Who says the classic TV commercial is dead? Go ahead, try to avoid this trainwreck. …
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Who says the classic TV commercial is dead? Go ahead, try to avoid this trainwreck. …
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Ad agency holding companies -- Publicis, WPP, Omnicom and IPG -- are always being criticized and ridiculed for being outdated in the new world of advertising. BusinessWeek takes an in-depth look at how they're doing. All of the big agencies are working on multiple fronts to integrate their technology teams more deeply into every aspect of the creative process. The days of digital silos inside agencies are long gone. …
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By David Burn
Tom Petruno, the markets columnist for The Los Angeles Times, makes some cogent points about our bifurcated economy. It's painfully difficult to reconcile the plight of the unemployed with the fact that 140 million or more Americans are expected to be out in force shopping this weekend, hoping to give a decent holiday to their kids or other loved ones. It's also difficult to reconcile the ongoing struggles of many …
Two new books shed more light on the practical uses of Social Media for businesses and causes. And to how how nuanced social media is, these two books come at the subject from quite different viewpoints. Social media has proven to be a catalyst for change in a lot of cases. In The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change, authors Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith …
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By David Burn
I'm watching University of Oregon versus University of Arizona compete on ESPN right now. Which means I'm also watching these commercials from the two schools and the Pac 10 Conference. …
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By David Burn
When planning a promotion the agency and the brand want to make it bigger than a simple sweeps, especially today, when you have a digital element integrated into the campaign and if you're really good, you tie that to an event or brand experience. But sometimes things do not go as planned. Take P&G's biggest-ever sweepstakes in Brazil, called "P&G Faustão's Airplane,", for instance. After local promotions company …
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Here's an amusing spot for Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC. This one hits a little close to home. I actually fell through my parents' attic one time. They don't build 'em like they used to. …
By David Burn
Looks like readers of the Chicago Tribune know what day it is. The media frequently refers to Black Friday as the busiest retail shopping day of the year, but this is not always the case. While it has been one of the busiest days in terms of pedestrian traffic at shopping centers, in terms of actual sales volume, from 1993 through 2001 Black Friday was the fifth to tenth busiest day. In 2002 and 2004, however, it …
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