John Steel’s new book “Perfect Pitch: The Art of Selling Ideas and Winning New Business” focuses on every presentation as a conversation. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in or what form your presentation takes. Think of it as a conversation and you’ll be on your way to success. Read On
What about Flash? Useful as a web technology or not? This article appeared as a Futures column in Marketing magazine, Canada’s version of Advertising Age, in June 2002. I wanted the reader to be thinking of the rich visual motion-oriented environment Flash could make possible. Since then, Flash has continued to see limited success. Though the situation has not been helped by security concerns, complexity, and the lack of iPhone support, I believe much of the reason for slow growth of the technology is because there is so much bad implementation. Sites that are slow, clumsy, and where Flash only gets in the way are far too common.
A look at how video will grow in marketing importance. This article appeared as a Futures column in Marketing magazine, Canada’s version of Advertising Age, in May 2003. Read on
What might the instruction manual of the future look like? This article appeared as a Futures column in Marketing magazine, Canada’s version of Advertising Age, way back in November 2002 when the idea of corporate video was just emerging. Read on




