From the roundtable this morning, it became really clear that a lot of clubs could use help with their websites. Many people didn’t have a content management system (or even know what one is), were delaying a new site because the chapter was going through an identity changeover, didn’t take credit cards via the web (or offline either), were paying for e-mail programs, didn’t know what RSS is- or know what to use for content.
All these questions and more can be answered by inviting The Next Wave to host a seminar for your AAF chapter. We’ll give a talk at your meeting, give a seminar that you can make money on, and provide assistance in building a site that can help your club grow. We’ll share the secrets of Google, the power of categories and tagging, and answer questions about if you should be on MySpace or Facebook, what to do about your member list, job banks, event calendars, building community- all using open source software and common sense.
Best of all, the information is from someone in your business- not a web geek. We share powerful information on how to get organic search results in Google so you don’t have to spend client budget on ad words- and how ad agencies fit into the new media landscape. We’ll also share our insight on how this technology is changing brand management and the media landscape. We can demonstrate how huge budget advertising is missing a low-budget opportunity for more eyeballs and how to build a better website for every agency.
Web 2.0 isn’t going anywhere- sooner or later your ad association, be it in Honolulu or Houston, Dayton or Daytona, will have to go 2.0. We’re here to help. A day with us will make you smarter- and make your life easier in maintaining your association website.
Call today, or e-mail, or visit our seminar site Websitetology, to learn more about how we can work together to make technology your best friend.
The breakfast speakers at the AAF National Convention today were inspiring- not so much in what they’ve achieved- but in how things have changed and that the size of your ideas is the new currency.
Andy Berndt, co-president of Ogilvy NY, and Jonathan Mildenhall, the VP Global Creative and Communications Development for the Coca-Cola Company sat on the dais- and basically looked at each other and traded barbs- how does a guy who worked at a bunch of small creative agencies get to be the Co-President of Ogilvy? And, how does a guy who worked at a bunch of boutique UK firms like BBH and Mother- end up as a VP at Coke?
And the answer is: having the vision, understanding the new equation, and lastly, being really nice, down to earth guys. Neither of these two were close to gray hair (although Jonathan doesn’t have any- so it’s hard to judge) - but this is far from the gray haired, old school oligarchy that used to rule in Corporate America.
What was even cooler, they let a junior creative- Tristan Kincaid moderate and showcase the work for Fanta. A new campaign that screamed “refreshing” in a way- that wasn’t screaming- a great example of making ads that people would want to watch.
In their discussion about how Ogilvy and Coke WORKED TOGETHER on this new creative it became clear that the middle man account exec is being stripped out of the process by smart marketers- who want direct interaction with the creative team. And, along with this new way of working- they also skipped the client dictated creative brief- and just said- “Solve the problem.”
Andy gave this fantastic quote, to which I can’t attribute yet- “Give us the problem to solve- not the solution to decorate.” More insight on how one of the worlds premier brands is solving their marketing problems.
These guys realized we are in the day where both of the following statements are true:
Everything is an ad
Nothing is an ad
They are looking for a cultural platform- not an ad campaign, and are willing to look anywhere- and to anyone for inspiration.
Ad 2 is a subgroup of the AAF for young ad pros. Each club does a local public service campaign as a gift back to the community- and the winner was announced today.
When a campaign makes you teary eyed, you know it’s got something going right. The campaign from the Hawaii chapter, for Accesurfhawaii.org was one that you won’t forget.
What’s more incredible- is the total cost to the client was $0- yet the value was over a million dollars.
While the beaches are important to Hawaiians, there was a group of citizens who weren’t able to get to the beach- the disabled. AccesSurf Hawaii was a new organization that needed volunteers- and potential client awareness of their adaptive surf program. To see the effect that getting a wheelchair bound person not just out on the sand, or in the water, but actually riding the waves was inspiring.
George promised me he would get the spots up on youtube soon- and then I’ll post them here, but in the meantime- listen to these numbers- 4x the number of volunteers, 8x the number of clients to be served- basically fast forwarding the organizations plan ten years into the future.
We recently had a client who’s favorite refrain was “advertising doesn’t work”- well, this is proof that it works, that the people in advertising care about their community, and that advertising can change anyones fortune- if done right.
