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Smoke & Meers
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The Digital Waves Came Crashing Down
Posted on Monday | February 13th, 2012
There’s an ongoing discussion in advertising agency land about traditional shops migrating toward digital and digital shops hoping to figure out traditional. If you have hung around me very long, you have likely heard me say that digital is not a department, it’s a mindset. And unless the CEO of
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The shadows of giants.
Posted on Monday | December 19th, 2011
I grew up in the golden age of advertising. Three networks ruled the commercial advertising airwaves. It was NBC, ABC or CBS, not necessarily in that order. I fell in love with advertising at a very young age. There was something about it that intrigued me. I specifically remember a
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Wheels Out
Posted on Friday | October 28th, 2011
I have been on 11 different Southwest flights in the past week, a few more than normal. But being on so many different flights has given me the opportunity to note some interesting human behavior, especially when it comes to listening. I know it is difficult for the seasoned traveler
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Innovation, right under your nose.
Posted on Wednesday | September 21st, 2011
If you have ever been running late to make a flight and still had to return your rental car, then you are going to love this story. When we hopped out of our car at the Hertz Car Return in Baltimore this week, a Hertz staffer came up to us
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Here’s to the mavericks.
Posted on Wednesday | September 7th, 2011
The Inc. 5000 list came out in August. This is the list of the fastest growing companies in America. And for the first time, Meers was on the list at number 1436. The fastest growing company in Kansas City, Missouri. This feat, in and of itself, is not that remarkable.
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Many bags look alike.
Posted on Sunday | June 12th, 2011
I was in Detroit a couple of months back on the first leg of a two-leg trip. Detroit, in the winter, is cold. I state the obvious because the second leg of my trip was to Jacksonville — which is warm. This is important only because I had to pack
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Ignorance gets a bad rap.
Posted on Wednesday | May 11th, 2011
Thursday is the big night. It’s what I wait for all year. Ad Wars! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is that annual blood-pumping head-pounding fist-banging adrenalin rush event sponsored by Kansas City’s American Advertising Federation. I love this event. The Meers’ team has won the event two times in the