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Did You Know That CMD Is Portland’s Largest Integrated Marketing Firm?

CMD is a Portland stalwart. The shop opened its doors in 1978 as a provider of slide shows and filmstrips for business meetings and other corporate presentations. Today, the agency is one of the largest in Stump Town, employing more than 170 people and pulling in millions of dollars in revenue each year. Interestingly, CMD is owned by Jeld-Wen, a manufacturer of windows and doors, and one of Oregon's largest and …

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Budweiser Taps the Perfect Theme for This Time

What could be more American than an immigrant's story of arriving in America? One immigrant, Adolphus Busch, found his way from Germany to St. Louis in 1857. This is his arrival story in 60 seconds. https://youtu.be/HtBZvl7dIu4 "When Budweiser told us they wanted to celebrate those who embody the American spirit, we realized the ultimate story lived within their own brand history," said Anomaly Global Chief …

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Strong Brew Needed In Time of Trump

We live in a nation divided. Today, no company is safe from a presidential reprimand or widespread outrage and backlash, including damaging boycotts (well deserved, or not). In my estimation, brands must stand for something now more than ever. What's always been true about differentiating on product attributes is now also true about the community around the product, and the people who make and market the product. …

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What the Favre Is Going On?

Brett Favre isn't the player he once was. Time is a wicked messenger. https://youtu.be/AHK-AEJbn6Q https://youtu.be/DYiVjNDVvO4 Has Favre become a foreign agent in order to restore his arm to its previous state of grace? People do weird things to remain vital. What's your theory? Buffalo Wild Wings asks that you #HitTheButton and fit the advertising pieces together in a social media puzzle. We …

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Project Arachnid Is Wiping The Dark Web With A Vengeance

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has released Project Arachnid, a groundbreaking tool that detects and helps remove images of child sexual abuse on the Internet. The centre, which operates in partnership with police forces across Canada, recently posed questions to 128 adults who had been sexually exploited as children and whose abuse had been recorded on camera. Almost three-quarters of respondents said …

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From Mad Man To Pitch Man

Jon Hamm is a commanding figure in front of the camera. His character "Don Draper" could sell ice to Eskimos. As an actor playing a tax prep pitchman, he's not bad either. There's drama in his delivery, and that's what top tier clients pay out the large dinero for—some sizzle to help them stand out in the crowd of over-produced, say nothing spots (that we're about to see much of during the run-up to Super Bowl …

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Breathe Into the Bag on Super Bowl Sunday

What do you do when you're in the bag on Superbowl Sunday? You dial in an Uber ride, or call a cab. But how do you know if you're drunk enough to not drive? Breathe into the bag! Created for PepsiCo's snack brand by Goodby Silverstein & Partners, these limited-edition bags contain a sensor connected to a microcontroller calibrated to detect small traces of alcohol on a person’s breath. When any trace of …

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BREAKING NEWS: It’s Amateur Hour on Pennsylvania Avenue

Trump and his administration are a brand in crisis. Witness the desperation and lame wish to control the message in this bizarre attempt at a presser by Sean Spicer, the new White House Press Secretary: https://youtu.be/yfcKvAWJbL0 I'm not interested in the political calculations here. I want to focus on the marketing communications problems, which are significant. The White House Press corps is an elite …

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