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Content and social media marketing get beaten up by old school ad men for focusing on “the conversation,” instead of the sales pitch. I think the reality is a bit different than the reported complaints. Car companies, real estate companies, clothing companies, restaurants, and hotels all use social media to share their assets with the […]

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Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners is one of the few ad agenices in America worthy of admiration. The reasons are many, and now we have a new one. Forced to defend the account once again, BSSP is walking away from BMW Mini after 11 years. According to Campaign, agency CEO , Gret Stern said: There […]

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I’ve been puzzling over the Volvo wedding campaign ever since this ad first appeared on TV. A dude with a beard sits in the back seat and gazes lovingly into his bellybutton… Okay, then what? Who are all these people? When and where was the wedding? Where’s the bride? I know. Lots of unanswered questions, […]

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Swedish powerhouse Forsman&Bodenfors has turned in this new long-form commercial for Volvo featuring Swedish artist/producer Avicii. Filmed on location in Stockholm and Osterlen, southern Sweden, the video visits places of personal significance for Avicii and tells his own story of renewal, following several years of hard touring. The song “Feeling Good” was arranged and produced […]

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Baseball season is almost here. And people forget. GMC is wisely reminding us, and wisely using a World Series hero and one of the best songs in rock and roll history to move metal. The commercial features San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt, who earned the win in Game 7 of the team’s World […]

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Hyundai is the official vehicle partner of the GRAMMY Awards. As part of the deal, the car company is supporting the emergence of new artists via the GRAMMY Amplifier program, now in its third year. The partnership was brokered by Hyundai’s agency GreenLight Media and Marketing. Aspiring musical stars sent in video renditions of their […]

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PopKey is a smart phone keyboard application where you can find, send and store animated GIFs via text. Lexus and Team One have placed a group of holiday-themed animate GIFs on PopKey to inspire and motivate people who would play with such things to drive a Lexus. Puppies and kids. This is advertising today, yesterday […]

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If you watch TV at all, you’re going to encounter commercials that offend and annoy. Take the following Buick spot—I find it highly annoying… Having trouble keeping up with the Garcias? Buy a Buick! It’s your duty as a good husband to bring home the bacon in a Buick Enclave. This look into the modern […]

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It’s World Series time and the Detroit Tigers are not in this race, but two American car brands from Detroit are. Chevy throws a hard slider, care of Mo’Ne Davis. Dodge, on the other hand, tosses a change up in the dirt. Dodge is celebrating 100 years of male bravado and muscle cars. Chevy, thankfully, […]

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When you have a big pitch ahead, how you arrive at the meeting determines, in part, your ability to perform at peak condition.

Are you harried from a long flight?

Was your night in the Holiday Inn Express less than billed?

Does your rental car smell of tobacco or worse?

Here’s a better idea, buy or lease a Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG and arrive with the cool confidence you need to land a big fish:

The GL63 AMG: When seven ad men absolutely, positively have to be at the pitch on time. http://t.co/ZcCpHi7ATE pic.twitter.com/YrDI4qMJlQ

— Mercedes-Benz USA (@MBUSA) May 23, 2014

The vehicle sells for $118,160. So, failure to land the big fish in not an option.

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