tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post4710918765602957430..comments2023-09-16T12:49:54.607+01:00Comments on The Sell! Sell! Blog: Are Agencies Attracting and Therefore Increasingly Staffed with The Wrong Kind Of People?Sell! Sell!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10702354938890218799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-16057248415101704082013-08-27T17:57:48.085+01:002013-08-27T17:57:48.085+01:00Hello GL, thanks for stopping by.
I think 10% bei...Hello GL, thanks for stopping by.<br /><br />I think 10% being brilliant is very generous these days. I think I'd struggle to find you 1%.Sell! Sell!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10702354938890218799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-40149256288121125432013-08-27T14:18:32.381+01:002013-08-27T14:18:32.381+01:00sorry.
i was late to this. but i like all the poi...sorry.<br /><br />i was late to this. but i like all the points raised.<br /><br />can i add 1 thing though.<br /><br />if it has always been the case that 10% of work is brilliant. then, exponentially, the increase in the amount of advertising is surely responsible for a lot of the reason why the 90% of shit is so shit. and why there is so much of it.<br /><br />there's so much naval gazing at what's wrong that we rarely look at what's right.<br /><br />i think that sometimes it's because it gives us the excuse for our work to be not quite as good as it could be.<br /><br />GOUT-LEGSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-68459006719399365212013-08-08T10:53:41.354+01:002013-08-08T10:53:41.354+01:00Why would anyone hire anybody who's going to d...Why would anyone hire anybody who's going to disagree with them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-25691315124417113462013-08-08T10:44:24.969+01:002013-08-08T10:44:24.969+01:00No worries Ant. There are a few of us who post as ...No worries Ant. There are a few of us who post as Sell! Sell!, but yep, Vic is one.Sell! Sell!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10702354938890218799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-74220585533651465322013-08-08T09:17:27.232+01:002013-08-08T09:17:27.232+01:00I'll tell you what the problem is. Kids and mo...I'll tell you what the problem is. Kids and mortgages. These two are the allies of clients and douchebags. <br />If we didn't have them we'd be shitting on the client's arms, throwing TVs out of windows and screaming "IT'S GOT TO BE GREEN OR I'M GOING TO PISS IN THIS POT PLANT!"<br />But we don't otherwise we'd be homeless and our kids wouldn't go to private school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-31559497240544754862013-08-08T01:00:04.789+01:002013-08-08T01:00:04.789+01:00Cheers Vic (it is Vic, right?)
And thanks for the ...Cheers Vic (it is Vic, right?)<br />And thanks for the retweet of my latest post.Ant Melderhttp://www.antmelder.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-3136763591790340332013-08-07T15:32:11.746+01:002013-08-07T15:32:11.746+01:00Thanks Ant, good post - ta for the link.Thanks Ant, good post - ta for the link.Sell! Sell!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10702354938890218799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-33984261500914914222013-08-07T14:35:04.183+01:002013-08-07T14:35:04.183+01:00Hi there.
I think you're right. For me, advert...Hi there.<br />I think you're right. For me, advertising is about one thing: the work. BUT...you can't create great work without the right (mix of) people and the the right conditions. One kind of person in an agency = one dimensional work. I'm not a lover of quotas and positive discrimination but the current model is rubbish. On a related tip, have a look at this: http://antmelder.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/brown-riot/Ant Melderhttp://www.antmelder.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-81108876300292947302013-08-07T13:31:36.936+01:002013-08-07T13:31:36.936+01:00Funnily - I think it's become a culture of fea...Funnily - I think it's become a culture of fear. Fear of losing the client and fear of losing your job.<br />< /b><br />From experience - the planners are afraid to tell the client what is good/ right and would rather acquiesce to the client's request to keep the work. <br />< /b><br />And designers are scared to stand-up and rebel for fear of repercussions.Ryannoreply@blogger.com