When it was a creative powerhouse and fearsome pitch competitor circa 2007 and 2008, TBWAWorldwide was the envy of the agency world. Then all that progress seemed to unravel amid internal disarray and an exodus of talent. But with the arrival of president and CEO Troy Ruhanen in 2014, TBWA has been quietly rebuilding, assembling…
How Adweek’s International Agency of the Year Translates Empathy Into Award-Winning Advertising
A woman walks home with her hands full of grocery bags, when suddenly something goes terribly wrong. Somehow “The Worst Song in the World” has found its way onto her playlist and she is powerless to stop it. An earworm that actually earns the nightmarish image conjured by that phrase, the song progresses through a…
Editor’s Letter: Present Proofing Our Changing World
This is our last Digital Transformation Playbook. For the past 12 months, in a close and unique partnership with Accenture Interactive, we have covered a wide span of topics and themes confronting–often vexing–and inspiring brand marketers stepping into the future. So, it’s apt that this last edition focus on what’s ahead and the futurists who…
Breakthrough Agency of the Year: Giant Spoon Stirs the Industry With Epic Activations and Storytelling
Giant Spoon, Adweek’s Breakthrough Creative Agency of the Year, has been steadily turning out striking work since its founding five years ago, but 2018 was exceptional for the scale and impact of its campaigns. For client HBO, the full-service shop created a meticulous replica of Sweetwater, the town inside hit series Westworld, on a two-acre…
Marketers Are Missing Out on the Benefits of Silence
In a year of escalating Twitter battles, the #MeToo movement and increasing anxiety spurred by heated political climates worldwide, a digital time-out seems increasingly appealing. As we dug into research supporting our annual Fjord Trends report (launching Dec. 11), this theme was pervasive. Consumers are reclaiming the headspace they’ve lost to the digital din, resetting…
Infographic: What Businesses and Marketers Can Expect Entering an Era of Massive Disruption
As much as companies have transformed in the past several years, it’s clear that even more dramatic disruption lies ahead. According to research from Accenture Interactive, human-machine collaboration will require more than half of the workforce to learn new skills in the next five years, and IoT technology will be in 95 percent of new…
Brands Are Looking to Futurists to Foresee Trends and Anticipate Disruption
For automakers like Ford, where cars can take three years to go from concept to completion, the ability to see what’s coming down the road isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. That’s why, for the last two decades, Ford has had a team poring over data and examining trends in the social, economic, environmental, technological…
U.S. Agency of the Year: Wieden + Kennedy’s Work Resonated Even in a Divided America
As 2018 draws to a close, Wieden + Kennedy co-president Colleen DeCourcy can finally exhale. This past year saw the fiercely independent shop both courting controversy and reinvigorating core American brands like KFC and Delta–and somehow never losing its way. “We’re a company that’s at its best when we’re in the eye of the cultural…
Uncomfortable Truths About Being a Great CEO: A Conversation With Michael Ovitz
When you’re the CEO of a company, you deal with enormous pressure knowing that you’re the last line of defense.
My entire day is about putting out fires.
I have to deal with things like HR issues, client problems, even roof leaks in our Chattanooga office…
And I love it.
Really enjoyed sitting down with Michael Ovitz at Summit to talk about what it takes to be a CEO and running a business in a “post-internet” world. Check it out and leave me your $.02 in the comments!
Check out Summit on these platforms:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/summit
FB: https://www.facebook.com/summit
Twitter: https://twitter.com/summit
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/summitco/
—
If you haven’t joined my #FirstInLine community, you need to jump on it ASAP! By joining #FirstInLine, my messaging program, you get details on exclusive giveaways that I’m doing, updates regarding my keynotes/conferences, and more 😉 You can join here:
https://garyvee.com/JoinFIL
Thank you for watching this video. I hope that you keep up with the daily videos I post on the channel, subscribe, and share your learnings with those that need to hear it. Your comments are my oxygen, so please take a second and say ‘Hey’ ;).
—
Get my newest shoe here:
https://garyvee.com/GaryVee003
—
Follow my journey as an #entrepreneur here:
—
► Subscribe to my channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=GaryVaynerchuk
►Check out my second channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/askgaryvee
—
Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations.
In addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also includes Gallery Media Group, which houses women’s lifestyle brand PureWow and men’s lifestyle brand ONE37pm. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Gary also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports, cannabis-focused branding and marketing agency Green Street and restaurant reservations app Resy.
Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.
Gary is a highly sought after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber.
Gary is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world, as well the host of The GaryVee Audio Experience, a top 100 global podcast, and host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show which can be found on both YouTube and Facebook.
Gary also appeared as judge in Apple’s first original series “Planet of the Apps” alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am.
—
Check out my Alexa skill!:
http://garyvee.com/garyvee365
—
Follow Me Online Here:
2nd YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/askgaryvee
Instagram: http://instagram.com/garyvee
Facebook: http://facebook.com/gary
Facebook Watch: http://facebook.com/garyvee
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyvaynerchuk/
Snapchat: http://snapchat.com/add/garyvee
Website: http://garyvaynerchuk.com
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/garyvee/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/garyvee
Medium: http://medium.com/@garyvee
Podcast: http://garyvaynerchuk.com/podcast
Wine Library: http://winelibrary.com
Official Merchandise: http://garyveeshop.com
Subscribe to my VIP Newsletter for exclusive content and weekly giveaways here: http://garyvee.com/GARYVIP
Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 02, 2018
Source –
Comics RSS –
Patreon