Overnight

Overnight

[sb name="top-banner"] [sb name="top-movie"] Years ago, a friend of mine mentioned this documentary, and began explaining it for a brief 2 minutes or so. After that, I had to see it. The long-story-short is this is a "going" of age story (see what I did there?) about...
Scientific Advertising

Scientific Advertising

[sb name="top-banner"] [sb name="book-club-top"] Scientific Advertising was written in 1966 by Claude Hopkins. I still consider it to be the most important text ever written about advertising. It tackles every major area of advertising, such as how to measure...
Advair: Marketing Leads to $3 Billion in Fines

Advair: Marketing Leads to $3 Billion in Fines

[sb name="top-banner"] [sb name="top-flops"] Advair was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a first-line defense against mild asthma. It wasn't supposed to be intended for chronic cough, children under 18, or several other uses that it nevertheless...
Sears Roebuck’s Mail Catalog

Sears Roebuck’s Mail Catalog

[sb name="mmcm-top"] Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers over 100 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five...
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

[sb name="top-banner"] [sb name="book-club-top"] by Al Ries & Jack Trout This is easily one of my favorite books about marketing written by 2 seasoned experts with one foot in tangible marketing experience, and the other in conceptual marketing gospel. The...
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