Trends: Branding
Celebrating 30 years of creative advertising: #20 Hob Nobble Gobble
Get a bunch of snazzy folks who see a lot of each other anyway to drop their frozen turkeys, put on black tie, write a big check and come into the city with their families the night before one of the … Read article
“Share a Coke” campaign gives the brand its best summer in a decade.
A few months ago, our senior copywriter Laura Pryor swung by my desk to exclaim that she was sharing a Coke with “Steve.” To my surprise, she had found a can of pop with my name printed on it. I laugh … Read article
Celebrating 30 years of creative advertising: #19 MDCH Healthy MI Plan
On April 1, 2014, the Michigan Department of Community Healthy launched the new Healthy Michigan Plan, providing health care insurance to more than 400,000 people who were not previously insured. It w … Read article
Celebrating 30 years of creative advertising: #18 Covenant HealthCare.
We all know how frustrating it can be when you get stuck driving behind a huge bus. It blocks your view. It slows your speed. So you make every effort to pass the enormous vehicle and drive as many la … Read article
Celebrating 30 years of creative advertising: #17 MDCH Women’s Health – Happy Pap Day.
Some of life’s most precious moments are the ones that happen once a year. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Christmas. Valentine’s Day. And then there’s your once-a-year scheduled pap test. It’s not exactly … Read article
Celebrating 30 years of creative advertising: #16 Ford Field.
It’s hard for most people to imagine Detroit without Ford Field—the enormous stadium that hosts the Lions in the fall and musicians in the summer—but we can. Twelve years ago, before people knew what … Read article
Celebrating 30 years of creative advertising: #15 Click on Careers
In 2002, our client, Click On Careers, needed to target a younger audience – individuals who just graduated or had been a few years out of high school. Brogan knew exactly how to effectively reach thi … Read article
The Netflix Effect: What the rise of video streaming sites means for marketing.
Is Netflix killing cable? This may be a little overdramatic, but the fact remains that more and more viewers are shifting away from traditional cable programming and toward internet video streaming in … Read article
Celebrating 30 years of creative advertising: #13 Travel Michigan.
You know you’re from Michigan when you hold up your hands (remember the Upper Peninsula too) and point to where you live. Everybody gets it. I’m sure people are envious when I’m talking to someo … Read article
Native advertising—an ad in news clothing?
I’ve been duped, and chances are so have you. A few weeks ago, I was brunching leisurely over a Sunday edition of The New York Times. After chewing on the news and business sections, I reached for som … Read article






















