Author Archives: Nick Westergaard

The biggest secret to blogging is one I learned from the theatre. Let me back up … When people are getting to know me, we inevitably have an exchange where it’s revealed that my academic background is neither in marketing … Read More →

… are hard to write. Just sit down and try sometime. In many forms of writing, including blogging, whittling your big idea into that perfect small package is often the hardest task of all. Take this short post on short … Read More →

As a final act of closure on the holiday weekend, I re-traced the July 4th parade route on my morning run. As I carefully dodged candy wrappers, leaflets, and other giveaway items on the newly swag-encrusted streets (an unseasonal rain … Read More →

I love the Robert Kennedy quote about how he looked at “things that never were and asked why not.” Why not is a great question. I love flipping it back onto others when a new idea is on the table. … Read More →

I love snacks. Snacks are great because they’re … well, snacks. Small in size, sweet or salty. One of my favorite pieces of new media marketing vernacular is “info snacking.” For those un-indoctrinated, info snacking speaks to all of the … Read More →

Years ago I worked for a small educational publishing company. As I sat down to begin work on what would ultimately be the first of my two complete overhauls of the company’s website, I remarked to a colleague that this … Read More →

Our Facebook movement is just a weekend old and already there is news in the form of this post from Mashable. The executive summary is that Facebook has responded — no doubt spurred to action by our incredibly small, er … Read More →

Now is the winter of our discontent … Those opening lines from Richard III crossed my mind earlier today while driving past our local Shakespeare Festival stage in Iowa City, where the Bard’s tale of a physically and mentally disfigured … Read More →

In the recent issue of Creativity, modern advertising leaders offer their opinions on the state of the industry. Among the questions asked was should this business still be called ‘advertising.’ This is an especially relevant topic as all of us … Read More →

It started out seemingly harmless. I was sitting outside on our deck, unwinding over the Memorial Day weekend with the new, re-designed Newsweek (BTW — cool content and layout changes – props to Meacham and co). As I leisurely thumbed … Read More →