Right now there’s a cool, new interactive ad for Apple staring the Mac and PC guys on CNN.com by their agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day. It’s a follow up to another interactive ad they did a while back. If you get a chance today to see it, look fast as I bet it won’t last long. It’s interesting, […]
Facebook Suicide?
Recently I’ve had several friends tell me that they’re not using facebook as much as they used to or anymore.  My brother keeps talking about “facebook suicide,” a term I first heard from him. Basically it means he would unfriend everyone or just turn his account off and walk away. He hasn’t done that yet, […]
Viral Videos
I saw a blurb from the Christian Science Monitor today about Viral Videos. The top 20 viral videos of the day are listed in order of popularity. See: http://www.viralvideochart.com/ Interesting how Susan Boyle is in it twice (#1, #19) and Britney Spears only has 1 (#11) of her hair extensions getting pulled out on stage […]
brick-and-clicks
A couple recent articles that caught my attention recently have to do with the term “brick-and-click,” used fairly often in Advertising Age and in this recent article ( How Walmart Owns the Concept of Value Online ) from the digital issue (a really good one, btw.). And in the article from PROMO, called: The Convergence […]
American Idol, Coke and AT&T… Oh, and Ford…
I was watching Idol tonight with 100 million other people and remembered an article I read in Advertising Age about it’s brand marketing.  I have one question. What brand is on the judge’s glasses on the table? I’m sure you all guessed correctly that it’s Coca Cola. From the article: The biggest TV success in […]
What’s the difference between a keyword?
This reminds me of an old joke… Q: “What’s the difference between a duck?” A: “One foot is both the same.” Of course that doesn’t really make sense, but in a weird sort of way it does. There are millions of different keywords out there to choose form for any industry. One keyword (or phrase) […]
