A recent SunTrust survey indicated that 43 percent of Americans feel pressured to overspend during the holidays, suggesting that financial anxiety is taking its toll on many Americans. SunTrust has an answer in its onUp Challenge, a free, gamified program from SunTrust that helps players make real progress toward financial goals – especially during the […]
Social Media
Brevity Is The Soul of Wit, But Not On Twitter, Not Anymore
Twitter doubled down on its character limit this week. Users of the social media platform are now able to update in 280 characters—twice the previously allotted character count. The news isn’t going over particularly well in certain circles. At least two literary lions loathe the change. Twitter’s destroyed its USP. The whole point, for me, […]
Sunday Showdown: Don Trump Versus The NFL
Today is an historic day in the National Football League. In addition to today’s slate of games, there’s a media game being played by Don Trump. It’s another game he can never win. On Friday, the President of the United States—in an effort to stir up more racial and class hatred—called NFL players who take […]
Greasy Pizza Is All Good On Instagram
Pizza is a wonderful culinary creation and one of America’s most beloved foods. Pizza practically sells itself—even when it’s greasy and kind of gross. Take Domino’s and the brand’s hyper-authentic approach on Instagram. When your pepperoni pizza is on point. 🙌 A post shared by Domino's Pizza (@dominos) on Sep 8, 2017 at 6:12am PDT […]
Hey Brother, Your Stock Photography Is Showing
Stock photography and videography is the bane of any respectable art director’s existence. Or is that a tired old fable that makes little sense today? The knock on stock has always been that anyone can use it and everyone does. Yet, there’s no law against using stock well. The “Generic Millennial Ad” above was created […]
Social Media Marketing Is Fast; Control Freaks Step Back
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 […]
There’s Hot Sauce, And There’s Hot Sex (Which, In Certain Conditions, May Sound Alike)
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. 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 […]
O, Say Can You Swim?
Swimming is one of the best exercises known to man and an essential survival skill. It’s also a lot of fun. Appearing online, on social media and in swim clubs across the country, these posters are part of the USA Swimming’s “Swim Today” campaign from Colle McVoy in Minneapolis. As competition for kids’ time continues […]
Dodge Flexes Its Muscle Cars On Social
Content and social media marketing get beaten up by old school ad men for focusing on “the conversation,” instead of the sales pitch. I think the reality is a bit different than the reported complaints. Car companies, real estate companies, clothing companies, restaurants, and hotels all use social media to share their assets with the […]
Unchosen Fish Sing The Blues
Legal Sea Foods, the Boston-based, family-owned and operated restaurant group that has 30+ locations along the East Coast, is picky about the fish it sources and serves. In the three spots from DeVito Verdi, fish lament that they just aren’t good enough to be selected by Legal Sea Foods. Thankfully, the Blues heals all, even […]
Make Room For HR In Your Company’s Social Feeds
Not too long ago, people used to “break in” to advertising. That’s how hard it was to land a job at a top creative agency. Today, even the best agencies need to make an effort to recruit talent. Witness Brunner’s self-promotional efforts on Twitter: We offer careers where you’re not holed up over a laptop […]
