Dear Advertising Professional: Don’t Become Toast

There are few ad blogs left standing today. Most of them are toast. One ad blog that curious minds like to visit is The Agency Review by Martin Bihl, a site full of excellent book reviews and more. I was reading Bihl’s interview with Luke Sullivan, a.k.a. Saint Luke and this one passage stood out, […]

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Don’t Be A Moron, Donny. The Dude’s Sweater Can Be Yours!

The Big Lebowski is a cult film from the Coen brothers that’s arguably more popular today than ever. Pendleton Wollen Mills, one of the Pacific Northwest’s original outdoor brands, is the lucky beneficiary of the film’s evergreen nature. Why? The Westerly, dude, that’s why! Jeff Bridges wore his own clothes for this role, and though […]

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The Sky Is Falling, No Seriously, The Sky Is Falling

Is political marketing grassroots marketing, mass marketing, direct marketing, or relationship marketing? It depends. If you are on a candidate’s email list, it’s direct marketing, straight up. Let’s have a look… I am on Beto’s list and other’s, so I receive these kinds of “sky is falling” email pitches nearly every day. Anyone on these […]

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The All New RAM 1500—Built To Serve Texans And Other Hard-Working Americans

In the advertising business, we love to talk about the “brand promise.” In theory, every brand has one. Take RAM Trucks. RAM is devoted to hard work and performance in every aspect of life — family, neighbors, community, and career. Let’s see if these values come screaming through in the new commercial for the 2019 […]

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Get Ready To “Write The Future” with Grammarly

Tyops suck. Poor grammer is worser. If you want to make a positive impression in a text-based medium, you’ve got to get control of your keyboard and your diction. Grammarly helps people say and write what they mean. Automagically! Technology alone isn’t going to help you “Write The Future,” but I like the snap in […]

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Take the Long Way Home in a Citroën

Citroën is a legendary car manufacturer in France about to reach its 100th year. To celebrate its Centennial, the automaker seeks to pay homage to the history, beauty and pop cultural impact of the Citroën cars. I love the soundtrack here—“Take the Long Way Home” by SUPERTRAMP—and the lyrical selection fits the unspoken narrative perfectly. […]

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It Remains David Ogilvy’s Way, Or The Highway

Do you happen to recall the book Lovemarks by Kevin Roberts? There is now a website where you can enter your own lovemark. Impressive, I know. I would understand if you asked, “What in the world is a lovemark?” According to Saatchi & Saatchi, “Lovemarks are the future beyond brands…” David Baldwin of Baldwin& is […]

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Hear the Music, Not the Noise

“Chatter chatter chatter. Take refuge at will. The world is full of wolves…But the kids who can shut off their ears, rise above all that noise.” Are you searching for a special gift for the music lover in the family this holiday? Here’s an idea from Beats by Dre: the new Beats Studio3 Wireless headphones […]

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Brevity Is The Soul of Wit, But Not On Twitter, Not Anymore

Twitter doubled down on its character limit this week. Users of the social media platform are now able to update in 280 characters—twice the previously allotted character count. The news isn’t going over particularly well in certain circles. At least two literary lions loathe the change. Twitter’s destroyed its USP. The whole point, for me, […]

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How To Promote Price Over and Over Without Missing A Beat

GEICO is a heavy advertiser. The Berkshire-Hathaway owned insurance company drops a lot of money into the TV advertising bucket every year because they see a return on investment. That’s the way of Warren. Thankfully, GEICO’s ad agency, The Martin Agency in Richmond, VA continues to find new and different ways to pitch and amuse […]

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From Shiner Bock To A Good Story

Austin, Texas and outlaws go together like Waylon and Willie. Also, like South By and crowds. Or BBQ and mouths. But I digress… Let’s look at some new beer commercials… The old-timey quality of these spots is different enough to be interesting. What I really like is the copy. Back in the ’70s there were […]

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Do You Know the Difference Between A Click and A True Connection?

DDB chairman Keith Reinhard is a member of the Advertising Hall of Fame. Reinhard gave birth to the Hamburglar and the other denizens of McDonaldland. He was responsible for McDonald’s “You Deserve a Break Today” and for the Big Mac tongue twister, “Two-all-beef-patties-special-sauce-lettuce-cheese-pickles-onions, on a sesame seed bun.” He also penned State Farm’s long-running theme, […]

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Hey, How’s Your Job Goin’?

Did you know that 64% of Millennials would rather make $40,000 a year at a job they love than make $100,000 a year at a job they think is boring? In other interesting news, there is a 44% underemployment rate among recent college graduates, yet only 9% of top-performing college students say they plan to […]

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No Wonder I Break Hearts When Spilt

Milk continues to be the perfect canvas for creative expressions of advertising. Witness these three little films from Colenso BBDO and New Zealand milk brand Anchor. The campaign just won a Gold Lion in the Health & Wellness category at Cannes. The campaign features slam poet Harry Baker working through some of the smartest product […]

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Droga5 Pulls MailChimp from Email Marketing’s Black Hole

Email marketing is more science than art. For many small- to medium-sized businesses, email marketing is also a mystery. The person in charge of managing campaigns has to work to segment lists, design templates, create A-B tests, track click-throughs and KPIs, plus plan and execute the content delivery. When this is your task list, you […]

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David Ogilvy Loved Fire-Eaters And Golden Geese

I love this long copy ad from the Ogilvy & Mather archive. It’s endowed with more attitude per paragraph than I’ve seen in years. Clearly, this ad is from another time. #OgilvyArchive #TBT David Ogilvy and the Ogilvy culture View full print ad: https://t.co/qnCUgJwYbP pic.twitter.com/3YxJTpDRo0 — Ogilvy & Mather (@Ogilvy) May 18, 2017 While dated, […]

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Democracy Dies In Darkness

The Washington Post drove Tricky Dick Nixon to resign. Will the nation’s newspaper also drive Don Trump from office? Time will tell. What we know now is the mainstream press is consistently under attack from a wannabe dick tater. Don Trump says the press is “an enemy.” The fact is he and his criminal syndicate […]

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No One Reads Long Copy

Folkoperan, an opera house in Stockholm, is currently presenting God Disguised (Förklädd gud), a lyrical suite composed in 1940 by Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson to lyrics by Hjalmar Gullberg. The production features EU citizens who helped promote the show by holding signs about their performance and offering free tickets to passers-by. This is what happened: […]

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Summer Will Be So Great With Cotton #CoolerInCotton

Cotton feels so nice next to the skin. In extraordinary cases, the fabric may even inspire free people to sing and dance. #CoolerInCotton from DDB/NewYork is reminding consumers of cotton’s warm weather benefits in the age of synthetic fibers. After all, cotton is the most breathable, scent repellent, durable, wash­-and-­go fabric there is, according to […]

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Americans Have Lost Their Voice; Citi Exploits Said Weakness for Financial Gain

Do you feel that people around you are polite, but in a weirdly dismissive way? It’s okay, we all do. I don’t know that viewers of this campaign will trust Citi to say what they mean, and do what they say. Nevertheless, I do like the campaign as it taps the right vein, connecting basic […]

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