Memorex Foists Pre-Movie Sing-A-Long Upon Moviegoers

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So if a pre-movie sing-a-long ad came on while you were waiting for your movie to start, would you participate?

Why Customer Centricity Is More Than a Marketing Trend


Moving from Earth to Planet Customer Centricity isn't merely a shift in focus from widgets to individuals. It's a whole new marketing mindset that will transform much of current strategic planning, marketing and media optimization, and force us to revisit the way we conduct conversations with our customers.

Bop-It Dances, AdVerve Rants, Elf Flashmobs, Milkquarious Jams

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Like to dance? Like the game Bop-It? Obsessed with…oh wait…we just wrote that. Anyway, check out the new “viral” for the game.

Top 50 Tech Trends in 2009 (COUNTDOWN)

(TrendHunter.com) This tech trend report countdown features the top tech trends in the last year. The report is a crowd-filtered ranking based on TrendHunter.com monthly traffic (several million monthly views) and our…

Yet Another Viagra Spoof

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When a four hour erection isn’t long enough, there’s Stifficade.

Olympus vs. CNA

O leitor Matt Montenegro apontou essa incrível “semelhança” entre a famosa “The PEN Story” da Olympus, com um comercial da escola de inglês CNA.

A história contada através de fotos é realmente uma boa ideia, mas a cópia fica tão boa quanto o original. Dessa vez, nem dá para culpar o orçamento.

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Thank God Idiocy Still Reigns Supreme (Or We’d Have Nothing to Write About)

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Oh please. Seriously? It’s one thing to groove to a song while driving. But to film it as if it’s the coolest thing in the world is just an indication of your inanely idiotic stupidity.

Colman’s Mustard recruits carnivores with Lord Kitchener made out of meat

LONDON – Unilever has launched a press campaign for its Colman’s Mustard brand featuring a sculpture of historic war secretary Lord Kitchener made entirely out of meat.

Why Some Brand Taglines are Better Suited for Interactivity


A pair of creative directors — one digital, on traditional — find certain taglines are better suited for interactive marketing. Call it a monologue versus dialogue debate.

England cricketer Kevin Pietersen appears in his first Brylcreem ad

LONDON – Brylcreem is to launch the first ad in its multi-million pound campaign starring England cricketer, and newly appointed Brycreem Boy, Kevin Pietersen

Your Little Girl Will be Safe in Bed With That Gun

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At the risk of igniting yet another firestorm over gun control, is it worth pointing to an Iver Johnson Revolvers ad that ran in 1913 which claimed its guns will “shoot straight and kill” while at the same time claiming ‘accidental discharge impossible”?

Wireframe Table

Un excellent design pour cette table en kit intitulée “Wireframe”. Elle se compose d’un châssis en acier ainsi que d’un plateau construit en panneaux blanc et de plusieurs éléments. Le tout imaginé par le designer allemand Ismail Ozalbayrak. Plus d’images dans la suite.

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Skymag rebrands and increases frequency

LONDON – BSkyB is renaming its customer magazine, Skymag, to Sky Magazine and upping its frequency from 10 to 12 issues per year.

Video: Drench unveils hamster jazz band ad

LONDON – Britvic’s spring water brand Drench has unveiled its hamster jazz band ad online ahead of its launch on TV this Saturday night. Watch the video.

Have Some ass With Your Coffee This Post-Thanksgiving Monday

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Here’s some ridiculousness for a Monday morning after a long and overstuffed Thanksgiving.

CBS director Ainley to chair Yorkshire Publicity Association

LONDON – The Yorkshire Publicity Association has appointed John Ainley, north-east business director for CBS Outdoor, as its chairman for the next two years.

Martine McCutcheon becomes latest star to tackle bloating for Activia

LONDON – Martine McCutcheon, the actor and novelist, has been signed up to promote Activia, the probiotic yoghurt brand that claims to aid ‘”digestive transit”.

Sony promotes Chris Brown album on CBS Outdoor’s digital screens

LONDON – Sony Music has launched a campaign to promote the new music release by Chris Brown, using CBS Outdoor digital screens.

Care Fertility: Tin

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Advertising Agency: McCann-Erickson, Manchester, United Kingdom
Creative Directors: Dave Price, Neil Lancaster
Art Director: Dave Price
Copywriter: Neil Lancaster
Illustrator: Rob Brown
Typography: Karen Matthews

Marketers, Agencies Start to Consider More Ad Spending



NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Whether the arrows on the chart indicating upward movement turn out to just be a slight bump off the bottom of the market or the start of a long and constant climb, marketers and agencies, according to Advertiser Perceptions' latest Advertiser Optimism Report for Fall 2009, are feeling more optimistic about increasing ad spending in all media. And yes, that even includes local newspapers and magazines.