In-house agencies have grown in size and stature over the past 20 years. ECD Kevin Frank was there early on, leaving agency life to lead creative teams at Apple and LinkedIn. Now he’s living an expat life in Paris. In this 39-minute Ad Chatter from AdPulp, Kevin talks with host Dan Goldgeier about:

• Life at Apple during the passing of Steve Jobs
• How to lead creative teams and deliver effective feedback
• The importance of relationships to a creative career

Enjoy! 

From small agency CEO to holding company agency CCO, RAPP's Troy Hitch has done a little bit of everything. In this 32-minute Ad Chatter, Troy talks with host Dan Goldgeier about:

• The “Ego Epiphany” that good Creative Directors should have
• What holding companies do well – and don’t do well 
• The musical Troy wrote for a casket maker client and an appreciation for “Bathtubs Over Broadway”

 Enjoy!

We have a returning guest! Host Dan Goldgeier chats with Steve Harrison about his new book, co-written with Dave Dye, “The Howard Gossage Show – and what it can teach you about advertising, fun, fame, and manipulating the media.”

In this 29-minute podcast, Dan and Steve chat about:

·      What made Howard Gossage’s work so unique

·      How Howard became famous along with his clients

·      What Howard would be doing today if he were still in advertising

Hope you enjoy it!

This episode of Ad Chatter features a conversation between David Burn of Adpulp and artist, writer, gallerist, tour guide, teacher, and activist Chad Rea. 

Chad has a degree in Advertising from Texas Tech. He taught at UT and ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena. He worked at famous agencies before starting his own. 

Over the past five years, he’s been furiously making art and his paintings and artworks continue to appear in solo and group exhibitions. 

In this vibrant 52-minute discussion, Chad entertains with fresh takes about:

• Why he went to Texas Tech and how he first got into the ad business
• What it was like to work at Pyro, Mother, and Kessels Kramer
• Founding and running his agency 86theonions in Venice Beach
• Why working in advertising is such an excellent preparation for being an artist
• Why it's okay to call yourself an Artist
• LockhART House, his home and gallery space in Lockhart, Texas
• His major artistic influences and reasons for making art
• How to work with him today at Good Fast & Cheap
• Why it pays to treat yourself and promote yourself like a brand

This is a man with a lot of ideas and almost as many active pursuits. Hear it all on this episode of Ad Chatter. 

In his new book, “Black on Madison Avenue,” Mark Robinson has plenty to say about his career in account management and the current state of minorities in advertising. In this 36-minute Ad Chatter, Mark talks with Dan Goldgeier about:

• What agencies need to do to increase minority hiring
• The keys to successful agency account management
• Working with Spike Lee to create Spike DDB
• Getting personally sued by a celebrity for an agency business decision

It’s a fun chat. Check it out!

On this episode of Ad Chatter, host Dan Goldgeier talks about the advantages and challenges of mid-sized independent ad agencies with Steve Red, the President + CCO of Red Tettemer O’Connell & Partners in Philadelphia. Discussion topics included:

• How a copywriter/art director partnership became a business partnership
• His agency’s “No sh-theads” rule
• Whether he’d pitch the Tesla ad account if he had a legit shot at it

It’s a fun, 26-minute podcast.

There’s no guaranteed career path in advertising. And at some point we all need help, mentorship, or just a sympathetic ear. David Burn and Dan Goldgeier talk with Wade Sturdivant, longtime Creative Director and Copywriter and the founder of NowAndThentor, a free service to provide feedback as needed to ad professionals of all kinds.

In this 35 minute Ad Chatter, David, Dan, and Wade talk about:

• The importance of mentors and the lack of agency career development
• Why creative directors don’t automatically make effective leaders
• The difference between agency and in-house creative environments

Many advertising professionals dream of leaving big agency life to start their own shop. Only some follow through with it. Justin Bajan, the co-founder of Richmond’s Familiar Creatures, talks with Dan Goldgeier about running his own shop. They discuss:

·      How to make short- and long-term goals
·      What accounts wouldn’t be a good fit
·      Doing business in a smaller ad market
·      How to motivate younger employees

It’s an informative 30-minute Ad Chatter podcast.

David Esrati is the owner of The Next Wave, an ad agency in Dayton, Ohio. He’s also currently the Democratic nominee for Congress in Ohio’s 10th District. Dan Goldgeier talks with David about the intersection of politics and marketing, along with:

• How military experience relates to an advertising career
• The commercialization of Memorial Day and other holidays
• The message voters deserve to hear from candidates
• How advertising professionals can get involved in political campaigns

Find out more about David's Congressional campaign at electesrati.com.

Research and strategy are the building blocks of successful marketing and advertising efforts, and no one knows it all better than Megan Averell, Founder of The Insight Inn.

In this 55 minute Ad Chatter, Megan and host Dan Goldgeier talk about:

• The importance of going out and talking to consumers “in the wild”
• How consumers’ attitudes have changed during the pandemic
• Why one brand discovered the wrong way to “surprise and delight” customers
• How to make focus groups more productive
• Whether advertising in the Super Bowl is a good investment
• The easiest way to do research on a limited budget