Archive for the ‘advertising’ Category
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Has hell frozen over? Do I really have a post about the Spice Girls?
This post isn't to discuss their "music", if you want to call it that, but like Barney, the Spice Girls have a passionate anti-Spice Girls following. People that do everything within their power to try and ...
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
I got an IM from my friend Kyle about a cool recruiting video from Connected Ventures with some employees lip synching to Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger.
We did this video one night after work. We are a company called Connected Ventures, a group of friends who work for: Vimeo, CollegeHumor, ...
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
I realize that companies launch movie campaigns all the time, but I thought the JetBlue partnership was worth mentioning. People really dig the Simpsons TV show, as you can tell by how long its been on. There is even a Wikipedia page for Springfield.
JetBlue has been named the ...
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
I'll be posting several articles on going Green. For those that know me, they know I'm sort of a tree-hugger when it comes to the environment, trying to do what I can to offset things, even if I do drive an SUV.
Carbon neutrality is all the rage, especially in ...
Posted in advertising, freshish thinking | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
As part of promoting the upcoming Simpsons Movie, several 7-Eleven's around the country have been converted to Kwik-E-Marts.
According to the Denver Business Journal, there were around 12 or so stores converted in New York; Chicago; Dallas; Seattle; Burbank; Los Angeles; Henderson, Nev.; Orlando; Mountain View, Calif.; Bladensburg,
Md.; and Vancouver, British ...
Posted in advertising, creative, freshish thinking | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Kid in the Puddle
Originally uploaded by InPadure
What is it about puddles that so intrigues the kid in us?
How can advertisers capture that same spirit that kids have when they are splashing around in puddles?
PS - its been raining today.
Technorati Tags: kid, explore, exploration
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
Seems to be a fair amount press around vodka lately, especially from Reyka Vodka, Iceland's first and only premium vodka. They were featured in an e-mail from AdCritic.com as well as several posts on Adrants.
My favorite line, especially as flavored vodkas become more prevalent in the US:
In Iceland, we ...
Posted in advertising, creative | 4 Comments »
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
I need to get new glasses, so when I stumbled upon this image on Ads of the World by oogmerk opticians with the tagline "Get the respect you deserve" I had to post a link to it.
The discussions around the difference images are definitely conversation starters when you walk around ...
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
My colleagues at Barkley have been busy preparing for Free Root Beer Float Night tonight from Sonic.
For those not in the know, from 8 p.m. until midnight, anyone who visits a participating SONIC Drive-In can get a free Root Beer Float.
Technorati Tags: SONIC, root beer, float
Posted in Barkley, advertising | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Good reminder article today from Chief Marketer called The Death of the Page View.
In a Web 2.0 world, there are many other factors that have to be considered, including RSS feeds, MySpace profile friends, and YouTube favorites, just to name a few. There are also some technical challenges in ...
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