The notion that content is king is a myth, because it’s based on a fallacy, namely the following: ‘If you build something good, the customers will come themselves’. If that would be true, marketing wouldn’t be necessary. Content is important, but it’s not everything. Some people believe the consumer is king while others believe that […]

For anyone working in a creative team, collaboration is key, so that’s why I wanted to interview a photo retoucher, as they’re very essential in nearly every project. Thiago Christo, from Brazil, is one of the friendliest I know, plus he makes amazing stuff. He’s doing it for over 10 years, so enough reason to […]

‘Service’, seems to be a pretty big buzzword nowadays. Quotes like ‘serve, don’t sell’ make sense – but there’s a thing like over-servicing too, to a point where it might become anti-servicing. It first crossed my mind years ago, when I was taking back the bus in Sydney, Australia. This bus was old! Fine, but […]

The creative revolution The sixties are long gone now, but a few things have survived remarkably well. The music of the Beatles, the Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and the Doors is still played today (in fact, these bands share an accumulated 60 million likes on Facebook), and there’s also the hipster subculture which keeps […]

A thinker, blogger and a junior – who always seems to carry a smile wherever she goes. She’s from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and now studying advertising and information technology in Syracuse, New York. Writing for The Social Sip (her own personal blog) she expresses her affection and wittiness for social media in this digital age. Could […]

Father, speaker, writer and founding partner of Valuebridge; an Amsterdam based consulting company that supports companies on strategic identity issues. His personal expertise lies in strategic decision making on positioning, brand portfolio strategy and the resulting organizational change. He helped answering this Q&A. Could you tell us a bit about yourself? I grew-up in and […]

Last week the city of Cannes in the French Rivera was the week-long epicenter of advertising, as it hosted the 59th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. For me it was the 2nd time of going there. Last year was was overwhelming for me, as a tsunami of experiences and knowledge made a lasting impression […]

She worked at Publicis Graphics, but now – as a cheerful lady from Beirut, Fidele Hage directs a team of youngsters and works with people from multinational backgrounds, who come from agencies like FP7, Impact BBDO, TWBA, Publicis and Leo Burnett. She does this at a boutique agency called PEOPLE. Could you tell us a bit […]

She reigns her sharp pencil all the way from Mumbai, India, where she works as a copywriter at an advertising agency. In addition, she holds the self proclaimed title of ‘wannabe professional nitpicker’ and has her own view at life. She expresses that view in her spontaneous way of writing, as she, with tongue firmly […]

UPC Wi-fi names are just advertising spaces which internet providers don’t use. Our idea, as proposed to UPC, is to change standard wi-fi names like ‘UPC24408’ to names like ‘Blistering Fast UPC’, for all your neighbours to see. Since those same neighbour might be on UPC as well, we’ve made a list of network name […]