Posts Tagged ‘New_media’
The hand of God (or a surgeon).
Here’s a fun media placement. You don’t see a lot of advertising next to elevators. It’s just too bad it’s for a plastic surgeon and the headline is “Be born again.” That’s just a little too creepy for me. Via.
Filed under: Good Stuff | Closed
Tags: good, New_media
How do you categorize these? New media? I’d complain that the tackiness level is off the charts, but then I remembered this is advertising we’re talking about. There is no ceiling for tacky. Via.
Filed under: Are you kidding me?, Out there | 1 Comment
Tags: advertising, New_media, ridiculous, weird
What the f**k is social media?
Social media is all the rage today. But unfortunately, there are plenty of people out there who don’t believe in it, understand how to use it, or even see the future possibilities. For those people, there’s “What the f**k is social media.” It’s a amazingly well-done slide presentation that covers everything you ever wanted to […]
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Tags: good, New_media, presentation, social media
A Nike Debacle.
Leave it to Nike to connect with skateboarders with a pitch-perfect tone and some bad-ass video. Debacle, the 24-minute short film featuring some of the coolest skate tricks you’ve seen in a while, walks that fine line between commercial shill and underground skate vid. I haven’t had time to watch the whole thing, but in […]
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Tags: advertising, good, New_media, video, viral, website
I’ve posted here and here about how agencies creating products is the next big thing. And here’s yet another example. The digital marketing agency Fluid has created technology that allows people to chat with their Facebook friends and get status update feedback about different retailer’s products. The technology does quite a few things – all […]
Filed under: Crowd-sourcing | Closed
Tags: crowd_sourcing, New_media, online, social media
Maybe this is why ad agencies are having a tough time now – we’ve all been using online, traditional and social media to get our message out. But we’ve been ignoring Brain Ads. For a mere $2000 “donation,” Brain Ads will telepathically send your ad into the heads of people around the world. The unidentified owner […]
Filed under: Are you kidding me?, Out there | Closed
Tags: advertising, New_media, weird
Who says Twitter is useless?
Another day, another great use for Twitter. First it was an ad agency creating a way for bakeries to alert customers that the cinnamon rolls are hot out of the oven. Now it’s an entire city using a “Twisitors Center” to help visitors explore Portland, OR. Looking for a good place for breakfast? Just Tweet […]
Filed under: Crowd-sourcing, Good Stuff | Closed
Tags: good, New_media, Twitter
Create creativity.
Around the world, ad agencies are filled with some of the brightest creative minds you’ll find anywhere – and that creativity has been used to help make companies successful and to build brands. But these days, a few agencies are starting to realize that instead of making other companies successful and building other brands, they […]
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Tags: New_media, radio
The Dog & Pony Show 
When will brands get this right?
Twitter, Facebook and all the other social media have suddenly become the new bandwagon for every brand in existence to jump onto. Even in a crappy economy, they’re throwing massive dollars after this hot new way to connect with consumers. There’s only one problem. They have no clue what they’re doing. Skittles proved my point […]
Filed under: Are you kidding me?, Commentary | Closed
Tags: branding, Commentary, New_media, online, screw-up, social media