Marvin Waldman’s Post

If you’re going to give this man time, be prepared to regret it…

In the distant future when people are trying to determine why Western Society fell someone will unearth the following and say, "aha!! ...

“Great writing is a series of successful advertisements for the next sentence.” — Lee Clow

    WILD GEESE                 by Mary Oliver       You do not have to be good     You do not have to walk on your knees     for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.     You only have to let the soft animal of your body     love what it loves.     Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.     Meanwhile the world goes on.     Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain     are moving across the landscapes,     over the prairies and the deep trees,     the mountains and the rivers.     Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,     are heading home again.     Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,     the world offers itself to your imagination,     calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting  over and over announcing your place     in the family of things. ------------------ Happy New Year!  

Way to go, Eric!

We keep hearing about the enormous amount of cash being dumped into campaign advertising. But almost no one is addressing the quality of the ads - yes, that still matters. The fact is, with no exaggeration, almost all of them are abysmal. Just a bunch of poorly executed, unmemorable crap that litters our screens leaving nothing in their wake except annoyance. Quantity does not make up for the the dearth of quality.The better the execution is, the LESS it needs to run. People remember the good stuff and disregard the rest - no matter what the media "mavens" are telling us.

Happy to be starting another year at NYU, teaching in the Graduate Integrated Marketing Program.

“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief one’s work is terribly important.” —Bertrand Russell

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hi all you ad people out there. I'm looking for good examples of rips (rip-o-matics). If you saved any good ones please send them my way --- I'll be eternally grateful.