No self-respecting marketer could possibly condone the way George W. Bush and John F. Kerry are spending their sales and marketing budgets.
Even though record-breaking sums were lavished upon television commercials in the months ...READ»
I am a fan of Sean “Puffy” “Diddy” Combs. I admire what he has accomplished as an entrepreneur and a mogul in the various industries spreading from music and entertainment into the fashion and beverage industries (Ciroc). ...READ»
The relationship between advertising and hip-hop music and its artists has proven to be invaluable over the years. A rap verse in an automobile ad, a bass-thudding beat in a fast food ad, an award-winning rapper in a beverage ad -- ...READ»
So what was the biggest marketing news of the week? That single-advertiser (Target) New Yorker issue? Some new strategy Apple has for it's iPod? A new Martha Stewart probation violation? Nah. It was an exhilarating moment carried ...READ»
Just When Cristal got kicked out of the party, Hip-hop fixture Branson B. was rolling out his own champagne. So where are his famous friends now? Hey, it's just business.READ»
Will McDonald's staffers lose the attitude if they're dressed in hip baggy pants and hoodies instead of dismal perma-press duds? That's an $80M experiment the company says it's now willing to make. This week's Advertising Age ...READ»
Half of America's young people don't vote in presidential elections. In his first documentary, 20-year-old David Burstein shows them why they should care.READ»
It's not just any old person who can get a job created just for them: God, perhaps, or Fonzworth Bentley, P Diddy's personal wielder of his Puffjesty's umbrella. Stephen Carter (Lord Carter of Barnes, to give him his full name) has ...READ»
The self-proclaimed God of Rap has lots to celebrate. Jay-Z earned $35 million over the past year -- mostly from a sold-out world tour and his stakes in the New Jersey Nets and 40/40 bar chain -- making him hip-hop's top player, ...READ»
Urban culture is a something we've all heard about for a long time. But who created it? And what is it?
Largely "urban" means African American. But it us used to refer to some cultural trend (music, fashion, political, etc) that ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation worked a double shift, popped a couple of brewskis, and then fell asleep in his work clothes. Here's today's innovation news:
The family can stop worrying: Jeff Bezos got a warehouse job in ...READ»
In Bang! we talk about the success of Starbucks being the experience, not the coffee. It's about a daily indulgence, a little escapism. How else could they get us to spend $3.50 on a cup of coffee, the smallest of which is called a ...READ»
It's a war out there. The economy is taking a beating. Job security is in retreat. What better time to join the ranks of Free Agent Nation! Here are the seven laws of the land. Follow them to freedom.READ»
Lashing your brand to another may be the easiest -- and oddest -- way to create new products. Can you pick which items are real and which are fake?READ»
I love to read. I read books about networking, building positive self and business images; about the Laws of Attraction and the power of positive thinking…the “SECRET”. Literally hundreds (maybe thousands) of dollars have been ...READ»
Open Season on Apple
We knew we'd get a spirited response to our December 2007/January 2008 cover story on the future of Apple. And the iAcolytes didn't disappoint, reading our assessment of the company's multifront battles line by ...READ»
This week, the National Labor Committee's report into the scandalous conditions at the KYE plant in Dongguan City, China, revealed that 16- and 17-year-old workers, often students on their three-month summer break, endure 82-hour work ...READ»
