Comments for Here come the men in the white coats. http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com No, reallly! Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on English came by boat by mudskippah http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/english-came-by-boat/#comment-19 mudskippah Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:11:39 +0000 http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/english-came-by-boat/#comment-19 the man who stood on the shore to receive the english was chased away by hippos. the man who stood on the shore to receive the english was chased away by hippos.

]]> Comment on SLOWTUS NOTES by mwangee http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/slowtus-notes/#comment-17 mwangee Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:26:21 +0000 http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/slowtus-notes/#comment-17 Yo Dex! Sorry about the Lotus thing. Sorry. Kirubi. Yo Dex!

Sorry about the Lotus thing. Sorry.

Kirubi.

]]> Comment on SLOWTUS NOTES PART 2 by Vee http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/slowtus-notes-part-2/#comment-16 Vee Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:04:29 +0000 http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/slowtus-notes-part-2/#comment-16 At the marriage of Mac Mail & Lotus the priest asked,"Anyone have any objection against this union?" Everyone stood up in protest hands flaring and waving placards. Then the priest said,"Ok since there is no objection we shall proceed..." At the marriage of Mac Mail & Lotus the priest asked,”Anyone have any objection against this union?” Everyone stood up in protest hands flaring and waving placards. Then the priest said,”Ok since there is no objection we shall proceed…”

]]> Comment on About by Mwende Killu http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/about/#comment-15 Mwende Killu Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:43:47 +0000 #comment-15 You're special You’re special

]]> Comment on Sacrificing standards at the altar of low prices by mudskippah http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/sacrificing-standards-at-the-altar-of-low-prices/#comment-12 mudskippah Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:01:41 +0000 http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/sacrificing-standards-at-the-altar-of-low-prices/#comment-12 Where did my comment go? Where did my comment go?

]]> Comment on Sacrificing standards at the altar of low prices by mudskippah http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/sacrificing-standards-at-the-altar-of-low-prices/#comment-11 mudskippah Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:00:40 +0000 http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/sacrificing-standards-at-the-altar-of-low-prices/#comment-11 I agree with Stan Lee on that one. Plus it's Kenya, it's easier for a needle to enter the eye of a camel than client to approve the budget you need. On the other hand, a low-res image on a full page newspaper ad (Telkom Kenya ads) is worse than tacky. I can bet Agency tried to get them do a photo shoot or buy stock but client would rather save a few bob for something more important than marketing. Ha! I agree with Stan Lee on that one. Plus it’s Kenya, it’s easier for a needle to enter the eye of a camel than client to approve the budget you need. On the other hand, a low-res image on a full page newspaper ad (Telkom Kenya ads) is worse than tacky. I can bet Agency tried to get them do a photo shoot or buy stock but client would rather save a few bob for something more important than marketing. Ha!

]]> Comment on Sacrificing standards at the altar of low prices by Stan Lee http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/sacrificing-standards-at-the-altar-of-low-prices/#comment-10 Stan Lee Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:26:28 +0000 http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/sacrificing-standards-at-the-altar-of-low-prices/#comment-10 Never ever start work unless the creative brief includes a budget. If your idea exceeds the budget, be creative and find a way to get the client to love the idea so much they'll find the money. Failing that, be really creative and have great ideas that rely on the quality of thinking, not a big budget. Never ever start work unless the creative brief includes a budget.

If your idea exceeds the budget, be creative and find a way to get the client to love the idea so much they’ll find the money.

Failing that, be really creative and have great ideas that rely on the quality of thinking, not a big budget.

]]> Comment on A Brief Story by Vee http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/a-brief-story/#comment-9 Vee Wed, 30 May 2007 09:25:41 +0000 http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/a-brief-story/#comment-9 Sometimes I wonder if other industries have the same issues (trivialities) as we do. I sincerely don't foresee, say a lawyer, sitting and saying... "Urgh! Clients! They should be lined up against a wall & shot!" (Vee: Oops did I say that out loud?) Sometimes I wonder if other industries have the same issues (trivialities) as we do. I sincerely don’t foresee, say a lawyer, sitting and saying… “Urgh! Clients! They should be lined up against a wall & shot!”
(Vee: Oops did I say that out loud?)

]]> Comment on A Brief Story by gapingvoid http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/a-brief-story/#comment-6 gapingvoid Mon, 28 May 2007 11:24:55 +0000 http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/a-brief-story/#comment-6 The trouble with this story [as wonderfully told as it is], is that we folk in advertising have already heard it too many times before, so we're immune, and the people who are not in advertising, well, they hate our guts and want to see us suffer anyway... The trouble with this story [as wonderfully told as it is], is that we folk in advertising have already heard it too many times before, so we’re immune, and the people who are not in advertising, well, they hate our guts and want to see us suffer anyway…

]]> Comment on Sacrificing standards at the altar of low prices by Vee http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/sacrificing-standards-at-the-altar-of-low-prices/#comment-5 Vee Mon, 28 May 2007 09:45:49 +0000 http://cartooncharacter.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/sacrificing-standards-at-the-altar-of-low-prices/#comment-5 Someone in our agency opened my eyes as far as relating with Client goes. She said that first and foremost Agencies should run their business as a business and not a "let-us-make-client-happy-all-the-time" organization. When you go to a Doctor, lawyer and architect you don't bargain with the prices because you know your health, freedom and home require the best. Same way client should be made to realize that we are the experts and that we want the best for their Corporate/Brand image. But I have a feeling it's been tried before and failed miserably. Maybe one day.... Off to read the article. Someone in our agency opened my eyes as far as relating with Client goes. She said that first and foremost Agencies should run their business as a business and not a “let-us-make-client-happy-all-the-time” organization.

When you go to a Doctor, lawyer and architect you don’t bargain with the prices because you know your health, freedom and home require the best. Same way client should be made to realize that we are the experts and that we want the best for their Corporate/Brand image.

But I have a feeling it’s been tried before and failed miserably. Maybe one day….

Off to read the article.

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