Archive for the 'Advertising' Category

Marketing tactic: Make fun of your demographic

So AT&T has a pretty brilliant ad campaign going on for the Motorola Backflip. Their awesome “breaking news” parody TV spots pretty hilarious, I think. So often people treat their inane news via social media as some sort of earth-shattering announcement. We’re all guilty of it. But at the same time, this news is important [...]

When behavioral advertising goes wrong, but is also funny

So I was reading the news yesterday, and got a little sidetracked. But it turns out that Marilyn Monroe smoked pot (see video at reuters.com). But are you really surprised? I’m not. I think she liked to have a good time. But that’s not the best part of this video. You see, the best part [...]

Bank Gothic Sighting: Barack Obama Presidential Coins

Well, 2009 is young. And already I’ve seen some wonderful uses of Bank Gothic. Like with this awesome Barack Obama Presidential Coin Set! As seen on TV, it was a sweet commercial which was hosted by Montel Williams. Don’t believe me? Check out www.obamacoincollection.com

The best pint of Guinness is when it's in us.

That’s a poem my brother wrote a few years back about Guinness. They had a competition and whoever won, I believe won their own pub in Ireland. Below is a Guinness ad that purportedly cost 10 million pounds ($20.4 million dollars, US). I guess it was filmed on location in Argentina, but 20 million dollars? [...]