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Dell Decides One Ad Agency Better Than… 800??

You read the headline correctly; at one point in the recent past, Dell Computers employed as many as 800 separate marketing agencies.
And here I wondered why their marketing had gone so bland.
Imagine the turf battles. Imagine the complexity. Imagine the egos.
Now imagine the difficulty you’d have pushing even a brilliant idea through that mess.

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Posted 21 May 2008 † Tom Chandler § Underground Entertainment ‡ Comments (9) ° Also tagged: ,

The Failed Computer Blues: The Underground Commences With the Vista Bashing

I haven’t forgotten you, my little Undergrounders. Sure, I haven’t posted anything useful lately, but one look at my to-do list would suggest why.
The snow is piling up by the metric ton, the snowblower is feigning death, the clients are calling, and yes — the old desktop PC has been dead in the water and [...]

Posted 28 January 2008 † Tom Chandler § Writing ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , ,