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I only have one comment from all of last night. This was wretched: flowers - florists - flower delivery You want to order some fresh flowers? Fine. It's very simple. You can go to 1-800-Flowers.com and choose the "florist delivered" option. Works every time. Screw these guys. …
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I had really low expectations of "Trust Me", so I recorded it and didn't watch it until last night. Then, when I saw the opening scene, with two scruffy 30-something white guys with Starbucks cups in hand and laptop bags slung around their chests, I figured at least the set designers knew what they were doing. I've worked in a bunch of different types of agencies, but never a big Chicago shop, so there was way more …
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There was a plethora of political advertising to consider last year (we examined much of it on AdPulp). So it shouldn't come as a surprise (or does it?) that the category has its own awards show, The Reed Awards, which is happening tonight. The Reeds, recognizing excellence in campaign management, political consulting and political design, will bestow honors in more than 50 categories for television ads, direct mail, …
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I'll be watching the new TNT show "Trust Me," which starts next Monday. The New York Times takes a closer look: "Trust Me," previously called "Truth in Advertising," is the brainchild of two former Chicago creative executives, Hunt Baldwin and John Coveny, who are co-executive producers of the hit TNT series "The Closer." They worked, separately or together, at agencies like Leo Burnett, JWT and Y & R. To publicize …
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I often wonder, if David Ogilvy were alive today, would he e-mail a PDF of an ad to a client for approval? As Ogilvy the agency loses its prestige, Ogilvy the man gets a new biography, called The King of Madison Avenue by Kenneth Roman. Honestly, I haven't read the book, and don't plan to unless I get a complimentary copy to review, as sometimes happens here on AdPulp. But here's a take on it from The Wall Street …
Are we going to see more marketers like Hyundai confront the reality of today's economy head on? Don't bet on it. That's the focus of my new column on TalentZoo.com, which you can also read after the jump. …
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Over at the BNET Advertising Blog, Jim Edwards takes a very good look at the recent Leo Burnett/U.S. Army overbilling scandal and others like it: Perhaps the most worrying part for employees and clients of Burnett, however, is the failure of leadership. When ex-CFO Eric Martinez objected to Burnett keeping a secret account filled with Army overcharges, ex-CEO Linda Wolf fired him. Note to management: If you have to …
"If in the next year, you lose your income, we'll let you return it." That's the gist of this Hyundai spot: As you can see by the beginning of this clip, Goodby Silverstein & Partners produced the spot, as Hyundai's AOR. But I'm very curious as to who had the idea of "give 'em a chance to return the car" in the first place. It sounds like a great marketing idea. And while I'm sure there are a whole slew of …
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