2/3 of a Donation Drive is Provoking Empathy. Will Ferrell Can’t Do It; This Might

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For MTV and the Burma Arts Board, Shilo and Ogilvy & Mather/Amsterdam created the “Burma Viral,” which will air on MTV’s Times Square Jumbotron.

AMP Energy Removes Last Night’s Shame

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Kankles! I haven’t heard that term in a while. But it’s one of the many things uttered during the walk of shame the morning after you’ve bedded someone who’s name you’ve now completely forgotten and who’s clothing you are probably wearing.

Jiggling Breasts Yield to Jiggling Bellies in Subaru Commercial

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Well it’s about time for some equal time. Why should commercials which involve cars, water and soap suds combined into a slow motion sex-fest be reserved exclusively for hot young women in tiny bikinis that barely cover their pulchritudinous curvaceousness?

Video Advocates Creation of Cannes Humanitarian Lion

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About a week ago, a video appeared on YouTube that advocates the creation of the Cannes Humanitarian Lion, an award honoring the agency which submitted the best idea and action plan to solve one of several pre-determined worldwide humanitarian issues.

‘Get the %#*&% Out of My Office Before I M16 Your Ass!’

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If you’re a media planner or buyer, you’re gonna love this new online game from Intergi.

Fiat Messes With Nature to Sell Cars

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And now, for the final act, Fiat will pull a rabbit out of a…tortoise shell?

Publicity Ploy Gets Worst Copywriter Hired, Nets Agency Press

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Oh the games people play to get their name in the press or to land that dream job.

Honda Has A Choir, Audi Has Gymnasts

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OK so we’ve had an entire choir imitate the sound a Honda makes. Now we have an army of gymnasts doing a routine to the actual and mixed sounds of to Audi R6.

GM’s Aveo Robot Beats Old Joke to Death

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BMW did it. Citroen did it. Sony did it. Some kid did it. Now Chevrolet is doing it.

Site Helps You Remember What Happened in Vegas

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Deep Focus just launched a promotional site for the Cameron Diaz/Ashton Kutcher movie, What Happens in Vegas.

Billboards Take Time Out With Pessek Zman Cut Outs

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So yea, billboard cut outs.

Axe Angels In Need of Men

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After all these years of creating unattainable fantasy, Axe wants to deliver the real thing.

Wild Posting Wordplay Delivers the Beef

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So…how do you get the word out about your grass-fed meat?

Renegade Espouses Marketing as a Service

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It would be easy to toss off this Renegade video which espouses its belief marketing should be a service to consumers rather than an intrusive method to get people to buy stuff. But don’t.

A World Without Frogs Would be Creepy

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American Shelf Life’s Amanda Mooney sent in this ad seen on Ads of the World which she described as “creepy.”

MarketingSherpa Releases New Online Advertising Handbook

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MarketingSherpa has released its 2008 Online Advertising Handbook + Benchmarks report.

‘Projectile Dysfunction’ Rampant Among Young Male Gamers

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As AdFreak Tim Nudd correctly surmises, this fake medical condition approach to selling Activision’s Enemy Territory: Quake War will resonate perfect with young boys

Life Would be Very Strange if Facebook Interaction Was Real World

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Here’s is an absolutely perfect (and hilarious) representation of what real life would be like if everyone acted the way they do when they use Facebook.

Furry Puppet Hops Hottie Sex Tape-Style for MTV’s Fur TV

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OK this is definitely NSFW but it’s really really funny…

Bikinied Girl-on-Girl Action Lifts Interest For Vegas Hard Rock Rehab

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If you’re thing is perfect bodied hotties in tiny black bikinis frolicking about in the tropics (and come on, who isn’t?) then you’ll love this promotional site for Vegas Hard Rock Hotel’s weekend pool party Rehab.