Jimmy Dean the Sausage King Dies at 81


Sad news came out of Virginia on Sunday: The latest casualty in the recent rash of celebrity deaths is beloved country singer, actor, TV personality and famed sausagier Jimmy Dean, who passed away at the age of 81.

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Sexual Encounters Tumbled, Nevada Mocks California

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Check out Sexpaint. It’s a new crowd-sourcing Tumblr that takes your embarrassing sexual encounters and turns them into equally embarrassing MS Paint illustrations.
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Why Aren’t Ad Folk Changing the World?


Sometimes we advertising people walk around here talking about how good or great we are, how we are having an impact on the world … how we are making a difference. Like we are the most creative people in the world, like we are setting trends. Well, guess what? We aren't.

Underwater Yachts – The U-010 Undersea Yacht is Below the Surface Luxury (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The U-010 Undersea Yacht is one seriously luxurious yacht. Designed to explore the depths of the ocean in style, the U-010 Undersea Yacht is comfortable and safe. Coming equipped with “integrated systems…

Following Urban Outfitters’ ‘Eat Less,’ Lanacane Says ‘Eat More’

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In the “We’ve Got a Solution for Every Problem” Department of Pharmaceutical Genius they’ve been staying up late this week examining a burning problem: chafing.
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Joe is making light on a copycat? / Lumière sur une étrange coïncidence

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THE ORIGINAL?
Vizir (Procter & Gamble) washing powder – 2001
Source : AdForum
Agency : Leo Burnett Warsaw (Poland)
LESS ORIGINAL :
Omo White washing powder – 2010
Source : via BestAdsOnTV and Adsoftheworld
Agency : Naked (Australia)

Growing Pains: My Worst First Quarter Ever


As someone running an independent agency, I am exceedingly confidential about our financial performance. I publicly disclose as little as possible, even though our financial stability is one of our greatest assets, but our goal for 2010 was to achieve a fifth year of double-digit growth. It is one thing to have a goal and another entirely to achieve it.

Social Media Marketing Conference to Prove Not All Brits Are BP (British Pigs)

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The British may have decimated our southern coastline and killed the ecosystem of an entire gulf but our friend Murray Newlands is putting on a social media conference in San Francisco this July to prove they are not all evil.
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The UnConference and the UnAdvertising Direction We’re Headed


The One Show festival includes the Creative unConference, a two-day gathering of advertising professionals discussing and sharing things that are pertinent to our industry. It is as casual as it is rich in information. Some of the industry's sharpest minds gave their time to the rest of us. Some of them were still in school. That's the beauty of an unconference. Anyone can lead a session instead of the traditional lineup of topical experts anyone can name and scheduled one-hour session topics. I admit I was skeptical of the worth of such an approach. After all, shouldn't we be listening to our industry's biggest hotshots?

Freedent Puppet Kisses Girl, Hates Kansas

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This is the creepiest ad we’ve ever seen. But we love it.
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See-Through Mesh Tops – The Vena Cava Resort 2011 Collection Dares to Bare (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Vena Cava Resort 2011 collection presents a different way to put an outfit together. With mesh tanks and other translucent pieces, you would probably want to layer these tops over a tank or tee unless…

@BPGlobalPR Gives Pointers to Earnest Twitter Conference


Yearning for some insight from the person behind the brilliant Twitter feed @BPGlobalPR? Do not ask for any from Leroy Stick. Or the guy attending a conference wearing the funny mask alleging to being BP's PR mastermind behind the feed.

Microsoft e ESPN levam eventos esportivos ao vivo e em HD para a Xbox Live

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Na conferência da Microsoft na E3que ainda está rolando – todo mundo focou nas apresentações de games blockbusters e na completa demonstração do Kinect (ex-Project Natal). Porém, um outro anúncio merece nossa atenção: a parceria com a ESPN.

No ano passado, a Microsoft tinha anunciado Netflix, Last.fm, Facebook e Twitter na Xbox Live, e hoje revelou a transmissão de eventos esportivos ao vivo e em HD junto com a ESPN.

O serviço não é completamente gratuito, já que é preciso ser membro Gold da Xbox Live (50 dólares por ano). Ao assistir uma partida de futebol, por exemplo, é possível escolher que time você acha que vai ganhar e ainda responder trívias, tudo transformado em estatísticas em tempo real com a opinião dos espectadores.

Além de ser um poderoso trunfo para o já vasto conteúdo on demand do console da Microsoft, me parece um duro golpe para as operadoras de TV a cabo. Ainda é apenas um sinal do futuro, claro, mas que já deve impactar muitas decisões por aí.

E uma boa notícia para os brasileiros, é que finalmente a Xbox Live estará disponível oficialmente no Brasil a partir de setembro, assim como o Kinect.

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Pilot: Aplicativo online digitaliza sua caligrafia

A marca de canetas Pilot criou um aplicativo online que transforma a sua caligrafia em uma fonte digital, permitindo-lhe escrever com ela e enviar seu manuscrito por e-mail, além de publicar mensagens manuscritas no Facebook.

Assista abaixo o vídeo do aplicativo. A criação é da Grey Barcelona.

Joan Rivers Isn’t the Only Brand That’s Appealing to Gay Consumers


Last week in the heart of Chelsea, in New York City, Joan Rivers got a standing ovation from her adoring gay and lesbian fans after the screening of a documentary about her life, "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work." The sold-out event at NewFest, New York's premiere LGBT film festival, attracted a well-educated, professional (and good-looking) crowd of New Yorkers, most of whom were gay, and all of whom are prime targets for many of today's brands from Heineken to American Express, and yet mainstream sponsors like these two (who, by the way, underwrote the Tribeca Film Festival in April) were nowhere to be found.

Robinho entra na campanha “Write The Future” da Nike

O Dunga atrapalhou a campanha da Nike“Write The Future” – ao não convocar Ronaldinho Gaúcho. O jogador aparece com toda pompa escrevendo seu futuro no épico filme dirigido por Alejandro Iñarritu.

Mas OK, sem lamentações. Uma versão do comercial com Robinho resolve o problema. São 30 segundos só pra ele.

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Agency Revisits Headvertising For Self-Promotional Billboard

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Putting a bit of a twist on a six-year-old advertising tactic, New Zealand-based ad agency Rascals has tattooed the head of one Andrew Haeata with the agency’s name, photographed him and placed him on a billboard.
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Asda marketing director Sinnock exits

Mark Sinnock, marketing director at Asda, has left the supermarket chain.

News Corp. Buys Skiff, Stake in Journalism Online


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — In a pair of deals intended to fuel its campaign to expand paid digital content, News Corp. has bought the Skiff e-reading platform developed by Hearst and a stake in Journalism Online, a company founded to help publishers charge for content on the web.