A brand new advertising-related twitter just started. And it’s hilarious. We’ve all experienced some ridiculous clients and feedback. Here’s a place to showcase just how smart our clients can be.
“Sorry, missed everything after “I’m not trying to be a writer, but” Got distracted by thoughts of punching you in the face. You were saying?”
Click here to check it out.
- Sean Leonard

Well I’ve been on vacation. Man vacation is awesome. Time away from this ad game that we lose at more than we win at it seems. I’m refreshed and looking at things in a different perspective. (We’ll see how long this lasts.) At any rate I ran across this article in the ever so brilliant Denver Egotist and thought it was a great quick reminder of how to sell what we do. I forget some of these key steps all of the time. I did find it interesting that the …

“I want everything to be beautiful… I don’t give a damn whether the client understands that that’s worth anything… It’s worth it to me.
I want to make beautiful things. Even if nobody cares.”
True dat.
- Sean Leonard

Where your clients suck the living soul out of you? I just recently went through a proposal phase/bid that didn’t pan out. No problem though because I was cutting my rates so much to work with these individuals it would have almost have put me in the hole. Honestly it would have been more headache than anything and it doesn’t matter if you give me a 2000 day rate for that. Oh wait yeah that matters =)
Anyways I found this gem again and thought I would share. Anyone that has …

Lately my team and myself have been battling the clients and account people on this subject. We created this big idea. It was awesome. Multi-platform. Digital but not a website. Involved and consumer driven. Perfect in our eyes. But the client was scared. Scared it might not catch on. The legal dept. was scared it might scare people. Everyone was fucking scared. So they’ve been slowly reducing it to the parts that they like: the tactics.  Pulling bits and pieces from the big idea and wanting to execute those. Slowly …

I saw this short clips on a friends page and had to post it here. It’s so funny, and if you are constantly doing
freelance work for friends or friends of friends, sometimes that’s what you gotta go thru…
(Videos embedded below)
Graphic Designer vs. Client

Graphic Designer vs. Client (the sequel)

Web Design Project Manager vs. Client

- Philipe Diao

I bought a used car yesterday, and it’s a 2005 Honda Element. (Gasp) “But you work in Detroit, don’t you? You work for Chevy don’t you?!?!?” Yes and yes. “But how could you?” Two reasons. Because I’m not a frightened slave who does what he thinks he’s supposed to, and because I live in America, where I can buy whatever the hell I want with my money. When it comes to the auto industry, (and the way people think about a car purchase) Detroit really exists in it’s own universe. …

Everyone thinks they can do what we do for a living, like it’s easy being a creative. The new Doritos Crash the Super Bowl promotion is a perfect example. If you look through the entries, you’ll see most of them are unbelievably horrible. Granted there are a few good ones. You should check out Shawn’s spot (Editors Note: Click here to see Shawn’s Video). But the bulk of it is garbage. And after about five minutes of watching these spots, I’m pretty confident our jobs are safe.
To see what I’m …

As a woman in advertising I’m constantly aghast at how dumb we are told the female consumer is. Hi, I’m a woman and uh we ain’t that dumb! 9 times out of 10 we are briefed on an assignment where The Target is; females 30 and older, medium income, main purchaser of the house, they like coupons, they tear out recipes, they don’t have a smartphone, they don’t have a sense of humor, they don’t get out much, they can’t relate to anything besides their kitchen, their kids, their skin …