Cartoon courtesy Hugh MacLeod, who now does work for Microsoft (Powerpoint's manufacturer) Virginia at Brains on Fire recently found herself "under a mountain of slides." I shudder to think what the % of total working hours of my career have been spent making, perfecting, or presenting slides. My first role at Dell had a very formal title - Corporate Strategy Analyst in the Office of the Chairman, but could have been …
Not Boston
Josh Spear's intern, Carmel, uncovered this innovative out-of-home promotion for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Digital marketing agency, Ginga, projected these scenes directly onto a 25-story building in Sao Paulo. The Brazilians, while curious, discerned no imminent threats to public safety. …
“It’s Your Thing” Falls On Deaf Ears
USA Today is running a particularly harsh headline today in the Money section: Pier 1 falls off shoppers' radar. Once a must-shop store for tchotchkes, wicker and affordable Asian furniture, Pier 1 has wound up one of the weakest of home furnishing stores, battered by the bad real estate market. The retailer said Thursday that its same-store sales were down 11% for the quarter, closing out what new CEO Alex Smith …
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Attend FOOA For Free
Ryan Carson, the man behind the upcoming Future of Online Advertising conference in New York City is generously offering AdPulp readers a chance to attend the two-day conference for free. After considering the various options for presenting this kick ass perk, we've landed on this: please use our comments to explain in 100 words or less what "the Future of Online Advertising" looks like to you. We'll reward the best …
Bud.TV Not Viral
Nigel Hollis of Millward Brown examines the jerky start for A-B's $30 million dollar online content play, Bud.TV. Unfortunately for Bud.TV, it seems that the pundits were not alone. While money can buy you content, it can’t, apparently, buy you respect. Of the five males aged 21 to 27 who viewed the site for me, none found the content compelling enough to add it to their destination sites or recommend to …
Seen In Shoreditch
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Recruitment Advertising Is A Game. War, Not So Much.
USA Today reports that tomorrow's warriors are likely lurking in the gaming culture, popular with today's teens and 20-somethings. The U.S. Army is about to invade the online gaming community with an estimated $2 million sponsorship deal with the Global Gaming League website. Starting in June, the Army will sponsor a "national gaming" area as a way to tap into the site's 9.2 million players per month of everything …
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Jewel Can’t Drive 55
USA Today looks at one of my favorite topics—the explosion of content solutions brought to client tables by agencies. Gillette is producing an ABC prime-time reality series starring the group of NASCAR drivers — dubbed the "Young Guns" — who are featured in its TV ads and online. Gillette is a NASCAR sponsor for each driver and his race team. Gillette's ad agency, BBDO New York, came up with the idea for a reality …
