Reposted by Dan GoldgeierHen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026WATCH: Captain Smit Machchhar speaks with India PM Modi, discussing the unbelievable experience on the FlyDubai flight and his heroic actions that saved so many. Truly inspiring. 39132
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Get portfolio rights in your contract. You should be able to show what you made, with your name on it, for the rest of your career." -- Stephen E. Terrell Absolutely this. adage.com/opinion/aa-s...adage.com 000
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierDan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Mark Robinson talks about his new book PITCH BLACK: The Best Black Ads of the Past 50+ Years. #advertising #marketing #podcast #book #history www.buzzsprout.com/1313542/epis...buzzsprout.comAd Chatter Season 6, Episode 1: Mark Robinson talks about his new book “Pitch Black” - Ad ChatterAd Chatter is back and today we talk with Mark Robinson about his new book which is out September 7th — PITCH BLACK: The Best Black Ads of the Past 50+ Years. In this 25 minute podcast, Mark talks wit... 033
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Thought this was a fascinating look at how China can enter any product category, fast, and dominate. www.wsj.com/business/dri...wsj.comDriscoll’s Gave China Its Blueberries—Then China Swiped the Secret to Growing ThemThe California grower’s expansion into China ignited local competition and widespread intellectual-property theft. Private investigators went undercover at nurseries. 000
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Mark Robinson talks about his new book PITCH BLACK: The Best Black Ads of the Past 50+ Years. #advertising #marketing #podcast #book #history www.buzzsprout.com/1313542/epis...buzzsprout.comAd Chatter Season 6, Episode 1: Mark Robinson talks about his new book “Pitch Black” - Ad ChatterAd Chatter is back and today we talk with Mark Robinson about his new book which is out September 7th — PITCH BLACK: The Best Black Ads of the Past 50+ Years. In this 25 minute podcast, Mark talks wit... 033
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 09/09/2026CRASH & BURN 10 Easy Ways to Ruin Your Career... from @dereklwalker.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/cra... #marketing #advertisingkickstarter.comCRASH & BURN 10 Easy Ways to Ruin Your Career...A tongue-in-cheek guide to masterfully ruining your career while keeping a job 021
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierDan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Had a lot of fun recording this podcast with Mark Robinson, author of PITCH BLACK: The Best Black Ads of the Past 50+ Years. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... #marketing #advertising #podcastpodcasts.apple.comAd Chatter Season 6, Episode 1: Mark Robinson talks about his new book “Pitch Black”Podcast Episode · Ad Chatter · September 7 · 25m 022
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Had a lot of fun recording this podcast with Mark Robinson, author of PITCH BLACK: The Best Black Ads of the Past 50+ Years. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... #marketing #advertising #podcastpodcasts.apple.comAd Chatter Season 6, Episode 1: Mark Robinson talks about his new book “Pitch Black”Podcast Episode · Ad Chatter · September 7 · 25m 022
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I got to work with Dolly Parton on a few radio commercials I wrote for Dollywood and Pigeon Forge. She was as lovely and sweet as everyone is saying today. it was my rare brush with greatness in my copywriting career. #advertising 031
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Would love to see a Seattle-based ad agency pick this up/ adage.com/agencies/aa-... #advertising #marketingadage.comAgency Brief—Alaska Air Group’s creative review takes flightThis week, we’ve got the scoop on Alaska Airlines’ creative review, plus a look at Shoulder Check’s growth and the latest quarterly results from WPP and S4 Capital. 010
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I accept that we're seeing all sort of AI-generated images in ads. But for heaven's sake, make them less garish. 010
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Sometimes my Reddit feed gets it right in back-to-back posts. 200
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierJim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 06/06/2026When I was at Normandy I was overwhelmed thinking about 19-year olds from Iowa or Oregon far from home storming the beaches to defeat fascism. Such incredible sacrifice on behalf of people they didn’t know. So Pete- don’t bring your white supremacy to Normandy. You don’t speak for most Americans. 0488
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Remember Joe Sedelmaier with this lineup of crazy commercials -- including a few for Alaska Airlines. youtu.be/cz4rzc93VVs?... #advertising #RIPyoutu.beJoe Sedelmaier's Funniest Commercials 1970's & 1980'sYouTube video by deputay 010
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Hotel surveys are quickly learning the top priorities. 100
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I think the biggest winners of the #Oscars are the makers of double-breasted suits. 000
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I think some of the Oscars commercials are way better than the Super Bowl commercials. Perhaps marketers are willing to do some more inventive work since they’re under less scrutiny but it’s still a big audience. 011
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Kinda funny how this @campaignus.bsky.social @campaignuk.bsky.social headline uses one brand as a verb when talking about another brand’s business. #advertising 020
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierJim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Yes the rupture remains. Donald Trump is not going to defend a NATO ally under attack, hence the core of the alliance-Article 5-is not operable for the US while he’s president. Also Rubio’s tone was friendly if you’re a white Christian nationalist. 1115
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Uhhh...lots of us do, @adweek.bsky.social. You chose only a few. What a snotty headline. 110
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 09/02/2026So much 90s nostalgia in these commercials. #superbowl 010
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierDan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 06/02/2026As you watch the Super Bowl commercials and opine on them, remember: Your Top 5 favorites are someone else's Bottom 5.™ #advertising #marketing #SuperBowl #SBads 021
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierJewish Dems @jewishdems.bsky.social · 06/02/2026This is the ad that Fox News does NOT want you to see. Fox News rejected our newest ad, which demonstrates that Trump has “gone too far” with ICE. But we will not remain silent in the face of these attacks. Share our ad and follow @usjewishdems.bsky.social to join us in the fight. 4520861187
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 06/02/2026As you watch the Super Bowl commercials and opine on them, remember: Your Top 5 favorites are someone else's Bottom 5.™ #advertising #marketing #SuperBowl #SBads 021
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Lots of #SuperBowl commercials are being pre-released in :60 and :90 lengths in the hopes people will see and like them before the game. Most of them will air in chopped up :30s that come and go in a blip, and are easily forgotten. Marketers get the Big Game wrong. #advertising #marketing 020
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Once again, the ads in the Super Bowl are shaping up to be an overload of soon-to-be forgotten gratuitous celebrity appearances. adage.com/super-bowl/a... #advertising #superbowladage.comSuper Bowl 2026 commercials: brands, agencies, strategiesTracking the latest Super Bowl commercials and teasers—the brands, agencies and creative strategies shaping the game. 010
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 27/01/2026For all their innovation in other areas, Amazon has never done physical retail very well. Living in Seattle, I've seen so many of their stores come and go. www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-...geekwire.comAmazon closing all Amazon Fresh and Go stores to focus on Whole Foods and grocery deliveryAfter a decade of experimentation and expansion, the company says it wasn't able to find the right model for its Amazon-branded grocery and convenience stores. 010
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Haven't seen this job listing before. At least they're not asking for someone with "5-10 years' experience" doing this kind of work. #advertising 000
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 26/01/2026GO SEAHAWKS. I am not in Seattle tonight but my dogs just texted to complain about the fireworks. 41224490
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 25/01/2026For all the money they’re spending on these Payton Manning commercials, does anyone really care that Nationwide wants to be known as a “financial services company”? #advertising 000
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Had 4 offers to judge local ADDY shows this year. I'm wondering if AAFs are having a hard time finding judges because it's now entirely sitting in front of a computer judging 100s of case studies. It used to be way more enjoyable going to cities and judging in-person. 100
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierJim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 03/01/202635 years ago, we hoped Russia would become more like us. Trump wants US to become more like Russia. At home and abroad. 03010
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierJim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 28/12/2025And Ukraine wasn’t on a path to getting into NATO, as @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social and I argue in our new piece “NATO did not cause Putin’s imperial war” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comNATO Did Not Cause Putin’s Imperial WarPublished in The Washington Quarterly (Vol. 48, No. 4, 2025) 1279
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Cameo is cool and all, but I'm not sure Chris Hansen is the one you want "here with you." 010
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierAmerican University School of International Service @ausis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025We are delighted to share that SIS PhD program director and former SIS dean Jim Goldgeier (@jimgoldgeier.bsky.social) has been elected President of the International Studies Association (@isanet.bsky.social) for 2027–2028! Congratulations, Jim, on this distinguished leadership role! 2275
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 11/12/2025"...the team spent seven weeks of sleepless nights writing prompts. “This wasn’t an AI trick. It was a film,” she said." Welcome to the future of advertising. adage.com/brand-market...adage.comMcDonald’s pulls polarizing AI ad—was it the right call? Vote hereThe AI-generated “It’s the Most Terrible Time of the Year” ad from McDonald’s Netherlands has gotten criticism stateside. 110
Reposted by Dan GoldgeierJim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 07/12/2025At the end of the Cold War, we hoped Russia would become more like the United States- democratic, with a market economy and respect for rule of law. The new NSS makes clear that Trump’s goal is to make the US more like Russia, supporting Putin’s transactionalism and spheres of influence approach. 06818
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 04/12/2025A lot of this sounds simply insane. I worked for Omnicom a long time ago and the benefits weren't as bad as described here. www.adweek.com/agencies/exc... #advertising #marketing #omnicomadweek.comEXCLUSIVE: How Omnicom Stole Christmas Week And Nixed Other Perks From IPG’s Benefits PackageEmployee handbooks and benefits documents obtained by ADWEEK reveal sweeping cuts to retirement plans, parental leave, healthcare, severance, holidays, and PTO for U.S. based employees. 110
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 03/12/2025"The producer gave the client the wrong file." Perhaps the most authentic thing about the ad industry related to "Mad Men." 030
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 01/12/2025They waited until the Monday after Thanksgiving to release this turkey... adweek.it/4a7is4H #advertisingadweek.itOmnicom to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Retire FCB, DDB, and MullenLoweBBDO, TBWA, and McCann emerge as the three global creative networks in post-IPG overhaul 010
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Mergers like this only benefit the accountants, lawyers and other execs who pushed it. Clients, employees and vendors will get screwed. Bet on it. #advertising www.businessinsider.com/omnicom-ipg-...businessinsider.comA Madison Avenue makeover: Omnicom's $9 billion merger with IPG is completeThe deal reflects the changing fortunes of Madison Avenue, an ad industry upended by new technologies, emerging competitors, and strained ad budgets. 010
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Maybe for one year, we could have a moratorium on commercials featuring songs with rewritten lyrics to holiday & Christmas songs. One can dream... #advertising 130
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Can we pay for these with Enron stock certificates??? 010
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Very few Super Bowl commercials air much after the big game. But the Lay's one with the girl growing her own potato to add to the pile has aired incessantly since. Go figure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmzk... #advertisingyoutube.comLAY'S® | The Little Farmer | :60YouTube video by Lay's 000
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 29/10/2025This would come as no surprise. #advertising #marketing 020
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 28/10/2025More people are loyal to Apple products than GM vehicles. If a vehicle doesn't have CarPlay capability, I won't even rent it. www.macworld.com/article/2953...macworld.comGM shifts into stupidity with its CarPlay strategyU.S. car maker invokes Steve Jobs to defend dropping the thing everyone loves. 020
Dan Goldgeier @dangoldgeier.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Interesting list here, but there's only one ad here created before 1980 so clearly a recency bias. I suspect you can substitute "caused a ruckus on social media" for "controversial." www.thedrum.com/news/the-25-... #advertising #marketingthedrum.comThe 25 most controversial ads ever made 000