Picking Winners by the Popularity of Paraphernalia

CafePress.com, a maker of trinkets like throw pillows, said orders for politically related items are a reliable indicator of whom the voters favor.

Drilling Down: For Every Sales Pitch, the Right Words

A study finds that companies should use English when advertising luxury goods, but use a hybrid of English and the local language for household necessities.

Online, a Puffin Stars in a Political Attack in Canada

The political ads in the federal election in Canada are nothing if not negative and include a critical image of a liberal leader, Stéphane Dion.

Teens in Lingerie Ads – Peaches Geldof and Daisy Lowe for Agent Provocateur (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Agent Provocateur may be looking to expand their appeal to the younger set by teaming Peaches Geldof up with Daisy Lowe in their ad campaign called Season of the Witch.

Agent Provocateur has been able…

Bizarre Eco-Friendly Buildings – The Glass House Reuses Embalming Fluid Bottles (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Before the emphasis on sustainable architecture made it fashionable to use odd materials to build homes, people did it just to be different. Like the Glass House, for example, which is made from 500,000…

34 Ways to Scratch Your Photoshop Itch (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) Whether you’ve never posted or printed an unaltered digital photo of yourself or you’re just a big fan of artistic photography, chances are you’ve heard of Adobe Photoshop.

This powerful image-editing…

Election Shows This Generation of Women That Sexism Is Still Alive


For millennial women the election may prove a watershed moment — the moment when they discovered prejudice against their gender.

Why ANA Opposed Google/Yahoo Deal

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — It's not as sexy as the presidential race, but the campaign to decide whether the Yahoo-Google search-ad partnership is good or bad for online advertisers is just as heated.

Visa Dangles $600 Million for Holding Co. That Can Help It Regain Identity

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Despite a 60% share of the credit-card market and a $600 million global ad budget, Visa has sent out an inconsistent message over the years while rivals have carved out distinctive niches.

Top Lawyer Preps March on Mad Ave


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Cyrus Mehri, one of the nation's top civil-rights attorneys and a man who has been dubbed one of Washington's most feared lawyers, has turned his attention to the ad industry's woeful diversity record.

The End of Consumer Surveys?

BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — Procter & Gamble and Unilever are linking with the Advertising Research Foundation for an industry effort to embrace online chatter and other naturally occurring feedback like never before.

Why NBC Is OK Having Google Sell Cable TV Ads

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — In inking the pact with Google, NBC Universal, one of the nation's best-known media brands and a giant of the broadcast and cable worlds, has decided to allow a third party to sell some of its ad inventory

Mags Go From Spreads to Screens

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — When you consider how fanatical fashion folks are about keeping up their images, it's amazing so many of them are agreeing to let people follow them around 24/7 with cameras. But a TV or online-video presence is fast becoming a necessary part of a fashion magazine's business model.

Quit? Fired? You Can Turn Career Change Into Gold


Job changes stir up many emotions, but once you've given your notice — or digested the news that your services will no longer be needed — it's time to become a change optimist and look forward.

Winning in the ‘Pick’ Economy


These days consumers choose from miles of aisles of cars, clothing, electronic equipment, food, beverages and other staples. To push is dangerous. To pull is difficult. We are engaged in a revolutionary new marketing model not driven by manufacturers or their marketing partners. In fact, it's not enough to consider consumer push or pull strategies, because today, the consumer picks.

Take Command of Service


Why do so many customers remain unsatisfied when dealing with business service personnel? Why does achieving overall customer satisfaction appear so hard to accomplish? Developing, implementing and, importantly, monitoring effective training programs is a CMO's responsibility.

Despite the Chatter, Talk Is Still No. 1 Cellphone Feature


Almost half of poll respondents didn't identify any of a long list of possible cellphone applications as anything they want to use regularly.

Can MySpace’s Grand Experiment Help Save the Music Industry?


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — MySpace's grand music experiment is launching this month — and it'll be as much a test of how advertisers can help underwrite the music industry as it will be of the portal's most ambitious launch since, well, its own birth four years ago.

Economic Blues Leave No Room for Green

BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — The green-marketing movement is taking a hit from the economy.

Will All-in-One Products End Their Reign?


BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — Arbor Strategy Group, a new-product consulting firm that has tracked the history of package-goods launches for many years, found most categories ultimately spawn a product labeled "total" or "complete" at the tail end of a lengthy bout of product and benefit proliferation. Then competitors start all over again with single-benefit claims.