Mad Men “Action” Figures
The studio behind Mad Men licensed four characters as Barbie & Ken dolls. Can you take a page from their marketing playbook? ...
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2010 is the first year that more people in the US will buy their music digitally rather than physically. What does this mean for you? ...
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The number of US adults attending an arts performance dropped to nearly 35% in 2008 from 40% in 1982, 1992, and 2002. What does this mean for you? ...
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Ahh, the New Year’s Resolution. So quick we promise, and so soon we forget. Why? According to a survey conducted by coaching and training firm Gail Kasper LLC, less than half of those surveyed even bothered making resolutions and of those, only 21% had some kind of plan. The value of writing down resolutions and ...
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In a recent edition of the Wall Street Journal two unrelated articles point to the struggles artists face as they straddle the two extremes of pure creativity and pure marketability. ...
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From houstonartist.org: Oh my! Pocket Pies launched their “Paint our Food Truck Challenge” open to all local Houston artists. Artists will compete for the opportunity to paint the startup restaurant’s mobile food vendor truck in mid-October. Any artistic style is accepted including graffiti, pop, abstract, etc. There will be no financial compensation for the winning ...
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World-famous photographer-of-the-stars Annie Leibovitz is $24 million in debt and faces two lawsuits and a $1.4 million tax lien, according to a recent New York Times article. Although sources and friends said she wasn’t living a lavish personal lifestyle, a series of business missteps and personal tragedies got her off her fiscal game. There were ...