Tips, thoughts and topics on marketing for small to medium-sized businesses in Michigan and
throughout the world. Contributions by Chris Slocumb, Casey Frushour, as well as other members of the Clarity Quest team.
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IBM study is predicting the end of advertising as we know it. It floors me that IBM has an Institute for Business Value that probably used a six-figure budget to tell us things we already knew. 18-24-year old use iTunes? Duh. The traditional ad agency is a dying breed? Of course. We've been predicting that traditional advertising agencies have been declining for years. That's why boutique ad agencies and
tech-savvy marketing firms are thriving.
I will give them that the scenarios make the report more interesting especially for folks outside of ad agencies. It's worth a quick read even if just for the pretty graphs.
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