The New Generation

My name is Staci Diamond, and I am the Advertising Director at PTM, a Chicago-based marketing and media firm. Proud to be a part of the new generation of agency where passion projects are key and cultivation is the new and only way to advertise.

"The New Generation" Posterous lifestream is a resource for marketers and advertisers who look for insight on Generation-Y. Its no secret that Millennials have adopted new tools and subsequent consumption behaviors. And when a society adopts new behaviors, a marketing revolution is born. "The New Generation" Posterous lifestream delivers the relevant articles and insight to the changes brought by this marketing revolution.

The theme: Advertising is dead and Cultivation rules.

Much of what you will see here backs up a theory that says we are in the new state of conducting business, a more transparent business. The kind of business that requires truth coming back to advertising. The kind of business that forces us to view marketing differently as a whole: shifting from a silo-ed approach to a "customer-out" approach ... that marketing your business must start with the customer first. Your message will then build out from there, speaking to educated consumers on a level that goes beyond advertising. Its cultivating. And cultivating rules.

Walt Disney Mind Map | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Little Bears Fan is My Hero | State St. Sports

How to Be Alone - GenPink - We could ALL use this one!

Seth Godin On What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur Way Beyond 2010 | The Rise To The Top

Since we were kids going through the school system, we've all been taught to follow directions, do what you're told, to be a compliant cog in society's wheel, and now in the work-force wheel. However, a new generation yearns to break out of the 'average' mold that says we should just "do what we're told" ... now we want to "do what we love." AND make money doing it.

The challenge: How can we rise above status quo to create work that is remarkable, and most of all, fulfilling? Here is a good clip worth watching ...