Is the Phone Call an Outmoded Communication Tool?

A growing number of persons consider phone calls to be interruptive and annoying. The phone call is rapidly fading as a generation of e-mailing, followed by an explosion in texting and social media, has pushed the telephone conversation into serious decline.

If 2009 was the year to forget for the advertising industry, what’s next?

2009 has become the year to forget for the advertising industry. A round-up of some predictions for the advertising industry for 2010 may be brighter but still a difficult year ahead.

How Teens Use Media: A Nielsen report on the myths and realities of teen media trends

This is one of those rare post stepping outside the sphere of agency new business. I found this new Nielsen report very enlightening and wanted to share it with my readers. The report bunks a lot of the myths on “How Teens Use Media.” You may be surprised to learn that teens can often be reached by the same means as their parents.