Veteran Creative Director Joe Mayernik offers up a 3-minute commentary on life in advertising, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts.
It seems that every poker player is sponsored by someone. Aren't they supposed to be cool?
It seems that every poker player is sponsored by someone. Aren't they supposed to be cool?
Why is October the one month that gets its brand bastardized? And why is August so forgotten? In episode #12 of A Spark From The Anvil the topic of brand guidelines tries to make sense of it all.
After a beautiful summer off, A Spark from the Anvil returns with an age-old question in episode #11. Can a project be good, cheap and on time?
Episode #10 of A Spark From The Anvil gets a bit geeky with flags, and the World Cup.
The weather is finally warm which means Episode #9 of A Spark From The Anvil takes us outside at lunchtime for some good old-fashioned people watching.
Episode #8 from A Spark From The Anvil takes us to a place we all don't want to go. The Dentist. And in the meantime we defend the industry and other unknown agencies.
Do you know what an apple looks like? What it really looks like? In episode number 7 of A Spark From The Anvil Joe asks the question and then ponders the results.
In episode number 6 of A Spark From The Anvil, Joe shares his views on why Washington is so divided. Pull up another chair at the dinner table and ask for a second helping of the steak, because it's not rocket science, but the revelation does deal with compassion, common sense, and the ability to listen.
We’ve all heard the phrase… Right place at the right time. I was lucky. The stars aligned, or The events just fell into place. These are phrases that depict chance moments in life that fall within that dashed line somewhere between the first date and the last date that’s carved on our tombstone.
The Seneca Waterways Council, Boy Scout annual report, posters and photography we designed in conjunction with Myers Creative Imaging all were recognized in the 2015 District 2...
Client meetings: Tots! Birthdays: Tots! Holidays: Tots! Just because it's a Wednesday, it's 10am and we're all hangry: Tots...
What an amazing night it was to celebrate the creative grit and walk away with some Addy glory...
What we're about to serve up to you is not a cookbook. Well, in the literal sense, it is—there are recipes and food pics and cooking directions and such. But it’s more than that...
For an incoming AAF President there is one thing that is certain: You can’t run your club alone. When leading any grass roots organization you need help from trusted partners to make you...
Using context words in any story can turn impressions into attention. Impression is no longer the valued result of your online media campaign. Right now the value is through engagement...
The secret art of context words: Insight, time, space and motion. Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind and the longer the headline the higher the click through rate for native digital...
Reading certain words can maximize neural connections and trigger attention. Our brains are constantly making connections to associations based on what we hear. The art of persuasion is the science of creating...
People only see content within their thumbnail sized focus area. Everything else in the peripheral becomes shapes of color and texture. Users are ingrained with the habit of quickly scanning a device for content in spare chunks...
The main focus of advertising is to capture attention, whether it’s disruption as a path to attention or whether it’s creative content that provides that disruption. Attention...
Don’t know? Don’t worry you’re not alone. Most people have no idea what native ad’s are when it comes to digital advertising. One factor is due to the existing nomenclature of digital. The term native is used to describe a mobile application downloaded to a smartphone...
As marketers, we face many challenges when a new campaign is ready to launch The last Spark from The Anvil of 2018 talks about the focus group, and how sometimes they can be a wonderful thing.