Is happiness a state of being or a memory? It LOOKS like a simple question, but if it were, we’d probably all be a lot, um, happier. Marketing expert #BryanHaut on episode 8 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast : podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marti… #memory #happiness #podcast

'The first lesson of branding: memorability. It's very difficult buying something you can't remember.' – Sir John Hegarty #advertising #copywriting

Thanks to the #CollisionAwards for the chance to judge the 1st edition of their competition - terrific animation from all over the world (fun fact: still time to enter!): collisionawards.com

#awards #animation #advertising #creativity #design #motion The Agency Review

We provide 3 options for when the Demographic Cliff hits your business. Spoiler Alert: 2 of them suck: martinbihl.com/business-think… #demographiccliff #generations #higheredmarketing #advertising #strategy

Customer service is horrendous, product quality is horrible, digital presence is a pain to navigate, and prices are inflated, but you moved your lips to complain that advertising doesn't work.

Uh huh. Right. Advertising is the problem.

Is the point still to be better than your competition? Is that how brands and others win in the marketplace? Or is it something else? I thought I knew. Now I’m not so sure. Some thinking about it all: martinbihl.com/business-think… #marketing

Agree: 1st draught is a brain-dump, 2nd is an edit

Folks from New York, California, Pennsylvania, Missouri and more talking about the kinds of things people don’t usually talk about in public. No, not that. #YoureOnMuteThePodcast : open.spotify.com/show/06dqbvurz…

Strategist #LeahBienstock dives deep into her mentoring of younger strategists to answer the question “Is critical thinking a skill that can be taught or is it a talent?” Episode 9 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast : podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marti… #criticalthinking #strategy #podcast #mentoring

The folks at ShoutoutArizona ask me four simple questions. I try to get in and out in under 4000 words. I think I did. Barely. shoutoutarizona.com/meet-martin-bi… #creativity #advertising #writing #risk #marketing

How agencies can use their expertise WITH the expertise clients have to create real value for everyone. No, really. My thoughts at #WhyIsThisInteresting : whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-brand-ed… #branding #marketing #advertising Why is this interesting?

How to make your #advertising agency more efficient & more effective. #SpoilerAlert – it’s not easy. martinbihl.com/business-think…

What you should be paying for when you’re paying for a #CreativeDirector . martinbihl.com/business-think…

Why hospital advertising is really just like regular advertising except on steroids. As it were. Thoughts on #hospitaladvertising : martinbihl.com/business-think… #hospitals #healthcareadvertising #doctors #advertising #marketing

Reviewing the 'assigned keywords.' Is it any wonder most advertising is so insipid?

Dan Englander starts this by asking me “what’s the same & what’s changed in #advertising over the years” and, well, I may still be answering that question. salesschema.com/martin-bihl-on… #marketing Dan Englander Dan Englander #creativity @Theagencyreview #Zipatoni Renegade, LLC.

A “stunningly beautiful collection of work should be in the collection of anyone interested in advertising – or in American culture – of any time”. We review #JimHeimann & #StevenHeller ’s #MidCenturyAds : the-agency-review.com/mad-men-ads/ The Daily Heller @Taschen #advertising #printads

What a great – not “easy” – client looks like. We review norman hathaway & Dan Nadel’s #DorothyandOtis : wp.me/P23AlC-X7

“I can’t renounce #drugs . I love drugs. I’d never trade the part of my life when the drugs worked, though the bulk of the time I spent getting high they weren’t doing shit for me.” We review #MikeDoughty ’s #TheBookOfDrugs : the-agency-review.com/the-book-of-dr… 🎑 Mike Doughty #SoulCoughing

There’s a lot of failure in Dan Kennedy’s #LoserGoesFirst . A lot of it is funny. & a lot of it reminds you well, you just gotta keep going because whynot? Our review: the-agency-review.com/loser/ Dan Kennedy #Comedy #Memoir #MusicBusiness Crown Publishing @McSweeneys #Advertising