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Category Archives: Television
The NASCARization Of Horse Racing?
I heard that the owners of Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah had sold exclusive sponsorship rights to Monster Energy and private jet service Wheels Up prior to the Belmont Stakes I watched much of the coverage leading up to and … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Television
Tagged Advertising, American Pharoah, logos, Triple Crown
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A Cool Toy That Would Get A Kid Kicked Out Of School These Days
Smoking barrel and all.
Hello Ladies, Does Your Ad Look Like Me?
Copying the premise and style of a national advertiser for your local business is dumb and lazy. It usually starts with a local advertiser telling the sales rep that the ad for (name the product) is cool. A light bulb … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Copywriting, Television
Tagged Advertising, Hello Ladies, Old Spice Body Wash, Television Ads. Marketing
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Don’t These Babies Need Changing?
If the new Healthy Hometown Kentucky ad promoting breastfeeding doesn’t put you off talking babies, nothing will. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but people please, let’s all work together to see if we can come up with … Continue reading
Worst Ad In America
For all the right reasons I love my DVR. For the second year in a row the readers of the Consumerist have voted for the worst commercial of the year. Last year, Staples “Wow” ad took the honors followed by … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Television
Tagged ATT& T mistake, consumerist, poop there it is, quiznos kittens, worst ads in America
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Advertising Has Gone to the Dogs
Nestlé Purina has launched an television ad campaign in Austria for it’s Beneful brand dog food. I predict that the publicity the campaign generates will do more to sell the product than the ad will. But whatever works, right? It … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Television
Tagged Austrian TV Ad, Beneful, Nestle, Purina
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