The Bill Murray Solution to Better Ads

Mike Cole thinks brands should be more like Bill Murray. At the Digiday Publishing Summit on Tuesday, the reddit sales exec urged brands to be flexible and not pass up opportunities to "be awesome." Cole, who believes the legendary comedian can teach brands a thing or two about responding in real time in surprising ways, provided examples of brands winning over notoriously skeptical reddit readers with authenticity, cleverness and a healthy dose of deprecating humor – just like Murray would.The post The Bill Murray Solution to Better Ads appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]

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