On Feb. 22, Paul Tilley, an ad agency exec at DDB Chicago, committed suicide. Now many are pointing the finger of blame at some advertising blogs that allowed anonymous posters to personally attack Tilley, the man who oversaw the teams that created the "Dell Dude" and the "I'm Lovin It"...
Ad Exec's Suicide is Blamed on Industry BlogsInfluence, yes. Total cause, no.As someone who has battled depression off and on throughout their adult life, I can tell you that the blogs were just the icing on the cake. They cannot, and should not, take 100% of the blame for this...
You may have heard that Dell plans to stop selling LCD TV's. (Industry blogs went nuts yesterday when Taiwan's Economic Daily newspaper reported that Dell would discontinue its line of LCD TV's.) In light of the massive restructuring at the company, the claim sounds like it may have some reasonable...
Web 2.0 as a Sales Tool...Not!Agree to DisagreeThe review sites do a very good job of filtering out specious reviews --not all but most.What we forget is that in a cusotmer centric approach it was always about the customer -- the customer now has the means to take back control...