This should come as no great surprise to anyone living in Detroit ... Congressman's Wife Resigns After Admitting Bribery -npr.org.
The only real question is ... when will they bust the rest of the City Council??
UPDATE: 6-30-09 And, please don't let this be the postscript ...
Sam Riddle, Conyers' former chief of staff who told the Free Press for an article Monday that Conyers took cash and jewelry in other questionable deals, said Monday her fate was disappointing.
"I just feel real bad about this whole thing because it never had to happen," he said. "But Detroit needs a through political housecleaning. Even though Monica Conyers has become the face of corruption in Detroit, the ugly reality is there are others lining up with their grubby little hands out to become the next Monica Conyers."
Conyers' resignation clears way for Cobo-freep.com
Monday, June 29, 2009
Measuring the Impact of a Man.
The Day the Music Died ... this time ... was measureable in a way that never could have been back in Buddy Holly's day ...
In this modern age ... if Web traffic is the measure of the man ... then Michael Jackson may sadly have been as big and record setting in death as he was in life ... where he will most likely be on track to sell more albums than any other artist. Ever.
The Wall Street Journal reported, on Friday, that "Web usage spiked to more than 4.2 million global visitors per minute at its peak Thursday evening. Normal traffic is around 2 million global visitors per minute." More here ... The Day the Internet Almost Died.
MJ .... an enigma, but also a talent, of astral proportions to be sure ...
RIP
In this modern age ... if Web traffic is the measure of the man ... then Michael Jackson may sadly have been as big and record setting in death as he was in life ... where he will most likely be on track to sell more albums than any other artist. Ever.
The Wall Street Journal reported, on Friday, that "Web usage spiked to more than 4.2 million global visitors per minute at its peak Thursday evening. Normal traffic is around 2 million global visitors per minute." More here ... The Day the Internet Almost Died.
MJ .... an enigma, but also a talent, of astral proportions to be sure ...
RIP
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Opting in, or bailing out ... it's all Govt business to me ...
In what some would consider an historic move ... and one certainly not prone to our Advertising Industry ... 4 separate governance groups have come together to stave off the very real threat of Government intervention into our business to regulate consumer privacy.
The Wall Street Journal reports today that ...
"The threat of new regulations involving Internet privacy is prompting Web advertisers to give consumers more control over how their private information is collected and used online."
"The trade groups behind the effort include the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Association of National Advertisers, the Direct Marketing Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau."
This is a biggy ... mainly because if Obama's government has anything to do with it ... Behavioral Targeting, that panacea of Online Advertising ... would be sharply curtailed based on privacy legislation.
At a point in time when the entire landscape of Online advertising has gravitated to this model of 1-to-1 DM ... in will ride the White Knights of Congress to legislate it's usage and limitations.
BOOM ... the sound of Online's whole basket of eggs going up in smoke.
So the Industry now steps up to self-legislate this growing concern.
But, I just don't see how a Government hell-bent on legislating everything they see and with new-found power like a brand new toy ... are going to let something like this just slide by without their direct oversight.
Afterall ... it's us taxpayers they are out to protect!, in spite of (or despite) us.
(with apologies to artist)
The Wall Street Journal reports today that ...
"The threat of new regulations involving Internet privacy is prompting Web advertisers to give consumers more control over how their private information is collected and used online."
"The trade groups behind the effort include the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Association of National Advertisers, the Direct Marketing Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau."
This is a biggy ... mainly because if Obama's government has anything to do with it ... Behavioral Targeting, that panacea of Online Advertising ... would be sharply curtailed based on privacy legislation.
At a point in time when the entire landscape of Online advertising has gravitated to this model of 1-to-1 DM ... in will ride the White Knights of Congress to legislate it's usage and limitations.
BOOM ... the sound of Online's whole basket of eggs going up in smoke.
So the Industry now steps up to self-legislate this growing concern.
But, I just don't see how a Government hell-bent on legislating everything they see and with new-found power like a brand new toy ... are going to let something like this just slide by without their direct oversight.
Afterall ... it's us taxpayers they are out to protect!, in spite of (or despite) us.
(with apologies to artist)
Monday, June 22, 2009
Julie keeps Fast Company.
Pick up a copy of the July/August issue of Fast Company for a little light summer reading ... Julie is featured in an article on page 76, "The Scarlet Woman of Bentonville".
These few quotes from Julie tell you probably all you need to know about how she wound up in her mess ...
'Roehm has always been a centaur of sorts - half swan, half pit bull. Or as she puts it, "the princess and the tomboy", " I'm an extremely competitive person, so I liked playing on the all-boys teams because I was better than a lot of them."
"I really pushed the limits and never got caught. I always believed knowledge is power, and I can work hard and play hard." (Referring to moving around alot as a kid and being fluent in fitting in and partying).
And this (referring to fiscal self reliance) ... "I remember thinking I want to be able to do what I want to do when i want to do it."
But ... the article's post-script seems to be that she will be the comeback kid and the marketing world will adore her once again ...
"That's the great thing about America", she says, " people love a comeback. "I'm counting on it."
Read the article here.
And, of course, we ought to let George Parker ... aka Adscam ... have the last word
These few quotes from Julie tell you probably all you need to know about how she wound up in her mess ...
'Roehm has always been a centaur of sorts - half swan, half pit bull. Or as she puts it, "the princess and the tomboy", " I'm an extremely competitive person, so I liked playing on the all-boys teams because I was better than a lot of them."
"I really pushed the limits and never got caught. I always believed knowledge is power, and I can work hard and play hard." (Referring to moving around alot as a kid and being fluent in fitting in and partying).
And this (referring to fiscal self reliance) ... "I remember thinking I want to be able to do what I want to do when i want to do it."
But ... the article's post-script seems to be that she will be the comeback kid and the marketing world will adore her once again ...
"That's the great thing about America", she says, " people love a comeback. "I'm counting on it."
Read the article here.
And, of course, we ought to let George Parker ... aka Adscam ... have the last word
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Sometimes I just can't help myself ...
So I am reading this news post today ...Plane with dead pilot lands safely in Newark, NJ ... and thinking ... wow ... now that's really remarkable good news.
Pilot, 61, dies en route of natural causes ... co-pilots take over in orderly fashion and fly the plane without incident to it's safe arrival in Newark. Nice news-bite. Passengers have story to tell ... naturally we feel sad for the pilot and his family ... but, thankful no further incident.
But ...
Then ... I just let my imagination get the best of me ...
"Airline spokeswoman Kelly Cripe says the pilot died of natural causes Thursday on Flight 61 from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, N.J."
The same Cripe woman who just yesterday is in the news trying to gloss over the fact that the very same airline ... Continental ... has mishandled to small children passengers flying alone and sent them to far off destinations that were completely un-intended ... only to have to retrieve them and get them to their intended destinations ... a cock-up of major proportions ...
Now I am a marketing guy ... and maybe one of the world's great conspiracy theorists. Read mountains of text on the Warren Commission, most of the transcripts on the Watergate Hearings ... Watch 24 and CSI-NY voraciously! ... that kinda guy.
As a marketing guy (and in true Jack Bauer fashion) I am going ... how is Continental going to get out from under misplacing not one ... but two kids in one day??! Incompetence of the highest magnitude!
How about landing a plane with a dead pilot safely at it's final intended destination ...?!
Well ... gosh ... only 61 years old ??? ... a pilot (those guys are reasonably fit)?? ... of natural causes?? ... suddenly I may have totally forgotten about not one ... but two kids in one day! Incompetence of the highest magnitude!
ENOUGH! ... stop this foul thinking!! ... that is the stuff of $10 movie matinees!Incomprehensible.
(p.s. Did anyone check his coffee cup...???)
Pilot, 61, dies en route of natural causes ... co-pilots take over in orderly fashion and fly the plane without incident to it's safe arrival in Newark. Nice news-bite. Passengers have story to tell ... naturally we feel sad for the pilot and his family ... but, thankful no further incident.
But ...
Then ... I just let my imagination get the best of me ...
"Airline spokeswoman Kelly Cripe says the pilot died of natural causes Thursday on Flight 61 from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, N.J."
The same Cripe woman who just yesterday is in the news trying to gloss over the fact that the very same airline ... Continental ... has mishandled to small children passengers flying alone and sent them to far off destinations that were completely un-intended ... only to have to retrieve them and get them to their intended destinations ... a cock-up of major proportions ...
Now I am a marketing guy ... and maybe one of the world's great conspiracy theorists. Read mountains of text on the Warren Commission, most of the transcripts on the Watergate Hearings ... Watch 24 and CSI-NY voraciously! ... that kinda guy.
As a marketing guy (and in true Jack Bauer fashion) I am going ... how is Continental going to get out from under misplacing not one ... but two kids in one day??! Incompetence of the highest magnitude!
How about landing a plane with a dead pilot safely at it's final intended destination ...?!
Well ... gosh ... only 61 years old ??? ... a pilot (those guys are reasonably fit)?? ... of natural causes?? ... suddenly I may have totally forgotten about not one ... but two kids in one day! Incompetence of the highest magnitude!
ENOUGH! ... stop this foul thinking!! ... that is the stuff of $10 movie matinees!Incomprehensible.
(p.s. Did anyone check his coffee cup...???)
Some more sad news ...
Not really intending for this to be the "bad news blog" ... but, can't let this pass without acknowledging ...
Ric Paschke passed away yesterday after a long struggle with a brain tumor. Ric, of course, was a former media Director in this town ... and a longtime lover of the Detroit advertising community.
His wife, Maureen, will be planning a memorial service for Ric sometime in next couple weeks.
In meantime ... sure that she would love to hear from old friends. mkpaschke@yahoo.com
I'm really gonna start enjoying that sandwich ...
Ric Paschke passed away yesterday after a long struggle with a brain tumor. Ric, of course, was a former media Director in this town ... and a longtime lover of the Detroit advertising community.
His wife, Maureen, will be planning a memorial service for Ric sometime in next couple weeks.
In meantime ... sure that she would love to hear from old friends. mkpaschke@yahoo.com
I'm really gonna start enjoying that sandwich ...
Monday, June 15, 2009
Death to TV!
So I'm reading another of those "Death to TV" pieces (read it here))... you know the ones ... assailing TV of every known sin to media-kind since Adam bit the apple and posted it on his blog ...
Well ... in many respects I sort of am inclined to agree with the guy ... Henry Blodget ... who says ...
"You won't have 5 channels, or 50 channels, or 500 channels. You'll have millions of channels. You'll be able to watch anything you want, live or taped. You'll be able to watch it wherever you want--TV, computer, mobile device. You won't have to sorry about "slinging" video content around or programming your DVR. You'll just plug a pipe (Internet) into a box (device) and watch."
Of course this has been the prevailing drumbeat of the last ... oh ... decade. Still waiting on it to happen, of course ... but, there are signs.
This guy .. Blodget ...though, contends that the TV industry is sitting with blinders on in the paddock ... "The traditional TV industry--cable companies, networks, and broadcasters--is where the newspaper industry was about five years ago:
In denial."
And I guess I disagree at this point.
And don't rest assured that it will be a better world for all us raving video junkies if we did witness the demise of the traditional TV model.
Lets' assume for just a minute that you actually will be able to view millions of channels on everything from your mobile phone to your 47 inch flat screen to, oh, I don't know ... your rear-view mirror ...
There will be a high cost of access.
Imagine what your Cable company will do to your monthly bill based on the massive bandwidth used by your household. Because without that you are screwed.
And if there are 200 channels now with nothing on ... imagine what navigating a million will look like ...
In the meantime, the "traditional" TV and Cable Networks are chugging along on their path of reinventing themselves. yes, that's right ... I did say reinventing ...
I think they would be more than happy to turn over the game of ad sales to the likes of Hulu, YouTube, MySpace, Joost, blah,blah,blah and let them figure out, in a new highly commoditized media world, ... transacted by all-mighty exchanges ... just how to make money on those millions of fragmented impressions.
In the meantime ... those old traditional warhorse TV Networks methodically go about the business of incubating and creating ...content.
And they do it with access to the biggest most robust entertainment industry resources out there. This, it seems to me, is the business that traditional TV is cornering the market on.
Let's see ... Mr. Blodget believes that ...
The best content creators will do just fine. Video storytelling won't go away.
(DMG believes that the Networks - and even more decidedly the Cable Nets - seem to know what this is all about, since they got back to the drawing board about 5 years ago ...)
The lousy content creators will disappear. No big loss. And no big change.
(DMG couldn't agree more! Cya CurrentTV,)
The cable companies will become dumb pipes, and they'll get disintermediated. The phone companies will remain dumb pipes.
(But they will just be rich dumb pipes ... and my monthly bill will still be huge!)
The wireless companies will become dumber pipes.
(But they will be mobile, rich dumb pipes ... and my monthly bill will be even huger!)
The competition between the multiple dumb pipes will eventually, we pray, result in lower prices for consumers for the only thing we will really need: Ubiquitous high-speed Internet access.
(DMG disagrees. We supposedly have that choice now ... and my monthly bill is still off the charts. It's just that I go through a bi-monthly dance of threatening to cancel, or changing my service and buy someone elses at a few dollars less a month ... as the total charge reverts back to steady upward trajectory in subsequent months ... arrrrrgggghhh!)
Box and device companies will remain box and device companies. Unless Apple somehow creates a new global chokepoint via the iPhone.
(I have seen what Apple can do ... and I believe!)
Networks that produce live news, sports, and entertainment will offer the content direct to consumers.
(Through that same expensive bandwidth pipeline ...)
A few clever online aggregators--YouTube? Hulu? Cable companies? Netflix?--will create nice video portals and build powerful new businesses
(Hey - I though Blodget called those cable companies just a bunch of big dumb pipes ... ah ... whatever! and YouTube? Clever? ... just not clever enough to make money or be a content aggregator of content that will ... make money that is)
And don't forget that Hulu is out there right now trying to charge me a higher cpm for the same TV crap I buy on TV now. How does that work out to be a better model down the road ...???
I'm not sure ... but did I hear Blodget at some conference 5 years ago telling me that in 5 years Newspapers would be dead ...?? Nope, didn't think so.
UPDATE: 6-16-09 and for a decidedly different spin ...The 'YouTube Is Doomed' Guy Has More to Say - AdAge
Where-in ... "reacting to a recent report by Credit Suisse that suggested that YouTube was on track to take in $240 million in ad revenue in 2009, against operating costs of $711 million, for a net shortfall of just over $470 million."
Ouch!
Well ... in many respects I sort of am inclined to agree with the guy ... Henry Blodget ... who says ...
"You won't have 5 channels, or 50 channels, or 500 channels. You'll have millions of channels. You'll be able to watch anything you want, live or taped. You'll be able to watch it wherever you want--TV, computer, mobile device. You won't have to sorry about "slinging" video content around or programming your DVR. You'll just plug a pipe (Internet) into a box (device) and watch."
Of course this has been the prevailing drumbeat of the last ... oh ... decade. Still waiting on it to happen, of course ... but, there are signs.
This guy .. Blodget ...though, contends that the TV industry is sitting with blinders on in the paddock ... "The traditional TV industry--cable companies, networks, and broadcasters--is where the newspaper industry was about five years ago:
In denial."
And I guess I disagree at this point.
And don't rest assured that it will be a better world for all us raving video junkies if we did witness the demise of the traditional TV model.
Lets' assume for just a minute that you actually will be able to view millions of channels on everything from your mobile phone to your 47 inch flat screen to, oh, I don't know ... your rear-view mirror ...
There will be a high cost of access.
Imagine what your Cable company will do to your monthly bill based on the massive bandwidth used by your household. Because without that you are screwed.
And if there are 200 channels now with nothing on ... imagine what navigating a million will look like ...
In the meantime, the "traditional" TV and Cable Networks are chugging along on their path of reinventing themselves. yes, that's right ... I did say reinventing ...
I think they would be more than happy to turn over the game of ad sales to the likes of Hulu, YouTube, MySpace, Joost, blah,blah,blah and let them figure out, in a new highly commoditized media world, ... transacted by all-mighty exchanges ... just how to make money on those millions of fragmented impressions.
In the meantime ... those old traditional warhorse TV Networks methodically go about the business of incubating and creating ...content.
And they do it with access to the biggest most robust entertainment industry resources out there. This, it seems to me, is the business that traditional TV is cornering the market on.
Let's see ... Mr. Blodget believes that ...
The best content creators will do just fine. Video storytelling won't go away.
(DMG believes that the Networks - and even more decidedly the Cable Nets - seem to know what this is all about, since they got back to the drawing board about 5 years ago ...)
The lousy content creators will disappear. No big loss. And no big change.
(DMG couldn't agree more! Cya CurrentTV,)
The cable companies will become dumb pipes, and they'll get disintermediated. The phone companies will remain dumb pipes.
(But they will just be rich dumb pipes ... and my monthly bill will still be huge!)
The wireless companies will become dumber pipes.
(But they will be mobile, rich dumb pipes ... and my monthly bill will be even huger!)
The competition between the multiple dumb pipes will eventually, we pray, result in lower prices for consumers for the only thing we will really need: Ubiquitous high-speed Internet access.
(DMG disagrees. We supposedly have that choice now ... and my monthly bill is still off the charts. It's just that I go through a bi-monthly dance of threatening to cancel, or changing my service and buy someone elses at a few dollars less a month ... as the total charge reverts back to steady upward trajectory in subsequent months ... arrrrrgggghhh!)
Box and device companies will remain box and device companies. Unless Apple somehow creates a new global chokepoint via the iPhone.
(I have seen what Apple can do ... and I believe!)
Networks that produce live news, sports, and entertainment will offer the content direct to consumers.
(Through that same expensive bandwidth pipeline ...)
A few clever online aggregators--YouTube? Hulu? Cable companies? Netflix?--will create nice video portals and build powerful new businesses
(Hey - I though Blodget called those cable companies just a bunch of big dumb pipes ... ah ... whatever! and YouTube? Clever? ... just not clever enough to make money or be a content aggregator of content that will ... make money that is)
And don't forget that Hulu is out there right now trying to charge me a higher cpm for the same TV crap I buy on TV now. How does that work out to be a better model down the road ...???
I'm not sure ... but did I hear Blodget at some conference 5 years ago telling me that in 5 years Newspapers would be dead ...?? Nope, didn't think so.
UPDATE: 6-16-09 and for a decidedly different spin ...The 'YouTube Is Doomed' Guy Has More to Say - AdAge
Where-in ... "reacting to a recent report by Credit Suisse that suggested that YouTube was on track to take in $240 million in ad revenue in 2009, against operating costs of $711 million, for a net shortfall of just over $470 million."
Ouch!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Sad Day.
Larry Wallace was a friend to many here in Detroit advertising circles.
His untimely passing is a simple reminder for all of us, I guess.
"Enjoy every sandwich ..."
Larry - you will be missed.
His untimely passing is a simple reminder for all of us, I guess.
"Enjoy every sandwich ..."
Larry - you will be missed.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
Mulally Today.
I guess noone will laud Mulally as the best talk-show guest to ever hit the airwaves ... (I hope the guy is more engaging when he's at his backyard BBQ ...)
... but as long as Ford's stock, and market share keep climbing ... whose gonna argue!
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
... but as long as Ford's stock, and market share keep climbing ... whose gonna argue!
Keepin' it real ...
Follow along with me for a minute ...
"How much of an impact Obama's recovery program had on the pace of job losses is up for debate. Obama has claimed as many as 150,000 jobs saved or created by his stimulus plan so far, even as government reports have shown the economy has lost more than 1.6 million jobs since Congress approved funding for the program in February." (read more here)
Likelihood of the Economic Stimulus Package having any effect what-so-ever throughout the remainder of this year is highly up for grabs.
Obama initially offered his stimulus plan as a way to put people back to work, a promise that 3.5 million jobs would be saved or created. The administration's predictions that unemployment would rise no higher than 8 percent already have been shattered, leaving Obama's advisers to caution that job growth takes time, even as recovery spending intensifies.
3.5 million jobs won't even make the US economy flush again, versus the number of jobs lost since the beginning of the recession. We know ... in the auto sector alone ... that we are far from done losing jobs.
But, not to be half-empty all the time ... we all remain optimistic of a complete recovery ... we just know it is going to take more time ... (more time? sigh). (In the meantime someone please tell those morons up in Washington to get it in gear!)
There is no question that the psyche of the consumer marketplace will be changed significantly, and indefinitely, going forward ... as stories of the American consumer at "ground zero" continue to populate, like these ...(listen) ...
What seems most certain is we do not need or want any pandering bullshit out there from an advertising and marketing standpoint.
And just as much ... we don't need it from our government.
Now, more than ever ... the message needs to be one of long-term value.
For a consumer culture that was forever, it seemed, lost in the shopping panacea of the last 2 decades ... we now have a brand new generation of young people ... who having done all the seemingly right things (gone to college for higher education degrees in record numbers, established good credit in record numbers, prepared themselves to join the ranks of their consuming parents ...),and are suddenly trying to figure out how to attain any employment - let alone what they thought they were preparing themselves to do.
They will be forever shaped by this experience. They will become even more discerning as consumers.
And in an age of twitters and texts ... I assume they will be lethal when they spot BS coming at them.
I learned from my 14 year old... just today ... how much sarcasm rules her generations output ... this site is all the rage right now ...MyLifeIsAverage
"How much of an impact Obama's recovery program had on the pace of job losses is up for debate. Obama has claimed as many as 150,000 jobs saved or created by his stimulus plan so far, even as government reports have shown the economy has lost more than 1.6 million jobs since Congress approved funding for the program in February." (read more here)
Likelihood of the Economic Stimulus Package having any effect what-so-ever throughout the remainder of this year is highly up for grabs.
Obama initially offered his stimulus plan as a way to put people back to work, a promise that 3.5 million jobs would be saved or created. The administration's predictions that unemployment would rise no higher than 8 percent already have been shattered, leaving Obama's advisers to caution that job growth takes time, even as recovery spending intensifies.
3.5 million jobs won't even make the US economy flush again, versus the number of jobs lost since the beginning of the recession. We know ... in the auto sector alone ... that we are far from done losing jobs.
But, not to be half-empty all the time ... we all remain optimistic of a complete recovery ... we just know it is going to take more time ... (more time? sigh). (In the meantime someone please tell those morons up in Washington to get it in gear!)
There is no question that the psyche of the consumer marketplace will be changed significantly, and indefinitely, going forward ... as stories of the American consumer at "ground zero" continue to populate, like these ...(listen) ...
What seems most certain is we do not need or want any pandering bullshit out there from an advertising and marketing standpoint.
And just as much ... we don't need it from our government.
Now, more than ever ... the message needs to be one of long-term value.
For a consumer culture that was forever, it seemed, lost in the shopping panacea of the last 2 decades ... we now have a brand new generation of young people ... who having done all the seemingly right things (gone to college for higher education degrees in record numbers, established good credit in record numbers, prepared themselves to join the ranks of their consuming parents ...),and are suddenly trying to figure out how to attain any employment - let alone what they thought they were preparing themselves to do.
They will be forever shaped by this experience. They will become even more discerning as consumers.
And in an age of twitters and texts ... I assume they will be lethal when they spot BS coming at them.
I learned from my 14 year old... just today ... how much sarcasm rules her generations output ... this site is all the rage right now ...MyLifeIsAverage
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
From the sublime to the ridiculous.
I'm left almost speechless by this latest rag on the Detroit Auto Industry bankruptcy children from those magnificent wonks in Washington ...GM, Chrysler defend slashing dealerships.- AP
GM and Chrysler ... forced into bankruptcy ... under direction of a Presidential appointed Auto Czar ... at the behest of a rabid Congress looking to vilify Detroit in the wake of their own cocked-up mess on Wall Street ...
Now being castigated for trying to restructure and "right-size", in the throws of bankruptcy, which means shedding unnecessary expense. It should come to noones surprise that this might also mean distribution. In your state Mr. Congressman.
It's not like you weren't forwarned.
The delicious irony of it all? "Car dealers are a potent political force, contributing more than $9 million to federal candidates for the 2008 elections."
Damn ... how you gonna make up for all that lost campaign support come next election.
To Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va ... and all the other nar-do-wells sitting with him on Capitol Hill ... that's called "having your cake and eating it to ..."
Morons.
GM and Chrysler ... forced into bankruptcy ... under direction of a Presidential appointed Auto Czar ... at the behest of a rabid Congress looking to vilify Detroit in the wake of their own cocked-up mess on Wall Street ...
Now being castigated for trying to restructure and "right-size", in the throws of bankruptcy, which means shedding unnecessary expense. It should come to noones surprise that this might also mean distribution. In your state Mr. Congressman.
It's not like you weren't forwarned.
The delicious irony of it all? "Car dealers are a potent political force, contributing more than $9 million to federal candidates for the 2008 elections."
Damn ... how you gonna make up for all that lost campaign support come next election.
To Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va ... and all the other nar-do-wells sitting with him on Capitol Hill ... that's called "having your cake and eating it to ..."
Morons.
This can't be good ...
So I am surfing news content on Yahoo! this morning ... reading about of the passing of Australia's last remaining WW One vet ... (whew, 110 years old ...).
I see the ad for "GM re:invention".
I click ...
I guess not exactly the re:Invention I was expecting ...
Tried it again ... same thing ...
Either somebody's idea of a bad joke ... or, heads will roll today ... (if there are any left ...)
UPDATE: Well ... to be fair ... I went back and tried it a third time ... and this time got the real re:invention deal ...
Hope GM's resurgence takes off better than that ...
I see the ad for "GM re:invention".
I click ...
I guess not exactly the re:Invention I was expecting ...
Tried it again ... same thing ...
Either somebody's idea of a bad joke ... or, heads will roll today ... (if there are any left ...)
UPDATE: Well ... to be fair ... I went back and tried it a third time ... and this time got the real re:invention deal ...
Hope GM's resurgence takes off better than that ...
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Roehm - on - me-eee-eee-eee ....!
If you are a Julie-phile then you have to check in on this blog post of George Parker's today ...(here)
The excerpt of Julie's take on what all this bankruptcy stuff means from a marketing angle is just priceless ... and pure Julie jibberish.
The excerpt of Julie's take on what all this bankruptcy stuff means from a marketing angle is just priceless ... and pure Julie jibberish.
Monday, June 01, 2009
Say it ain't so ...
General Motors files for bankruptcy protection.-AP
There is a long history of GM running through DMGs past. The old man worked for 'em. Brother still does ... Mom living week-to-week on a GM pension.
Bankruptcy .... what we have all been waiting for since Congress and the White House sent GM and Chrysler back to the drawing board over 2 months ago. This is what today brings ... and, what about tomorrow now that it's finally done and out there(Well ... more and more of our friends and colleagues have been living with that every day ...)
Hell of a day to come back to this blogging thing, to be sure.
But, as I decide to do that ... I've also decided i want to get back to the source of why I started the blog in the first place. I never intended it to be a daily rant on the demise of Detroit as a car town! No sir!
My intended goal was - is - to make sure my voice is at least out there ... commenting on the media panacea. Detroit was - still is - an important Advertising town. An important Media town.
We need to have a voice in what is being said out there regarding our industry ... both Automotive and Media.
I really don't need PHD-NY, GroupM, Starcom, or anyone else telling me how to run a media business in the (still) biggest advertising category in our Industry. Quite the contrary. Maybe I want to get them off that famous New Yorker cover once in awhile ...
Afterall, I have made my career in it - and have just as much to say about it as anyone. You too!
So as I come back to this blog - after a month long sabbatical - that's the thing I want to keep clearly in focus ... the thing I arguably lost some focus of ...
Maybe you are still out there ... maybe not ... send cards and letters.
Mail 'em to Detroit (MediaGuy).
There is a long history of GM running through DMGs past. The old man worked for 'em. Brother still does ... Mom living week-to-week on a GM pension.
Bankruptcy .... what we have all been waiting for since Congress and the White House sent GM and Chrysler back to the drawing board over 2 months ago. This is what today brings ... and, what about tomorrow now that it's finally done and out there(Well ... more and more of our friends and colleagues have been living with that every day ...)
Hell of a day to come back to this blogging thing, to be sure.
But, as I decide to do that ... I've also decided i want to get back to the source of why I started the blog in the first place. I never intended it to be a daily rant on the demise of Detroit as a car town! No sir!
My intended goal was - is - to make sure my voice is at least out there ... commenting on the media panacea. Detroit was - still is - an important Advertising town. An important Media town.
We need to have a voice in what is being said out there regarding our industry ... both Automotive and Media.
I really don't need PHD-NY, GroupM, Starcom, or anyone else telling me how to run a media business in the (still) biggest advertising category in our Industry. Quite the contrary. Maybe I want to get them off that famous New Yorker cover once in awhile ...
Afterall, I have made my career in it - and have just as much to say about it as anyone. You too!
So as I come back to this blog - after a month long sabbatical - that's the thing I want to keep clearly in focus ... the thing I arguably lost some focus of ...
Maybe you are still out there ... maybe not ... send cards and letters.
Mail 'em to Detroit (MediaGuy).
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