People have some cutting remarks about advertising and Cannes, Klout innuendo and more in this week’s top industry tweets.
Industry analogy time
@ddbco, DDB&Co. Istanbul, agency
Klout innuendo
@rick_now, Rick Liebling, creative culturalist, Y&R
Metrics mumbojumbo
@lenkendall, Len Kendall, Digital Director, GolinHarris
Cannes tweeting
@ischafer, Ian Schafer, CEO, Deep Focus
Selling out
@reiinamoto, Rei Inamoto, chief creative officer, AKQA
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