John Follis, High Impact Advertising

As a Madison Ave ad man, John Follis, spent the first 7 years of his career getting fired and the next 25 getting famous. Despite his rough career start he eventually co-founded a Mad Ave agency that, in 3-years, became one of the most awarded agencies in the country. Relatedly, John was selected one of Madison Ave's "12 Best" by The NY Ad Club. John’s high impact creative has helped sell everything from Coke to God and his high impact campaigns have been covered in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, TIME, The Harvard Business Review, and a Prentice-Hall marketing textbook. What makes his success particularly noteworthy is what he's had to overcome to achieve it. He was fired 4 times in the first 7 years of his career. His acclaimed narrative video series; “True Stories in Advertising” documents his wild ad biz adventures. For more information, visit en.everybodywiki.com/John_Follis.