Mike McClure
- Professional
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
| 05.01.2012 |
Data is sexy - just ask Avinash KaushikI am not a data geek. I don't live for data. Other people here at Yaffe do, but I'm not one of them. I appreciate how data can help me develop better creative or social strategies, but data makes my... |
Social Media Journal |
| 04.23.2012 |
Blogging For Your Company Is Still About Storytelling & Using Your Own VoiceBuilding a blog is a lot like building a brand, except the brand is you - even if you're writing a company blog, says Lynne Meredith Golodner, author of The Nourish Cafe Blog and six books. I had the... |
Social Media Journal |
| 04.19.2012 |
The Social Graph and How It’s Influencing Brand DecisionsPulling information off of social media is giving marketers and brands new information to better connect with their customers and improve their products. Using the social graph, we can see who’s... |
Social Media Clubhouse |
| 04.10.2012 |
How To Stay Connected Out On The RoadPhoto by Kathleen Howell The flowers are blooming, the grass needs cutting, and travel season is around the corner. Staying connected on the road can be a necessity or a choice, whether it’s... |
Social Media Journal |
| 04.06.2012 |
LinkedIn: The Most Important Network You Keep ForgettingLinkedIn isn't sexy. It isn't the new social media darling. It doesn't have the sheer volume of Facebook, the immediacy of Twitter or a giant corporation backing it like Google+. It doesn't offer... |
Social Media Journal |
| 03.31.2012 |
Turning Mega Millions Mania Into Facebook MarketingYesterday, the $640 Million Mega Million lottery jackpot created a bunch of winners long before the numbers were ever picked. Sure, there were three winning tickets when the numbers finally were... |
Social Media Journal |
| 03.07.2012 |
Ad of the Week: The Guardian - 3 Little Pigs & The Big Bad WolfA director friend of mine sent this to me and I think it's the best ad I've seen in a long time - better than any of the Super Bowl ads. It's a very clever, very multimedia ad for a "dying" old... |
Social Media Journal |
| 03.06.2012 |
One Email Technique Sure To Kill Your New Business ChancesIt seems every week now someone is sending me a good example of how not to do something. Last week, it was how not to use LinkedIn to get business. This week, it was how not to use email to connect... |
Social Media Journal |
| 03.02.2012 |
One Sure Way To Increase Engagement On Your Facebook PageThere's one thing that increases fan/customer/community engagement with your brand's Facebook page. I've heard and read about it in many places and instances. I've seen it happen. But, recently with... |
Social Media Journal |
| 02.29.2012 |
Ad of the Week: Chipotle - Back to the StartThis week, I'm anointing another ad I saw for the first time during the Grammys, Chipotle's "Back to the start" with simple animation set to a Willie Nelson version of Coldplay's "the scientist." I... |
Social Media Journal |





