The Difference a Hat Can Make
By Rob Anderson - Nov 19th, 2008 at 4:34 pm(via I Believe in Advertising)
Posts Tagged ‘advertising’
Sack it, Motrin
By Jessica Hillyard - Nov 18th, 2008 at 9:00 amVia Broadsheet, this new Motrin ad targeting moms who tote around their babies in slings and carriers is causing a lot of, ahem, soreness in…
How to Make a Beautiful Ad for a Video Game
By Jesse Singal - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 amThe same agency, McCann-Erickson, is responsible for the commercials for both the original Gears of War, an XBox 360 game, and its soon to be…
“Colour Like No Other”
By Bradley Portnoy - Oct 23rd, 2008 at 10:03 amI hate to be a total shill for Madison Avenue, but the new Sony Bravia commercial is the best since the one with all the…
See: Celebrities Photoshopped Onto Products Sold at 99-Cent Stores
By Diana Jou - Oct 21st, 2008 at 11:00 amThe New New Media?
By L. Russell Allen - Oct 15th, 2008 at 9:55 amIt’s conventional wisdom that the Internet is one of the best ways for candidates to reach out to younger voters. The kids love their MySpaces…
School Bus Advertising
By Saxon Baird - Sep 15th, 2008 at 4:18 pmMichigan school children may soon be regularly exposed to advertisements on their school buses according to Advertising Age:
A number of the state’s cash-strapped school…
WTF, PETA?
By Nick Sifuentes - Aug 11th, 2008 at 9:15 amFull disclosure: I’m not the biggest PETA fan. But the group’s new ad campaign reaches disgusting new heights of insensitivity:
I can’t imagine there’s a…
Dear Mr. Klein: You’re Trying Too Hard
By Nick Sifuentes - Aug 8th, 2008 at 1:45 pmSo Calvin Klein’s latest too-hot-for-TV perfume ad isn’t going to be airing here in the United States–which, by the way, is the largest perfume market…
Spanish Commentary on Consumerism?
By Jessica Hillyard - Jul 6th, 2008 at 12:20 pmSpanish cuisine revolves around ham (jamón), but not the kind of processed ham that we know in the U.S. In a typical Spanish kitchen, one…
“Green Noise”? Blame Corporations, Not Activists
By Jamie Henn - Jun 16th, 2008 at 5:36 pmAn article in yesterday’s New York Times gets one thing right: We are certainly living in the era of “green noise.” Here in San Francisco,…
