Like the product they are advertising, Crispin’s Microsoft ad crashes
I know I am in the minority in my option that Crispin Porter didn’t hang the moon when it comes to advertising. I think that for they either really hit a home run or they really miss and their usually...
View ArticleApple answers Crispin & Microsoft
Tonight Apple started running their latest commercial to answer Microsoft and Crispin’s new “I’m a PC” campaign and I think it is really good and keeps the focus on the issues the Microsoft ads went...
View ArticleAcura uses speed to create a TiVo buster
I was watching TV tonight and the new commercials for the 2009 Acura TL caught my attention through the fast forward playback on my DVR. It got my attention because I though it was a really interest...
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Bon Apetite energizes print ads with digital extension
I love to cook and I always seem to have subscriptions to various cooking magazines but I rarely get anything out of them that makes it worth the time or money to get them. A few months back Bon...
View ArticleBMW creates strong concept integration with their new 300 horsepower paintbrush
BWM has just release what I think is the most interesting and aggressive integrated advertising campaign I have seen in a long time. In the interest of full disclosure I will sat that it was created...
View ArticleAT&T finds good fit with TOM’S shoes
I had been aware of TOMS Shoes for a while as I had seen them in store and magazine but never really got what they were doing until last year when I met their founder Blake Mycoskie at the AdAge IDEA...
View ArticleTag line envy for Hulu.com campaign
Hulu.com started their foray into advertising with a really strong debut commercial with Alex Balwin during the Superbowl which many people don’t know that Hulu didn’t pay for their ad time in the...
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Great outdoor campaign for Lost Children
I don’t see really great outdoor campaigns that often but this one got my attention. It is running right now in Melbourne for the Australian Childhood Foundation for their ongoing campaign Stop Child...
View ArticleWhat does public transportation and a one legged man have to do with GM’s...
So we all knew that GM was going to have to put out some kind of advertising to address their recent bankruptcy filing but I expected more than the stock video rip-o-matic we got. The voice over is...
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DDB WWF Tsunami Twin Towers Ad – Powerful or Despicable?
DDB Brasil in an attempt to get an ad called “Tsunami” for the World Wildlife Fund into major award shows ran it once in a small Sao Paulo newspaper a few months ago. A blogger unearthed the ad in the...
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FedEx delivers great visual only ad
Saw this FedEx ad today and loved it because I am a sucker for a visual and concept that is so strong it doesn’t even need a single word of copy. It plays up to the consumer to have a brain that can...
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Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios
Thought these were funny and wonderfully simple ads for Star Wars Weekends showing Star Wars characters enjoying Disney World’s Hollywood Studios.
View ArticleMcDonald’s ‘Catch the Goodies’ Interactive Billboard
McDonald’s is putting digital signage to good use with their new ‘Catch The Goodies’ campaign where viewers are invited to try and capture a cell phone photo one of their products like an Apple Pie or...
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Creativity can even save a cold call
I get calls, email, letters, posters, boxes and everything else you can think of sent to my office on a weekly basis from agencies who are try to get my attention and so I will give them some work....
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The Audi Spectacle – billboards evolved
Last week I cam across some really interesting work by the Access Agency which is a multi-disciplinary agency lead by Bill Tikos the found of TheCoolHunter.net. The project was called The Audi...
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My 2011 Super Bowl commercials report card
Now that the big game is over I’ve been able to put the disappointment that my beloved Steelers lost the game aside, I figured out where the dogs where hiding from me yelling at the TV and I used my...
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Simplicity is a Force: Lego Star Wars
I am a sucker for great simple advertising and Star Wars always been to be a great muse to create that kind of work.
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Local advertising strategy gone terribly wrong
From time to time in my career I am presented with a piece of advertising that is bad on an epic scale. When I come to such a cross roads the only way I seem to know how to process these crimes...
View ArticleStarfarm’s 9/11 commercial was shameless profiteering
As you can tell from the subject matter this post is getting finished a little later than I would have liked but my workload and travel schedule haven’t given me the freedom to write as much as I...
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Universal Studio’s big guerilla advertising
Universal Studios did a did guerilla publicity stunt (literally) this weekend for their new King Kong 3-D attraction that will open at the theme park this summer. Huge footprints appeared in the sand...
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My 2014 Super Bowl commercials report card
I know that the last thing the world needs is another Super Bowl commercials top 5 list but since my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers weren’t playing in the big game again this year I had nothing better to...
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My 2015 Super Bowl commercials report card
I know that the last thing the world needs is another Super Bowl commercials top 5 list but since my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers weren’t playing in the big game again this year I had nothing better to...
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