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"We didn’t start the viral"

I feel ashamed, can’t say I’ve seen most of this stuff.

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JC Penney loses at Google ads

Click their paid link and…

What keyword is this ad generated from?

What keyword in my Gmail inbox generated THIS ad?
Vin Diesel says you must buy this!

Greening your architecture with solar parking lots and solar trees - AutoblogGreen

Green is huge right now: carbon neutral business operation, fuel efficient vehicles, power efficient electronics (computers in particular) and more. If a company isn’t talking about how Green it is, its competitors likely are.
This initiative at electronics company Kyocera is very cool and while not the most practical green-contribution a company can make, hopefully […]

Throw it in their face

The way most companies market and advertise their products bore me and damn sure don’t make me want to buy or even learn more about their products. A few examples stand out from the day-to-day grind and I feel they should be recognized.
Today’s subject: Lexus and Audi (cars of course, duh). Now I don’t have […]

Spammed by Gateway

Once upon a time when I was writing mobile technology articles and reviews, I subscribed to Gateway’s press releases via e-mail so I could stay on top of new product launches. This has come back to bite me

I guess somebody decided to play with their press release feed system and it auto-puked every press […]

Car commercials that still get my Goat

OK bad pun aside, Jim posted a very clever and unique car commercial from Honda and I felt I had to share some of my favorites.
I first saw these commercials live on TV and I must say, it hooked me into the GTO back when I was still in high school.
Samuel L. Jackson, Terminator-esque music, and […]

When banner advertising goes bad

Click to enlarge the image above. Carefully read the banner ad at the top, then read the story headline. DOH!
I can’t take credit.

9 things I learned about the world from anonymous stock photo models - Maddox

If you haven’t perused through Maddox’s website yet, you’re in for a treat. In this post he takes on using “anonymous stock photo models” in advertising. While crude, he certainly gets me cracking up a number of times.
There’s plenty in this post and the rest of his website to make everyone laugh and be offended, […]

Guerilla Marketing - Amazing Advertisements

The image above is just one of the many interesting advertisements showcased in this article. Guerilla marketing is “unconventional marketing intended to get maximum results from minimal resources.”
Described as “more matching wits than matching budgets,” I can certainly see where every ad in this article required “wits” versus traditional billboard advertising. So while […]