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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Interactive agencies and the future challenges

Amy Auerbach wrote a day or two ago about how our industry might face a problem in lacking industry professionals for a fast pace of development in our industry. I have to say that I share her thoughts in expressing concern about this issue given the fact that our industry is reinventing itself often and that we work in a environment that is multidisciplined as it can get. Clearly we are developing things that have a marketing soul on one hand and a strong technology base on the other, not to mentions the ever expanding list of the strategies, tactics and tools that are being invented on a daily basis. Interactive agencies are getting in so many different fields of work (marketing, PR, CRM, process organization, and so on..) that it takes a very wide array of experts to cover them.

The problem is that what we need is not a ready made expert. We need people that are able to reinvent themselves often. That want to grow with the industry and be a creative part of it. And those are hard to find...

What is you opinion on that? Are you starting to lack these kinds of people also?

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Tag: interactive agency, , online advertising

Monday, July 24, 2006

Mercedes microsite

Today there is a great pack of online creative available. And of course, some are good and some are not. But this one has really got to me. No great technology leap but good ideas and good execution. http://www.a-to-s.co.uk/

Tag: online creative, online advertising