What’s the point?

Yet another study on the power of marketing - this time from the esteemed researchers at Stanford University.
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Then Hooters gave me a ticket.
On the ever-shrinking list of places you probably haven’t seen advertising goes this:Right there where it usually reads “Serve and Protect” it now reads “In partnership with Donelan’s Groceries.
“I’ll bet the National Pork Board is off the list of approved advertisers.
Here’s the scoop.
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Check out the most-liked TV ad of last month. It’s for a bicycle-powered video game. (Click on the pic of the kid to see the ad.) Soooo, what’s likeable here, the ad or the product?(Survey response #9: “In my day we had this huge entertainment center. It was called the backyard. It’s about time these […]

Hey St. Louis, is it true two other cities have the exact same tagline as the one you just unveiled? Don’t sweat it. But next time there’s this really cool site on the internet called Google. You type any word or phrase that you’re looking for into the little box at the top and, voila! […]

If you’re over 30, Halloween means it’s time to head out the Target or Wal-Mart and stock up on enough Boo Berry and Franken Berry cereal to carry you through for 12 months. Count Chocula is still hanging tough year round, but his spooky, crunchy friends have been relegated to October only by General Mills. […]

Interesting ad placement here.
“Here’s your card Mr. Wallace. See you for your next appointment on the third. Unless of course you die before then.” (flip card over).
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If you can’t beat the International Air Transport Association that assigns codes to airports, try making fun of them.
www.flysux.com
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OK. I was just reading one of Atlanta’s city newspapers (Creative Loafing) at my desk and when I got to the end of the page, I grabbed my mouse to turn it. All these forms of information and entertainment are mushing together in my brain. It’s all right though. I kinda like it.
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…to advertise french fries!
Warning: This post has more links than a Big Mac has saturated fat.
Last year Britain placed its boot squarely in Ronald McDonald’s arse. (for reference, Ofcom is sorta like Britain’s version of the FCC) Ron did his best to swing back with the old carrots in the Happy Meals trick. But while […]

A personal insight. I listen to old radio shows from the 30s and 40s to help me get to sleep every night. The advertisements can be quite humorous. Especially the ones about bad breath and irregularity. Last night was Abbott and Costello. They were sponsored by Camel cigarettes, which took advantage of the lack of […]

In fact, it’s not even gonna break 90 today in Atlanta, so I bring you this.
This year, after almost thirty years, the NFL stands for New Fabulous Logo. I know I’ll probably catch hell for this from the designers and art directors but seriously guys, why bother?
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One too many pieces of flair in this ad.
A poor choice by the photo stylist, to be sure.
(If you’re not quite sure what all the history-onics are about on this one, and you aren’t already having a bad day, click here.)
“But it was so tiny you couldn’t even see it on the printout.”
“Yeah, um, […]

A medical study I can get behind. Guess this means Guinness can bring the old campaign back.

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Very, very little for some these days.

Here’s my no rights reserved, 100 percent free list for anyone out there who has a startup without a name and is meeting with the lawyers this week.
1. Jeeder
2. WhyPhi?
3. Toofer
4. Brikky
5. CheezyBurg
6. Nubbin
7. MeToob
8. BeeBuzzyBeeBoo
9. Schmoopy
10. Dogma
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Saw this at the west end of 10th St. in Atlanta “advertising” an HIV drug. In their defense, this is obviously not a serious attempt at communication but an effort to comply with FDA regulation. To me it looks like a big waste of time for everyone involved.IMPORTANT UPDATE:A quick glance at U.S. Code of […]