May 25Part 3: A Blueprint for Winning in the MetaverseWelcome to Part 3 of The Attention Series. This series articulates the growing attention problem, discusses how brands are contributing to or solving the challenge via the metaverse, and provides thoughts and a blueprint on the way to win as you bring the metaverse into your brand strategy. For a…Metaverse5 min read
May 20Part 2: Has Marketing Become a Punchline? Less Metaverse more UniverseWelcome to Part 2 of The Attention Series. This series articulates the growing attention problem, discusses how brands are contributing to or solving the challenge via the Metaverse and provides thoughts and a blueprint on the way to win as you bring the Metaverse into your brand strategy. …Metaverse6 min read
May 9Part 1: The Attention CalamityA friend recently sent me an article from the Guardian. The headline was startling but effective. It read, Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen. (The Guardian) It’s a compelling statement, and a true one at that. As a society, it seems we’ve completely lost our ability to focus on…Attention4 min read
Mar 22How Bad Marketing Took Down One of America’s Largest InstitutionsLiving in Atlanta, the CDC has always been an institution of pride. If you met someone at a party and they told you they worked there, the statement would be met with responses like, “oh wow,” and “your mom must be really proud.” Now however, maybe not so much. In…4 min read
Jan 4A Lesson in Advertising Modernization:How Older Mediums Revitalized This Year It was around the fall of 2020 when I realized our household was receiving copious amounts of direct mail catalogues. My husband and I found ourselves flipping through them at the kitchen island while dinner cooked most nights. They drove us to consider and purchase from new brands. This was…Modernization4 min read