by Tara Ford | Dec 17, 2024 | Advertising, Agency, Branding
The holiday season is full steam ahead, bringing with it sparkling silver bells, holiday imagery and of course seasonal advertising. It almost seems as though snowflakes come pre-loaded with cherished memories and iconic movie moments that have shaped how we see the...
by Miriam Hara | Oct 22, 2024 | Advertising, Agency, Marketing
How do you know if you’re suffering from the Agency Blues? If you’re a brand marketer you’ve lived it… you’ve loathed it. The Agency Blues symptoms. Your heart is racing. You break out in a sweat (no, it’s not because you’re...
by Miriam Hara | Aug 20, 2024 | Design
This may seem counterintuitive and, for those who read my posts, contradictory! I recently wrote an article about how “Good Enough” isn’t beneficial for marketing and branding. Now, I would like to talk about the Perfectionist Marketing Syndrome (PMS)....
by Miriam Hara | Aug 13, 2024 | Advertising, Agency, Branding, Creative
Does your current brand visual campaign undermine your brand’s authenticity? Brand visuals are the cornerstone of a brand’s identity. It is my stance that you cannot build a brand visual campaign utilizing stock imagery, especially when they should depict...
by Miriam Hara | Jul 30, 2024 | Advertising, Agency, Management
Nostalgia for the Mad Man Era It’s hard not to be nostalgic about what was once the ‘life of a creative’ in a marketing agency. We were the epitome of cool. Dress-down Fridays? Every day was a casual masterpiece of quirky tees, ripped jeans, and...
