As reported here last week, Hadrian's Wall, Chicago bet Boone Oakley, Charlotte that the Bears would win yesterday's NFC playoff game. Sadly, the Panthers prevailed. Now, the home page of Hadrian's site says: Please forgive your fingers. You accidentally typed in "hwadvertising.com". What they really meant to type was "booneoakley.com". Because Boone Oakley is far superior to Hadrain's Wall. Really. We're not just …
Client Thanks Agency For Hard Work–In Adweek
Flipping through this week's Adweek, the following ad caught my eye. Exclusive Resorts took out a full-page ad to thank their agency, DDB Seattle, outlining just exactly what the agency did to help their business. Click on the image to read the ad in full. I can't say I've seen many ads quite like this. Sometimes advertisers will take out a special ad for, say, Leo Burnett's 50-year anniversary to congratulate them, …
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Go Bears
Lewis Lazare: Leave it to Hadrian's Wall, one of Chicago's brightest boutique agencies, to show the rest of this city's buttoned- down and straightlaced shops how to have a little fun with the highly anticipated Chicago Bears/Carolina Panthers showdown on Sunday. Hadrian's Wall/Chicago partner Kevin Lynch happens to be a rabid Bears fan, and he also just happened to know that David Oakley, co-creative director at …
Your Job Doesn’t Suck As Hard As It Could
MediaBuyerPlanner’s profile of “ad agency” Spot Runner reads like a horror movie script in which the horrifying monster is a dead-broke, cheap-ass client. A new, internet-based ad agency, Spot Runner, is positioning itself as a company that offers commercial production, media planning, and ad time for as little as $500. Unlike conventional ad agencies that "simply aren't equipped to serve local customers," said Nick …
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If You Haven’t Got The Call Yet, You’re Probably Not On The List
MarketingVOX spreads the word that Publicis has been recruiting high-level agency types for a new digital business venture. Publicis Groupe Media has been recruiting high-level agency media execs and will soon announce a major new digital business venture having to do with that recruitment drive, chief innovation officer Rishad Tobaccowala said Tuesday, but would not provide details, MediaPost reports. The article …
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Happy BBDO Day!
After being named Ad Age's Agency of the Year, and Adweek's as well, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared today BBDO Day in New York City. Ad Age has the story, of course, and the full press release is here. So how will you celebrate? …
Go Small Or Go Home
John Keehler of Random Culture says let's give credit where credit is due. He points out, rightly, that Campfire and The Barbarian Group, played huge roles in the development of Audi's "Art of the Heist" campaign and BK's Subservient Chicken campaign, respectively. Yet, McKinney and Crispin Porter seem to get all the accolades. Can't we all just drive our Audis to Burger King and bask in the glory? …
Nimble Beats Big (Again)
Ad Age: In another victory for small ad agencies taking on Madison Ave. giants, Kraft Foods has moved creative responsibilities for its salad dressings, mayonnaise and barbecue sauce to independent McGarry Bowen, New York, the marketer said. The accounts had been at WPP Group’s JWT and Interpublic Group of Cos.’ Foote Cone & Belding, both in Chicago. Kraft spends about $35 million on salad dressing and mayonnaise, …
