OMMA Video Hits NYC

The OMMA Video conference hit New York yesterday, as media and marketing executives from agencies, marketers and publishers all took in some of the learnings from those who are on the forefront of making it happen with digital video.
I moderated an interesting panel called: Getting the Bug: When Video Ads Go Viral. It was quite a [...]

Fast Times at Digital High

I published the following article in MediaPost. It’s a good look at where things are moving. The Blur is on!
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Digital media is on fire! In fact, if it’s news to you that our industry is in an uber-evolutionary state, then you’re in the wrong business. Marketers and agencies are obviously still trying to figure out [...]

Entrepreneurialism and Corporate Culture

I was talking to a recruiter yesterday regarding the current state of the talent market in the NY digital media industry. Of course, that’s been an increasingly interesting conversation over the last year or so due to the state of the market. The consolidation from many smaller companies that essentially built this industry on innovation, [...]

Moderating a Panel at the Upcoming OMMA Video Conference

 The folks at MediaPost put on some solid conferences. I’ve been writing and speaking for MediaPost for several years now. The hot topic of the year is VIDEO, and this entire conference on June 28th in NYC is dedicated to it.
 I’ll be moderating a panel at 3PM entitled - Getting the Bug: When Video Ads [...]

Second Life? Marketers Should Focus On Perfecting Their First One

This was a commentary piece I wrote for MediaPost. It was published a few weeks ago. I thought it would be appropriate to add here…For the record - I am not bashing emerging media, rather the opposite, as I am a strong proponent of emerging channels. But I speak to “the blur” that marketers have [...]

Welcome to The Blur Blog

Welcome to THE  BLUR BLOG. Although I’ll struggle to find time to keep this blog as updated as I’d ideally like, I felt it was important to start a stream of consciousness - hopefully collective consciousness, as I invite you to chime in and explore, pontificate and banter about the marketing industry and its challenges. Maybe we [...]