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Breakaway Digital

Random thoughts and inspirations by Damian Rintelmann

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This ain’t no disco!(0)

I have recently been trying to spice up my office space. This site gave me some cool inspiration. Love the name too.

Didn’t your mom teach you to say thank you?(0)

When I first started in the agency world it was a bit eye opening. Definitely not like they teach you in class. It’s a much tougher industry than you can ever imagine, but exciting as all can be. The term “in the trenches” is definitely a great phrase for it. Its a battle everyday, and [...]

Are you listening, really listening?(4)

What is your brand doing to listen to your customers? Listening doesn’t mean doing random sample survey of customers. Sure those are good, but are you really listening?
As the economy takes its roller coaster ride, brands have to find a way to ride it out. How are they going to do that? Listen to [...]

Detroit Vs Pittsburgh, represent!(0)

I am playing in a game with 15 players from Detroit vs 15 players from Pittsburgh. It’s just a fun exhibition game but this is serious business. Remember that little championship game that took place last year. The one where the dudes in red drank from that big shiny cup?
Yes that game. Well now [...]

Are you providing ideas proactively?(1)

Most likely not. I know like many of us in the agency world we are time starved individuals, and are just trying to stay afloat. Remember when you pitched the account with all the great thinking you promised? Many agencies deliver once, but then don’t again.
Adweek did a recent survey of clients, and what [...]

You think you are so different, think again(0)

I just read an interesting article on how agencies differentiate themselves. The main message of the article was that all agencies do the same dog and pony show when talking to potential clients. Couldn’t agree more with that point. It begs the question how do clients really choose their agency?
The article was spot on [...]

Harder Faster Stonger(0)

London (harder, better, faster, stronger) from David Hubert on Vimeo.
Check out this video! Made with over 3,000 still shots. Incredible. Watch in HD on Vimeo

Sarah Silverman and friends give reasons to NOT vote(0)

Why should you not vote? Here are lots of reasons.

No you need to get out there and VOTE!

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler do Palin and Clinton(0)

Tina Fey nailed this impression of Sarah Palin. I couldn’t stop laughing at these two. I think that Amy delivers some of the wittiest lines in the whole skit though. I’m not sure how I missed this last night, maybe because I couldn’t stand to watch Michael Phelps.
Go here if you want to read some of the [...]

Big ideas squashed by legal?(3)

Have you ever had a great idea for a client, only to have it crushed by the brands legal team? Yeah me too. In the digital space things are moving so quickly the law has had a very hard time keeping up with everything. You can see it all over the place one of the [...]