If I Was In Charge Of… Staples

Easy

I was watch­ing game 3 of the NBA finals last night, which was being played in Los Ange­les at the Sta­ples Cen­ter. The build­ing is home to the Lak­ers, and hosts con­certs and other events as well. There are fre­quently blimps fly­ing around the build­ing, shoot­ing the all too famil­iar over­head view of the venue. …read more

Drunken caveman craves Cassano’s

Me Hungry

Well the Day­ton Daily News is front run­ner for my favorite head­line of the week with the story “Drunken Cave­man Craves Cassano’s.” In a pre­vi­ous post here on davidebowman.com, I men­tioned the amaz­ing vari­eties of pizza avail­able here in Day­ton. Appar­ently, Cassano’s, which is a thin-crust, “Day­ton style” pizza is a favorite amongst the drunken …read more

What’s Next in Marketing?

Check out this great slide show from Paul Isak­son on the Future of Mar­ket­ing and Adver­tis­ing. In this series of slides, Paul cap­tures the essence of where I believe mar­ket­ing is headed. It is about lis­ten­ing, using insight to solve prob­lems, and find­ing ways to cre­ate the remark­able. The hard part is not in iden­ti­fy­ing …read more

32 Flavors & Then Some — Hermes Awards 2008

The Greater Day­ton Adver­tis­ing Asso­ci­a­tion held their annual Her­mes awards a lit­tle over a week ago. I am proud to say that Hafen­brack Mar­ket­ing cleaned up — tak­ing home a total of 32 Awards includ­ing Best of Show. Not too shabby. I men­tion this because: a.) I think the world of the amaz­ing peo­ple at …read more

32 Flavors & Then Some — Hermes Awards 2008

The Greater Day­ton Adver­tis­ing Asso­ci­a­tion held their annual Her­mes awards a lit­tle over a week ago. I am proud to say that Hafen­brack Mar­ket­ing cleaned up — tak­ing home a total of 32 Awards includ­ing Best of Show. Not too shabby. I men­tion this because: a.) I think the world of the amaz­ing peo­ple at …read more