Tag Archives: Traditional Media

Digital Esperanto: The Internet As International Common Ground

In the Book of Genesis, the ancients built the Tower of Babel in Babylon to a great height with the intent of touching the heavens and asserting the glory of man. This act offended God, who smacked the edifice down … Continue reading

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Without Commercials, The Super Bowl Isn’t

A group of us flew down here to New Zealand for a large commercial shoot.  The weather’s nice, the country’s beautiful and the production team is very buttoned up.  Which is why we had the afternoon of Super Bowl Monday … Continue reading

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PR Now Sidestepping Traditional Media Relationships To Pitch Consumers Directly

Advertising Age published an interesting item the other day on the rising trend among PR firms to take a pass on pitching traditional media outlets and go directly to consumers with their messages. A cynic might contend that publishing and … Continue reading

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I Don't Have All The Answers. But The Internet Connects Me To Smart People That Might…

People like Ad Age’s Randall Rothenberg certainly provide good, informed opinion and perspective around this whole marketing convergence thing.  Today, he posted a long, incredibly thoughtful, and refreshingly blunt assessment on Interactive Advertising Creativity.  Or rather, the horrific dearth of … Continue reading

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Your Dentist and Neighbor Sent You Invites To Be Their Friend…

Reviewing the last few posts, apparently it’s Social Media week here at Collective-Thinking.  And that makes sense.  Disintegrating audiences in old media threw our industry into a tizzy; re-aggregated audiences in new media like social networks could provide a fresh … Continue reading

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