All this nonsense it getting to be too much. Advertising is dead. Branding Is Dead. Everything is dead… Oh my goodness… Give me a break. Seems all you need to score a page in a prominent magazine is to declare something dead. The blogs are entertaining though…

Proclamations such as these cloud what is really happening. We’re going through one of the most challenging, energizing periods of change marketing has ever seen. eMarketing is redefining the cost structure. Citizen journalists, blogs and the web are altering the information landscape. Buyers are becoming active recommenders and reviewers. New brands are being created at a faster and faster pace, and being made to a broader and broader audience. And the Long Tail is changing the way we think about our inventory, distribution and product mix.

Nothing is dying. It’s all changing. It’s all alive and well. It will all be very different. Sleep easy.