In a related line of questioning, "Can Coca-Cola still teach the world to sing?" [via Where's My Jetpack?] …
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By David Burn
In a related line of questioning, "Can Coca-Cola still teach the world to sing?" [via Where's My Jetpack?] …
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The question for brand managers used to be "How creative can you make your advertising?" That's not the question anymore. Now the question is "How creative can you get when providing the solutions customers want?" That's a big change in focus. Wouldn't you say? [via NE Creative] …
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City Paper in Philadelphia is warning residents of the Delaware Valley that an iceberg is headed straight for their shores. This Friday at 4 p.m., Coors Light promises to "bring refreshment 'as cold as the Rockies' to life in a memorable way" by dropping a "30-foot snow mass" into the river off Penn's Landing. This is all to promote the cans with the mountains that turn blue when they're cold enough to drink. In my …
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Do multinationals have no shame? Is that a real question? According to The New York Times, PepsiCo's snack brand, Frito-Lay is now making some bold claims. Frito-Lay is one of several big companies that, along with some large-scale farming concerns, are embracing a broad interpretation of what eating locally means. This mission creep has the original locavores choking on their yerba mate. But food executives who …
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By David Burn
The crew at Brains on Fire are on a different page, that's for sure. I went to Greenville a few years ago to see if I could read from that page. Thankfully, I could. Of course, they didn't pull any faces on me that day. Not like this. The image above is from this year's FIRE Sessions held at Greenville's Peace Center. There's a lot more about what went down on the Brains blog. Head over there to soak it up. …
By David Burn
Native Green Project, presented by Bradesco Bank in Brazil, claims to be "the first native-generated content project, produced specially for the web." The images native residents from the Amazon captured are now compiled in 10 episodes that are approximately 4 minutes long. They can be seen exclusively on the Web at www.nativegreenproject.com. The project also has a Facebook page, because what campaign would be …
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W+K Portland is offering a behind the scenes look at the making of the above TV spot for Travel Oregon. I'm thinking the state's tourism account is one of the more choice assignments at W+K. At least it would be for me. …
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Edward Wasserman is Knight professor of journalism ethics at Washington and Lee University. Here's what he thinks about one of journalism's central dilemmas: I've long argued that news is best understood not as a consumer product, but as a professional service. People buy a paper or go to website not to consume a good, but to renew a relationship with an informant they trust. That's not to say readers don't want to …
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