The insanity of Twitter
So there's this guy who's "following 5130 people".
Oh, really? Has he invented the 52 hour day?
Monday 14 December 2009
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The man Bird and his sad story
- Drayton Bird
- London, United Kingdom
- The CIM named Drayton one of 50 people who shaped today’s marketing. And David Ogilvy said he “knows more about direct marketing than anyone in the world.” But don't blame him for all the crap you get sent. He published his first novel, “Some rats run faster” when 27. Hardly anyone read this brilliant work as it had virtually no plot. 4 more books followed: “Commonsense Direct and Digital Marketing” – out in 17 languages; “Salesletters that sell” & “Marketing Insights and Outrages” and "Direct Marketing for Lawyers". He's written over 1,000 columns, spoken in 50 countries and worked with many leading brands, incl. Amex, BA, Hargreaves Lansdown, Mercedes, Microsoft, Nestle, P & G, IBM, Unilever and Visa. In 1977, he and two partners set up Trenear-Harvey, Bird & Watson, sold in l985 to O&M. As Vice-Chairman and Creative Director, he helped O&M Direct become the world's largest DM agency network, and was elected to the worldwide Ogilvy Group board. He now runs Drayton Bird Associates and has interests in 3 other firms. The ones he never visits do much better. This blog shows what all that has done to his head.
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