Comments on: What “Mad Men” Teaches You About Marketing To Women

By: Kaden Hayes

Kaden Hayes — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:17:40 +0000

i first saw julia robers on the movie pretty woman. she is really very beautiful:~*

By: Michele Miller

Michele Miller — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:32:40 +0000

Thank for the comment, Hollee! You and I both remember the “bad old days,” right? And thanks for the reminder of the Julia Roberts clip – I think I need to go look that one up!

By: Hollee Chadwick

Hollee Chadwick — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:05:19 +0000

Fascinating article and love that you use that brilliant show as a teaching tool. I was in advertising for years, albeit in the 90s and not the 60s – but being 51, I vividly remember the type of advertising – the era that Mad Men depicts.
Do you recall the slideshow Julia Roberts uses in Mona Lisa Smile – about women in advertising, when she is trying to make a point on what they can become?
I’m rambling – MY point was – fascinating article – thanks for sharing.

By: Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter » ‘Tooni Musing - Are Men Necessary?

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:35:14 +0000

[...] Well, Duh! I just had a mental newsflash (which has probably already been written about ad nauseum somewhere on the Web…everything else has.) The ad agencies and their clients are still largely run by men – and older white guys at that (Please, don’t jump on that; I love old white guys.) And, they’ve got the sneakin’ suspicion that – no – we women don’t think men are necessary. So, of course, they keep trying to put us back in the frilly pink little woman box. That didn’t work well even back in the Mad Men’s heyday. (I’m expecting blond princess Betty Draper to shoot something bigger than a pigeon any day now…) More: YouTube video of Betty and those pigeons (I also chuckle at the anti-pigeon Google ads inserted into the box…then there’s the link to “hunting in Uruguay”!?! Heh.) Michele Miller on What Mad Men Teaches You About Marketing To Women [...]

By: Michele Miller

Michele Miller — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:27:50 +0000

Randy, advertising isn’t as glamorous as they’d have you believe, is it? I hope the blog continues to give you added guidance – thanks for reading, and hope you’ll continue to add your comments in the future!

By: Randy Muirhead

Randy Muirhead — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:16:16 +0000

Having worked in radio and television advertising, I watch the show because it is what I thought would be the norm in the stations I worked at; a group of people coming up with great ad concepts. As it turned out, it was normally just me doing the 5 odd jobs and at the TV station even taking the camera to do the shoot.

Now I direct the marketing and advertising for a funeral home. Knowing how to speak to women is a valuable assit. You and your book Michele have been both advisor and mentor in knowing how to speak to women on this delicate subject.

Randy

By: Holly Buchanan

Holly Buchanan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:24:37 +0000

Interesting -the Wall St. Journal article is especially fascinating about how they write the show.

I have to admit – I watched two shows and walked away. I think the problem was that I didn’t really understand the tone. It was laugh out loud funny because it was so over the top – but it comes across as a serious drama.

I suspect this is one of those shows you have to watch a few times to “get” the tone. I’ll give it another shot.

By: Tom McMinn

Tom McMinn — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:13:25 +0000

Gosh, and I thought for sure that Draper would have it all so figured out that he could put it into one concise sentence. Or maybe he will just say “Boys, women are too complicated for our simple minds. Get Peggy in here.”

By: Michele Miller

Michele Miller — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:08:01 +0000

And Tom, it says you have TASTE.

By: Michele Miller

Michele Miller — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:07:46 +0000

Well, student… remember The 4 Neighborhoods of Women?