For the entire duration of my career, I’ve read the following words coming out of agencies as they discuss their business plan or the state of the industry: “We are…

You hear it all the time, “Such and such agency wins a new account.” Maybe it’s while reading an industry article or press for the agency, but the vernacular is always the same….

A soured, never-happy, pessimistic Debbie-downer type. That’s usually the person who is described as disgruntled—a fairly negative idiom to be sure. Disgruntled people are usually the ones that end up…

I once worked at an agency that couldn’t afford the building it was in. It was literally four or five times larger than what made any logical sense. Don’t get…

I get asked a lot, “What does Magnetry do—what’s your capability? That’s right after I’m asked, “What’s your agency’s name again?” The first is a fair question because there is…

I am a chocolate fiend and none of this milk chocolate stuff. I like my chocolate dark. (85-90% cacao, please.) My lady and I have a little hobby of trying…

About 15 years ago, a struggling young VCU Brandcenter (then Adcenter) cadet had what he thought was a pretty good idea. He and his partner had a good laugh about…

We’re coming up on our eight year anniversary and I still get asked what type of agency we want to be (A LOT). But I instinctually opt to frame my…