Marketing is for your staff, not just for your clients

Ex-creative director Ian Whitworth believes marketing isn’t all about clients, but can actually help retain staff and help keep morale high.

It’s a wild ride to go from creative director to owner of a non-advertising business. Meeting payroll for 50 people each month will turn any idea-loving aesthete into a cold-eyed, heartless merchant in quick time.

When our payables are way in excess of our receivables, don’t be telling me that Helvetica is the answer.

It’s a wonderful feeling to be your own client. You have the big idea, wait ten seconds, then go: client says yes! High fives!

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