Mike McClure
Mike McClure
The Yaffe Group
Partner, Executive Creative Director
& Social Media Director
Mike has worked as a writer, producer and creative director in the advertising business since the time of yellow pads and pens. He’s been at The Yaffe Group since the early 90’s and now has added practitioner of digital and social media to the list of many hats he wears there. He also is editor and writer for the company blog www.yaffetidbitsblog.com
The Yaffe Group (www.yaffe.com) does both traditional and new media marketing, direct and email marketing, database management, social media, research, strategic planning and brand consulting, with offices in Detroit and Houston.
Before coming to Yaffe, Mike worked as creative director/supervisor at BBDO and JWT (in Denver and Detroit). Throughout his career, he’s worked on everything from fast food to fast cars, from hospitals to hotels, from retailers that will SAVE YOU MONEY to church organizations that will save your SOUL! And a lot of other client work that will either send him to heaven or hell (depending on who you ask).
Other stuff about Mike:
Has a BS in Advertising from Michigan State
Member of the advisory board for College of Creative Studies Advertising Department
President of Social Media Club Detroit
Past treasurer/secretary of Detroit Creative Director's Counsel
Has 2 kids, 2 dogs, 1 wife, whom he met in high school and she still hasn’t left him after all these years working in advertising
| 10.16.2012 |
One Bad Salesperson Can Lose You a Lot More Than One $500 SaleIt doesn’t happen very often. But I’m ticked off. It was time for me to get a new laptop, and I’d been looking forward to it for awhile. It’s exciting, even though I wasn’t buying high end. I had... |
Social Media Journal |
| 10.15.2012 |
How To Keep Your Social Media Running When You're Running Short On Time“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein Over the past few weeks I found myself thrown into two... |
Social Media Journal |
| 10.09.2012 |
8 Ways To Keep Your TV Ads From Being Preempted By Political AdvertisingRunning a full advertising schedule in an election year can be tough to achieve. And for our retail clients, TV advertising is the stream on which their revenue flows. If you have an event this... |
Social Media Journal |
| 10.02.2012 |
Your Sales Floor Is An Information Treasure Trove. Use It.The best retailers know that what’s happening on the sales floor isn’t just a reflection of brand identity programs and store housekeeping policies. It’s a rich source of information. But you have to... |
Social Media Journal |
| 09.26.2012 |
Ad of the Week: Safe Internet Banking - Amazing Mind ReaderThis internet video for the site SafeInternetBanking.be is scary good. In that it's really good and really scary. It was shot in Belgium and shows random people brought into a tent to be "read" by... |
Social Media Journal |
| 09.25.2012 |
Pull sales in with an excuse-proof value statementEliminate every excuse your customer has to NOT come in and you should see the sales start ringing. Countering resistance can get the shopper out of the house and into your store ready to buy. To... |
Social Media Journal |
| 09.19.2012 |
Ad of the Week: VW - Vet (Bulldog Ad)Sometimes these are just for me. The new Volkswagen ad with the bulldog who ate the keyless fob his owner's car just makes me smile every time. I had an ugly Boston Terrier who would eat almost... |
Social Media Journal |
| 09.18.2012 |
Need More Retail Traffic? Try Adding a Pressure Point to Your SalePressure points are aggressive, appealing short-term deals added to a retail event . We encourage our furniture retailers to include them as frequently as once a month, and always over the natural... |
Social Media Journal |
| 09.11.2012 |
How To Bring Customers Back Into Your Store Quickly After They PurchaseOur research shows that 40% to 50% of a furniture retailer’s business comes from existing customers and that more than 50% of those sales occur within six months after the initial purchase. And... |
Social Media Journal |
| 09.06.2012 |
Ad of the Week: Old Spice - Muscle MusicOld Spice has outdone themselves again. This time it's with an interactive video featuring muscle man and funny pitchman, Terry Crews. It's both fun and hilarious. The basic premise of the video is... |
Social Media Journal |






