If you watch TV this week, you will be encouraged to buy furniture. You will also be persuaded that it is the American thing to do. Is it the American thing to do? Given that the offers are zero down pay later schemes I’d say yes, pretty American. Is there a category more in need [...]
Frontrunners Stumble, Meanwhile Twitter Picks Up The Mobile Advertising Pace
June 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Facebook’s lack of a game plan in mobile is hurting their stock price. Google too stuggles to get an advertising foothold in the explosive mobile space. But there is one company with mobile users who don’t mind clicking on ads. Twitter has only been offering mobile ads in earnest since April, but already the San [...]
Paid, Owned and Earned Media All Influence The Story, Whatever The Story May Be
June 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“The insidious power of brand content” is a strange headline for an article in The Guardian. Nevertheless, the article exists and its writer, Frédéric Filloux, takes unnecessary issue with the growing popularity of content marketing. Brand content is the advertiser’s dream come true. The downfall of the print press has opened floodgates: publishers become less [...]
Orbitz Takes “Mac Versus PC” Campaign Literally, Serves Up Spendier Hotels To Mac Users
June 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mac users spend on average spend $20 to $30 more a night on hotels than their PC counterparts, according to online travel site Orbitz. Furthermore, Mac users are 40% more likely to book a four- or five-star hotel than PC users, and when Mac and PC users book the same hotel, Mac users tend to [...]
Advertising’s Cult Of Personality Gets Brackets
June 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ad agency Sanders\Wingo is out to answer the question, “Who’s the all-time greatest man or woman in advertising?” To do it, they’ve created ADversaries, a Facebook page that matches up ad people head-to head, ala March Madness. That some advertising people achieve cult of personality status has always struck me as a bit odd, but [...]
Advertising Is Work, Not The Priesthood
June 21, 2012 By 2 Comments
Deutsch CEO Mike Sheldon is alarmed to know that 25% of the people who work in advertising “don’t love advertising.” In response to new findings unearthed by his agency and the 4As, Sheldon wants agencies to adopt a startup culture, invest in R&D, work in smaller teams, teach employees new things and support side projects. [...]
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