve been slacking on my duties as a fan and failed to realize that he has a new disc out, [...]