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Media Post has a great bit of data today on Direct Mail habits:
“57 percent of women ages 35-64 prefer that companies they express interest in, send follow-up communication through direct mail pieces personalized to their needs, though 38 percent of men 35-49 prefer generic direct mail when being contacted by a company in which they [...]

Maybe it all started with Reagan and the NEA; the beginning of a “culture war” to define the arts as “hobby” and not a necessity to a healthy life. Once those cuts went down, way back then, the trickle down effect has been accumulating. It all starts with the arts; ideas, innovation, inspiration. We forget [...]

Following-up on our earlier post where we point out that when the founders of a company cash-in their sticks so soon it usually means trouble is afoot. Mashable notes today that YouTube’s deals with the big networks ain’t working out.

So, if the Magazines will be creating their own videos (moving images, audio slide shows) the image-making arena needs to find the money. Seems there is a gap/opportunity:
“With some exceptions, consumers do not want to watch content about your brand. But consumers will watch original programming that supports your brand, if it entertains. This may [...]

“Whereas the YouTube paradigm is amateurs doing interesting things with cameras, the newspapers’ Web videos are professional journalists operating like amateurs in the best old-fashioned sense.”
Remember, these are the magazines/newspapers who used to hire you for editorial shoots, no their own reporters will be shooting the video. Where does that leave you. Pick up a [...]

Is this old adage still true in this day and age of the go-it-alone creative? It’s been a bumpy few years for many in the industry as new technologies and demands for content continue to shift and sort themselves out. But sometimes a big-business story comes along that strikes a few notes of fear in [...]

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…we’ll be back then. In the meantime…

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