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Digital Doesn't Matter: (and other advertising heresies)
Digital Doesn't Matter - and other advertising heresies Author:Josh Sklar, Gareth Kay, Dirk Eschenbacher, Ignacio Oreamuno, George Tannenbaum, Jeffrey Dachis, Jerry Yoram Wind, Jon Cook, Andy Flemming, John Winsor, Alexandre Olmedo, Bob Hoffman, Andy Greenaway, Ask Wappling, Steffan Postaer, Brian Solis, David Sable, David Shulman [540+ pages of insights from the world's leading Mad Men] — Apathetic. Numb. Overwhelmed. — Those aren?t consumers. They?re ad professionals. — Radical shifts in advertising have reached a critical point ? sucking craft, quality, and satisfaction out of the business. It?s now a Big Data numbers game ruled by instant response and measured in fracti... more »ons of a percent. Are we doomed to mere assembly lines of offshore production and creative commoditization? Can well-established ad agency networks hang on or are they going to come crumbling down? Or... are we facing the dawn of the industry?s most seismic renaissance? One that offers agencies and marketers a powerful new array of cost-effective structures and models to elevate the quality of both our work and our lives? Digital Doesn?t Matter calls upon over 130 of today?s most esteemed Mad Men minds from all around the world to answer. Provocative. Brutally honest. At times, pure heresy. With a complex landscape shifting by the nanosecond, this compendium of insights captures the industry at a true crossroads like never before. For any marketing pro, it is a much-needed Survival Guide ? a clear, sensible path to propel agencies and individuals forward, free from budget-slashing bean counters and social media gurus who devalue the craft. Learn first-hand from the nimble veterans who have not only survived, but also thrived. Contributors include Global CEOs, CMOs, Creative Directors, Strategists, Planners, and Executives from all roles in the world?s most successful agencies and advertisers. Your guide and author, Josh Sklar, stands as a digital pioneer having spearheaded several of the most respected worldwide digital agencies, creating award-winning campaigns for leading brands such as: Singapore Airlines, Visa, Heineken, Pfizer, Coca-Cola, Nokia, Microsoft, Discovery Channel, ESPN, Cisco, General Motors, and more.
Here are just a few of our interviewees: Global Chairman / CEO, Y&R & the weekly ramble Global CEO, Organic Global CEO, VML Managing Director, VML Australia & Digital Buzz Co-Founder / Chairman & CEO, Razorfish & Dachis Group Chief Creative Officer, SapientNitro NYC Executive Creative Director, SapientNitro Asia Pacific Executive Creative Director, R/GA & Ad Aged Director Business Transformation, R/GA & Being Peter Kim Chief Innovation Officer, Mullen & Creativity_Unbound Head of Digital, Dentsu CMO, Microsoft Asia Pacific Jordan Brand Marketing Director, Nike Global VP Digital & Social Marketing & CRM, Nokia North American Consumer & SMB Exec Director, Dell Head of Digital, American Express Asia Regional Marketing Director, Samsung CEO, Omnicom Media Group Asia Managing Director of Ad Agency Relationships, Google Senior Vice President of Digital, Edelman & dave fleet Regional Creative Director, Ogilvy Regional Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Executive Creative Director, BBH NYC Executive Creative Director, JWT Chief Digital Officer / ECD, DDB & Tribal DDB Executive Director, Art Directors Club & IHAVEANIDEA CEO, Hoffman | Lewis & The Ad Contrarian Executive Creative Director, gyro & Gods of Advertising Founder / Columnist, Adrants & Playboy's The Smoking Jacket Founder, Adland.tv CEO, M&C Saatchi Asia CEO, Publicis Greater China CEO, BBDO Greater China Director Creative Innovation, Saatchi & Saatchi NYC & Hyper Island Business Unit Head, Ogilvy Africa Founder, eYeka EVP Education, American Association of Advertising Agencies Chief Technology Officer, the 4As Senior Research Fellow, USC Annenberg School for the Digital Future and many more from WPP, Omnicom, Publicis, IPG, Dentsu, Havas, independents, collectives, individuals, influential industry bloggers, respected trade journalists and successful brands.« less