Shift in Advertising Spending: Be Prepared to Follow the Money

According to a recent eMarketer article, “Some Advertising Shines in Dark Times” nearly all media sectors will experience advertising spending declines in 2009.

“Hardest hit will be traditional media such as newspapers, radio, magazines and TV, each falling by 14% or more.”

8 Benefits of Social Media for Small-to Midsize Ad Agencies

I arrived in Atlanta last night and had some time to catch up with my good friend, Scott Nelson, Nelson Creative. Scott and I spent the evening together talking mostly about social media and its impact upon our industry. Scott is a believer.

I’m prepping this morning for a “Fueling Ad Agency New Business Through Social Media” workshop for Catapult New Business and THE LIST.

Boston agency Modernista! is demonstrating that it gets social media

In March 2008, Modernista! gained some attention for a redesign of its own website, which now displayed the referring page (such as Google search results) all over again, but this time with a small navigation menu overlaid in the upper left corner. Other than basic information, the menu primarily directed visitors to information from other sites, including on Flickr and YouTube, so the effect could be described as going “siteless”.