Author Archives: Nick Westergaard

Yesterday, while mourning Ricardo Montalban (KHAAANNNNN!) I happened upon the above spot for the 1975 Chrysler Cordoba. I have to admit, it kept me laughing for about a half hour solid. Not just the fine corinthian leather but the tastefulness … Read More →

Sorry – I couldn’t resist the headline. From the Pew Research Center … The share of adult internet users who have a profile on a social networking site has more than quadrupled in the past four years — from 8% … Read More →

Okay … so most people do a “Top 10” but we had a pretty dry period there for a while so I feel that the best way to give a clear and accurate picture of our most popular posts (by … Read More →

Westergaard Advertising does. I think it’s safe to say that everyone is still figuring out this intriguing mobile micro-blogging service that, as John Kenyon of the Corridor Business Journal says, “approximates a modern-day police scanner or back-fence conversation.” As we … Read More →

You walk up and down the aisles of a store … Can I help you? You call up your trusted business advisor … Can I help you?

In case you haven’t already heard, the caveman from the GEICO ads is getting his own pilot on ABC. Is this a surprising development? Not really. In a time when marketing is content and content turns to marketing, this actually … Read More →

… that transform good marketing into great marketing. This morning, The Lion in Winter was on and I had to go to the endlessly-useful Internet Movie Database. (BTW – Wasn’t this one of the first viral sites that all of … Read More →

Some things you don’t want to see at the doctor’s office: An old, rusty exam table A scary plastic apron hanging on the back of the door A random cart left in the exam room with an old machine on … Read More →

The following message from Whole Foods CEO John Mackey was distributed to all team members on November 2, 2006. On the same day, the company warned that sales growth would be slow in the year ahead and that its stock … Read More →

If you haven’t seen this already, check out this hilarious take from Project Cartoon. Jaded or frighteningly realistic? You be the judge. This site is also a fun example of letting users under the hood to play around. If you … Read More →