http://blog.pavone.net Pavone Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:01:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I still remember asking the question of my mentor, Mr. Vance Von Keisterburn. The Obi Wan to my Jar Jar Binks. The year was 1967 and I had just landed my first copywriting job at a small ad firm outside the Holland Tunnel. Vance chuckled, puffing smoke from one nostril as ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/20/what-makes-a-great-tv-spot/ Have you ever noticed how nothing good ever happens “in broad daylight”? Banks are robbed in broad daylight. Purses are stolen in broad daylight. Even the occasional streaker or flasher is usually nabbed in broad daylight. Sometimes during a live newscast in the midst of a snowstorm. The term usually refers to the audacity ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/19/did-that-really-happen-in-broad-daylight/ I just found out that you can't have email if you are President. According to The Patriot-News, "As President, Obama might have to live without his blackberry." That officially takes me out of the running in 2012. I love politics as much as the next person, but not that much. When ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/17/al-gore-invented-the-internet-for-this/ At the thinkbank, our interns don’t fetch dry cleaning or coffee (though they may make a late afternoon beer run now and then). From day one, they do many of the same things the rest of us do. Which is why, on Wednesday, November 12, our account services interns, Nick ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/14/trial-by-fire/ Pavone has a bunch of secret weapon’s too deliver grate results four are clients. Won is me. In fact, I’m vary secretive about what eye do. Know one hear knows ... accept when I stick my nose into there business.  My fingers nearly deserted my hands in protest at being forced ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/13/proofreeding-isnt-allways-eazy/ Hollywood is an English Bulldog. For the past three-and-a-half years she's also been Pavone's mascot and official Director of First Impressions (she greets most visitors, especially if they arrive with food). Here we see our shameless canine queen in one of her many sleeping positions. We've got names for them all and ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/11/random-hollywood-photo-1/ Every now and then the entire agency comes together for what we call "Fridays at 4." The meetings are usually held on Fridays at 4 p.m. (We must have been all out of creative thinking on the day we named that tradition. Or maybe because we're usually so full of ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/07/are-we-done-yet/ While it may be hard to remain positive about the economic impact on the advertising business over the next 12 to 24 months, there will be consequential benefits. Clients and their agencies will be even more accountable for their media spending on both traditional and non-traditional media. On the bright ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/06/it-never-gets-easier/ Halloween’s traditionally been a time of mischief, carousing and general shenanigans at the thinkbank. For many years, the creative department hosted its spooky Halloween smorgasbord in the murky depths of our cellar, complete with exhibits such as the heebie-jeebies-inducing Chamber o’ Timesheets, and serving up such dubious delicacies as balut ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/05/braaaaaaaaains/ Welcome to the new-and-improved Pavone blog. We’ve reinvented it with one goal in mind: To give readers a better understanding of who we are and what makes us tick. I can promise you, it won’t be boring and it’ll be updated more often than our initial blogging effort. Version 2.0 of ... http://blog.pavone.net/index.php/2008/11/03/let%e2%80%99s-try-this-again/