One may purchase this image on a t-shirt thanks to the good people at Wire & Twine. [via Merlin Mann's Tumblr page] …
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By David Burn
One may purchase this image on a t-shirt thanks to the good people at Wire & Twine. [via Merlin Mann's Tumblr page] …
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Who says clients don't care about awards? I came across this press release for the Tootie Pie Company: The Tootie Pie Company, Inc., a premium baker and seller of high-quality, handmade pie, announces that its product packaging was awarded a 2008 Gold ADDY® by the San Antonio Advertising Federation. This top award qualifies the packaging for the American Advertising Federation District 10 competition in Dallas this …
By David Burn
Kevin Kelley, founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Catalog, has some deep thoughts about getting paid in a time where content is increasingly free. When copies are free, you need to sell things which can not be copied. Well, what can't be copied? There are a number of qualities that can't be copied. Consider "trust." Trust cannot be copied. You can't purchase …
By David Burn
Anil Dash works at Six Apart. The funny thing about Anil's tweet is the fact that "Dashes" is a clever twist. …
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By David Burn
In anticipation of the web show quarterlife’s network debut on NBC (premiere episode on Tuesday, Feb. 26 10/9c) and MTV (premiere on the afternoon of the 26th), New Tee Vee spoke to series creator Marshall Herskovitz and star Bitsie Tulloch. Herskovitz says, "I’m on the site literally 15 times a day and I’m reading every comment. When we were doing Once and Again, I would go to the fan sites maybe once a week at …
By David Burn
By David Burn
According to Adweek, Ogilvy & Mather's branded entertainment group is supporting Kraft's Tassimo hot beverage system with...wait for it...webisodes and a consumer-generated contest. "Creating original, entertaining content gives Tassimo both cultural currency and permission for further conversations with consumers," said Joseph Frydl, director of Ogilvy's branded content and entertainment group. "Purely interruptive …
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By David Burn
Want to win coveted New York City shelf space for an all natural, organic, non-carbonated energy drink out of Canada? According to The New York Times, a gift for schmoozing, a comfortable pair of shoes and armorlike skin are the price of entry. With the help of a sales team in possession of these attributes, Guru started selling its drinks downtown last July. It has advertised in The Village Voice and Time Out New …
By David Burn
I'm glad The Escape Pod sent me the March issue of Fast Company. It's nice to leaf through and see innovative companies celebrated for their contributions. It was also a terrific media buy for The Escape Pod. Google and Apple top the list, but the magazine names New York anti-agency, Anomaly, the 24th most innovative company in the world. image courtesy of Chet Gulland So what makes Anomaly a Fast Company darling? …
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By David Burn
Former PRWeek writer, Hamilton Nolan, now at Gawker, isn't big on PR. Here he is speaking directly to Richard Edelman, the man Ad Age named its 2007 PR Exec of the year: Like I said, you're a nice guy. But much of your work— Wal-Mart being the best example— is just objectionable on philosophical grounds, like a lot of things in the PR industry. If every multinational PR firm crumbled to pieces tomorrow, the world …
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