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If @Apple's brand team applied itself in social media channels, its flock of fanboys and fangirls would be all over it. Whether Apple needs social media to create or sustain interest is questionable, which may explain why the company that works in a new spaceship-like building barely deigns to dabble in the medium. Tim Nudd of Adweek provides context: That Apple is finally joining Instagram may be a …
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Can Budweiser out hipster, PBR? The show is on. Let's find out... Nong Poonsukwattana, Portland's master of one dish—Khao Man Gai—has been discovered. She's a hard working lady who makes amazing food in a humble setting. I'm happy to see her get the acclaim she clearly earns every day. Thank you @budweiser for having me. Full video coming soon. #ThisBudsForYou #AmericaIsInYourHands #NongItUp …
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Tabañero and LA-based creative agency Pitch are out with a new regional advertising campaign, now running in California and Florida. It's the first brand campaign for the hot sauce company. https://youtu.be/mBGLTyqzqxU Apparently, Tabañero’s intense flavors make ‘foodgasms’ possible. I'll need to test the product before I can endorse that point of view. Pitch also found a brand partner for Tabañero in …
Seattle agency, Copacino+Fujikado, has created a light-hearted content series for Columbia Crest that aims to demystify wine. The series features Juan Munoz-Oca, head winemaker, and Juan Uribe, estate vineyard manager. https://youtu.be/J8va6GlaY9I https://youtu.be/EvL5rIyS6yg I like the down-to-Earth approach here. Wine is an agricultural product. There's nothing for anyone to get snooty about. Plus, …
Bad advertising is here to stay. Bad advertising is about to go away. Which is it? Here's a fresh sample of how bad, bad can be: I know that hurt. Sorry for putting you through that. Is there any hope for an industry that consistently churns out this kind of rotting flotsam? According to Andrew Essex, former chief executive of the influential creative agency Droga5, and author of a new book, …
This year, AdPulp.com moved away from being an ad-supported site. The site currently carries no ads at all. We are now 100% publisher supported. We no longer take paid posts, although the offer is there to do so literally every day. And we no longer place banners or text ads on the site. I pay for the web hosting and I give my time to this project, which is now in its 13th year. The big news that I'd like to …
Well made media is a mirror. Programming that truly connects on a meaningful level often does so because it reflects images of self. According to Campaign, Complex Networks realized that they could reach underserved segments of the online viewing market by showing "selves" that were more reflective, and therefore more relevant to the intended audience. Rich Antoniello, CEO of Complex Networks, believes Middle …
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CAZADORES is a spirit with character. Now, the brand is turning to characters with spirit to star in its “Born in Los Altos De Jalisco” web video series. https://youtu.be/bPV0wSHwW8w All eight characters featured in the new series embody the inherent sense of pride and personality that makes Arandas—the birthplace of Tequila CAZADORES—a magical place in Mexico worth celebrating. Lisa Pfenning, Vice …
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