Your Ad Ignored Here

Tom is the David Ogilvy of cartooning. ”-Seth Godin, author of Purple Cow“If marketing kept a diary, this would be it. ”-Ann Handley, Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfsFrom the birth of social media to digital advertising to personal branding, marketing has transformed in the past 15 years. Capturing these quintessential moments in marketing is Marketoonist, a popular cartoon series from veteran marketer Tom Fishburne. Your Ad Ignored Here collects nearly 200 of these hilarious and apt depictions of modern marketing life on the 15th anniversary of the series. Fishburne began to doodle his observations in 2002 when working in the trenches of marketing. Initially intended for co-workers, they are now read by hundreds of thousands of marketers every week. The cartoons’ popularity stem not only from their deft reflections on latest trends, but their witty summary of the shared experiences of marketing — handling a PR crisis, giving creative feedback to an agency, or avoiding idea killers in innovation. Your Ad Ignored Here gives voice to the challenges and opportunities faced by people working in business everywhere. Readers regularly inquire if Fishburne is spying on them at work. Whether or not you work in marketing, these cartoons will make you laugh … and think about our rapidly evolving world of work.