Author: Jim Mitchem

Note to brands that have spent their entire lives in bed with traditional media: If you think of Social Media as something like a Golden Ticket – remember, five children went into the factory and only one came out. And none of them left unscathed.   Jim is a father, husband, copywriter and founder of smashcommunications. You can find him on Twitter @smashadv

Note to brands that have spent their entire lives in bed with traditional media: If you think of Social Media as something like a Golden Ticket – remember, five children went into the factory and only one came out. And none of them left unscathed.   Jim is a father, husband, copywriter and founder of smashcommunications. You can find him on Twitter @smashadv

Jim is a father, husband, copywriter and founder of smashcommunications. You can find him on Twitter @smashadv

The cancer killed Smokin’ Joe today. You’re likely to see a lot of posts about what a great boxer Joe was, or his famous bouts with Muhammed Ali.  This isn’t one of those posts. I was about 12 or 13 when this Miller Lite spot ran in 1977 – a commercial that stuck with me all these years and even made me want to be in advertising. This is how I’ll remember Joe Frazier, a Heavyweight Champ pitching Lite Beer…

The cancer killed Smokin’ Joe today. You’re likely to see a lot of posts about what a great boxer Joe was, or his famous bouts with Muhammed Ali.  This isn’t one of those posts. I was about 12 or 13 when this Miller Lite spot ran in 1977 – a commercial that stuck with me all these years and even made me want to be in advertising. This is how I’ll remember Joe Frazier, a Heavyweight Champ pitching Lite Beer…

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