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Kids today are exposed to ads in the school setting. There's a problem no one's parents had. Microsoft sees opportunity here and has introduced Bing for Schools, which removes all ads from searches on the school's network, adds strict filters to help prevent adult content, and enhances privacy protections. Video: Bing for Schools: A Teaching Moment Bing for Schools, a pilot program, is available at no …
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Hood River, Oregon is known for lots of things: Beautiful scenery, kitesailing and kayaking, and a charming downtown. It’s also home to a quirky little company called Bunnyjuice that’s making a splash in Las Vegas hotels. The company offers “Lovekits” available for purchase in-room. You know, a little something for when you and your sweetie polish off those bottles in the minibar. As CEO Tod Guenther explains …
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Like many people, I was impressed watching Texas state Senator Wendy Davis attempt a 13-hour filibuster of an anti-choice law. She couldn’t sit, eat, drink, or even lean on anything for support as she spoke. So it’s no surprise that the Mizuno Women’s Wave Rider sneakers she wore have gained a bit of attention, as evidenced by the many satirical reviews on Amazon. Over at Digiday, Giselle Abramovich suggests that …
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Over the years, AdPulp has written many stories referencing Kevin Robert’s book Lovemarks, an overly designed Saatchi & Saatchi promo piece wrapped in a trademarked branding process. It’s amusing to note now that in 2006, a former CEO of a department store was so enamored of the book he hired Saatchi to turn his store into a “Lovemark.” That beloved department store? JC Penney. But Lovemarks the book is so…well, …
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Today, health insurer Aetna is launching a new campaign themed, "What's Your Healthy?" Created by Arnold Worldwide and Digitas, the campaign seeks to do what so many health insurance providers are trying to accomplish: Engage their customers and get them to be "proactive" about their healthcare. Pushing healthy habits ultimately reduces healthcare costs, so it's not shocking to see most insurers focusing their …
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I’ve long ago stopped paying much attention to people who throw around the word “branding” or keep harping on the meaning of “brand.” Because depending on where you work — an ad agency, a design firm, a digital marketing shop, etc. — branding and brand building means something different to you. Still, it’s illuminating to read a book like Idris Mootee’s 60 Minute Brand Strategist: The Essential Brand Book for …
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Congress has been getting up in Apple's face about its offshore tax havens, but is it a problem for the brand? I think it is, because a brand is the sum of a company's parts. A brand is what a company believes and what a company does; therefore, Apple's brand is tarnished via its tax avoidance problem, whether the moves are technically legal or not. According to CNET, "Congressional investigators released …
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In the ad business we hear about brands wishing to reinvent themselves daily. In fact, many of us have heard these exact words (more than once), "We want to be just like Apple." Thankfully, there are few signs of brand-specific cluelessness this overt. Like agencies seeking a new skin, I am not convinced a full scale brand reinvention is possible, but evolution and new growth certainly is. According to USA TODAY, …
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