I still remember spending the night at Frank Crockard’s house in the mid 1960’s. Early Saturday mornings, the only thing on TV when I dragged Frank (and little brother Paul) out of bed was an agricultural program called Dixie Digest. Literally the only thing. For at least half an hour, Birmingham’s three other channels broadcasted … Read More
The Wisdom Of Children
Cleaning-out a closet New Year’s Day, we discovered a Time Capsule containing notes written by our two children (Peyton—now 19, and Fletcher—now 14) in January, 2005. The theme was “My Dream For The Future”. I must admit, I was particularly impressed by the way Fletcher’s dream complemented Peyton’s heartfelt sentiments so perfectly. PEYTON HARE [Age … Read More
The Neatest Project We’ve Had In A While.
Several weeks ago, I met Alan Lasseter—whose son plays on my son’s soccer team. I knew right off, this was a guy I was going to enjoy seeing on Saturdays. The following Thursday he sent me an email asking for my help. Seems he’d already invested several months of his time launching a sports management … Read More
Nice logo, Belk. Almost as nice as ours!
We couldn’t help but notice the similarities between the new Belk logo (a vast improvement over their old one, to be sure) and the logo we developed early last summer for a new client—Hospice Partners of America. What’s really interesting about our logo is, it shouldn’t have even happened in the first place. Granted, the … Read More
Seriously, People: We’re Better Than We Think.
(Bull Connor: He’s dead. Really.) Birmingham is full of losers. None bigger than yours truly. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever met someone who’s relocated to Birmingham from a comparably-sized (or larger) city without asking them, “What in the world got you to move here?” The inherent assumption, of course, being that nobody would move … Read More
Sears Goes Zombie. And Other Halloween Treats.
In case you haven’t heard about it yet, Sears has unveiled a fairly gruesome Zombie website for Halloween. It seems to have generated a good amount of blog and media coverage—including CNN International—and it’s supported by the Twitter persona Mr. S.H. Zombie, who, at last count, had 789 followers. (Strangely enough, though, there’s no official … Read More
Better Than The Betty White Spot?
CLICK HERE TO PLAY By now you’ve surely seen the Snickers spot starring Betty White—which earned a knockout victory in the Ad Meter rankings for this year’s Super Bowl ads. And which spawned the Facebook love-fest that ultimately led to Betty hosting Saturday Night Live. Needless to say, it was a great spot—both for Betty … Read More
Why I Rarely Ever Post Reader Comments
In general, the folks who send me Comments appear to come from another planet altogether. Like, for example, the putz with Abercrombie Fitch UK who sent me the same 902 word sales pitch thirteen times. That said, if you have a comment that’s actually related to one of my posts, send me an email with … Read More
Team Spirit? Brand Loyalty!
Last year my cousin Suzelle emailed me a snapshot from the apartment she owns in Paris — along with a friendly, “You should come visit sometime.” Oops. So yes, this past July, the Birmingham Harebillies loaded up the truck and were there in Gay-Paree (that’s Paris, y’all) when The Tour de France rolled into town. … Read More
And How Does This Relate To Social Media?
I was just about to leave a Birmingham Venture Club event the other evening when I stepped into a conversation with Josh Watkins (an attorney at Feld Hyde) and Brian Cauble (an iPhone app developer with Appsolute Genius) on my way out the door. Both nice guys, to be sure. However, I am not a … Read More