“A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.” – Samuel Goldwyn, Born Aug. 17, 1882. Are you getting too caught up in the details of your project? The little things. Tripping over word selection. Alliterative names. Logo design. Etc. If you are even thinking about that stuff before the core… Read More →
Call the Copy Cops to Check This Guy’s License!!
“Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee.” – James Cameron, Born Aug. 16, 1954. People… Read More →
“Their” Understanding Is Not Required For YOUR Success
“Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.” – Betsey Johnson, Born Aug. 10, 1942. Are you doing what you really want to do with your business and/or career? Or are you just chasing the money? Hey, money is good…. Read More →
Play With Your Work And Uncover Hidden Treasure
“Play is the answer to the question, ‘How does anything new come about?’” – Jean Piaget, Born Aug. 9, 1896. One of the wonderful things about working in marketing and advertising – especially the creative end of the business – is that you get paid to play. But even though it’s play, you have to… Read More →
On Presentation: Be Deliberate, Never Accidental
“I do a lot of things for effect, which is not to say I am superficial, but that I know how to put ideas across.” – Sebastian Horsley, Born Aug. 8, 1962. Our job is to put ideas across. And to that end, we need to be deliberate about our use of every possible aspect… Read More →
Never Do Anything The Hard Way Twice – Simplify It the Second Time Through
“Whether you’re a programmer or a seamstress, it’s all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster – but not worse.” – Martha Stewart, Born Aug. 3, 1941. Whatever it is you do more than once, you should always be looking for efficiencies and tricks to make that task easier… Read More →
Blue Jeans: The Secret of Replicability, Scalability, and Success
“I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.” – Yves Saint Laurent, Born Aug. 1, 1936. You ever suffer from making things too damn complicated? Too specialized? Too refined and too hard to adapt? That can make it seem like you… Read More →
Build Your Fortune As You Build Your Business: Word by Word
“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” – Henry Ford, Born Jul. 30, 1863. Everyone knows this. It seems like something Ford would have said as a throwaway, knowing he pioneered assembly line manufacturing. But don’t let this one slide by without considering it. Every big, ambitious project that you want… Read More →
Anyone Can Write, But *WRITERS* Finish What They Start
”Ideas are not – ideas come at me all the time; it’s just the way I’m wired. It’s just a matter of focusing it in and figuring out what to do with that.” – Gail Simone, Born Jul. 29, 1974. Everyone has ideas. So what? Dime a dozen. Dime a MILLION. Who cares about your… Read More →
When You Focus on the Work, The Simplest Tools and Tactics Serve Best
“A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.” – Robert Hughes, Born Jul. 28, 1938. Ah, the monkey wrench. A large, solidly made tool – that can repair big machines… Or if deliberately tossed into a running machine, wreck… Read More →
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