Martin Davidson

Lefty writer. Creative Director. Leica-liker. Digital bits @SoLongGutenberg.

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

DJ Lamby spinning her favorite poet now at @wxyc has been a fan since this long

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

@RadioShack attempt at viral is more in the venereal strain

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

Don’t just buy American, buy Cleveland: White Dove Mattress celebrates 100 years, 4th generation family-owned https://t.co/ghxm4osBqR

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

Hoping to be fully settled in #CLE in time for Iron & Wine at Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium https://t.co/HYFEN9kF21

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

Pop-up ads for % off my first order are the department store perfume people of the 21st Century. #marketingtip #DigitalMarketing #cybermonday

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

Relying too much on data is perilous because it’s history. Creativity lives in the future, and what could be. The line between informing ideas and smothering them is very thin.

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This is like when Laverne & Shirley would appear in a Happy Days episode. https://t.co/javwedhGFn #TigerKing #carolebaskin #DWTS

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Because why not #earthquake #WSNC

[NWS Raleigh @NWSRaleigh]

Did You Feel It??? According to the USGS, North Carolina just experienced a 5.1 magnitude earthquake with the epicenter at 2 km SSE of Sparta, North Carolina. For more info click here https://t.co/cq5bMmUcJD

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

Basically what happens when agencies collapse Strategy and Project Management into the Account function. https://t.co/G8hKLm2Syp

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I bought a larger mower so cutting my grass wouldn’t take as long. It’s an almost 15-yr old @Exmarkmowers Metro 26 I bought used. It cuts so beautifully I keep it in low gear to admire my lawn as I cut it now it takes me longer than before. #loveyourlawnagain

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Go, science! An idea you can explain in 2 sentences can signal consciousness after a brain injury—“Inhalation is the first and last thing we do.” https://t.co/RLURYW0m0D

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At some point, one point of difference for agencies may be that “natural persons” create its ideas: US patent office rules that A.I. cannot be a legal inventor https://t.co/yNzTVbHcIP

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Basically saying “If people don’t know to ask for us after 125 years, advertising won’t help us.” Coca-Cola slams brakes on ad spend: https://t.co/AzECuYHvLE

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

@tim_leake It means someone at a lower rate who has never had a mortgage is being paid to write social posts for a national mortgage brand because they’re cheaper than someone with twice the experience who actually understands financial services.

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

Finally a front page feature in our local paper @JournalNow that is more heart and soul than murder and mayhem. @lisaodonnellWSJ is a writer worth reading.

[Winston-Salem Journal @JournalNow]

A group of young men and a coach — all in need of a second chance — unite for the Street School's first organized basketball team. https://t.co/dvGlZSoAYD

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

And if you’re wondering how people afford it: credit card debt & delinquencies are at their highest levels since 2008.

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

Disneyland has pushed the cost of some one-day passes above $200 for the first time 💰

@hugomartin reports: https://t.co/5is9EtOsT1

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

Charlotte Housing Authority spent $200,000 on its re-branding. Between Inlivian and the recent Warner Bros rebrand, I’m glad to have some solid pricing references for future clients. https://t.co/WK6XiwiVd7

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I don’t think Gen X is “opting” to put off retirement any more than we opted to endure a devastating recession like everyone else and seen horizontally stagnant wage growth for over a decade. https://t.co/RwOqoBASMp

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

It’s the little things that make you appreciate the craft #typography

[Suzanne Pope @Suzannepope]

Today I learned that “upper case” and “lower case” refer to the sections of the wooden cases where printers kept their letters. 🤯 #advertising #GraphicDesign

[Martin Davidson @martindavidson]

@SarahinWSNC @LandofLed Thank you @SarahinWSNC!