Was that fun for you? If so, head over to Esquire where Daniel Murphy has complied "The Five Most Terrifying Local TV Christmas Commercials." [via Daniel Pink] …
There’s Always The Off Position
This video has been around for awhile, but just in case you haven't seen it yet... I love the scarf around the Facebook "f". And how MySpace says, "Facebook is for nerds. It's for college goobers who want to make study buddies." …
The AdPulp Poll: Navigating the Holidaze
What the biggest gaffe one can make at the company holiday party? ( polls) …
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College Students Are All Thumbs
eROI is out with a new study that makes it clear how important the mobile phone is to today's college students. From what I've seen, pulling together a text messaging program is no simple task (it has to work across multiple platforms and generally takes months of planning). Yet, do we have much choice if our clients wish to speak to America's future leaders? …
Info Snack Vending Machines from The New York Times
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Feed Your Style Diet
Diet Coke is investing in lifestyle content via their new Style Series. According to Ad Age, the first episode in the series went down like this: Filmed in Times Square, the series debut featured a performance from R&B singer Robin Thicke, the exclusive premiere of Rihanna's new e-film for Gucci, and an interview with designer Cynthia Rowley. Hosted by Josh Zepps and Rachel Zalis, former West Coast editor of …
A Cup Of Smack Talk
In Seattle, right near Starbucks' headquarters, McDonald's makes it very plain how they feel: From The The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Earlier this year, McDonald's started unsnobbycoffee.com to promote the launch of espresso drinks in the Seattle market. Will Starbucks respond in kind? Unlikely. While the coffee wars received much media and Wall Street trumpeting this year, Starbucks has been mostly silent, …
Pull It Together
How do ideas spread? Some say they spread virally. Others say key influencers are central to the spreading of ideas. Dr. Alex Bentley and Mark Earls have another theory. Bentley and Earls believe "herd-like copying" is the human behavior marketers need to more fully understand. Their message, radically simplified for our purposes here is this: "Stop thinking about marketing as something you do to people and start …
