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White House Attacks Fox News
It must be slow in the Capital these days; it seems that although our world is going crazy, the president and his staff have taken time out to wage a media attack on Fox News, making the rounds on all the Sunday morning talk shows, with one glaring...
Recession Forces Changes to Army Marketing Tactics
All across the country, the lingering economic recession has caused businesses of all shapes and sizes to rethink their marketing efforts. More often than not, this has meant cutting overall advertising budgets while investing more heavily in free an...
GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz Talks Ad Strategy
If there are two things Americans don’t like, it’s paying taxes and not being the best at something we invented. Unfortunately, the government’s recent takeover of General Motors handed us both of these bitter pills. As a result,...
Advertising is Irrelevant?
AdWeek and Harris recently released a poll asking those not involved in the advertising trade what they thought of advertising’s “relevancy.” The results show that most find that our jobs, as a whole, are rather irrelevant. Advertis...
Clever and Current: Reaching the Information Age
The Internet. The greatest enabler perhaps ever known. The ability to acquire and distribute information at a furious and daunting pace has proven to be the downfall of many a business, political candidate, celebrity etc. However, those who sei...
Digital Television… Buzz to Bust
Much anticipated, the switch to Digital Television, or DTV, finally took place on June 12, 2009. Despite over 1.5 years of warning, many found themselves with no programmings that fateful day. The original switch date of February 17, 2009 was pushed ...
AIDS Rate In DC Rises, Campaign Begins
Like or dislike President Obama, there is one thing certain: his plate is FULL. Dealing with two wars, Gitmo, health care reform, a recession, and the largest corporations in the US filing for bankruptcy on a weekly basis, it is doubtful that the Pre...
Priceless My Ass
The newest “Priceless” ad shows a young father and his son doing what young father’s and sons do: spending quality time together. It begins with the boy filling up a water glass for his father (no bottled water here) and walks throu...
Health Care For Everyone
In the United States, there are currently more than 44 million people with no health insurance. HealthJustice is introducing five TV spots featuring B.J. Hunicutt (Mike Farrell) of the hit television series M*A*S*H. Mr. Farrell has graduated from TV ...
Not Feeling Screwed? You Should Be.
Best Week Ever Late last week, Chrysler filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and Omnicom’s BBDO Detroit was listed as the second-highest unsecured creditor, with some $58+ million in outstanding invoices. Most of the dollars are believed to be for spot...
Stop Watching Me!
Remember that song, “I always feel like, somebody’s watching me, and I get no privacy…?” Well, stop inviting people to watch you and maybe they will. George Orwell’s 1984 has gotten a little too close for comfort these d...
FTC to Regulate Blogging
Most of us just happily blog-along, with no worries, really. We try to do our best, tell the truth, and use correct punctuation. We don’t try to misquote, and do work to give credit where credit is due. These practices, however, will most like...
“Little Spicy Mexican” Offends Mexico
Mexico, offended by this Burger King Whopper spot (click on Read More), cites that the world community is given “a bad impression” of the country. The spot, which ran in Spain and Europe, has been pulled by Burger King Corporation, who ob...
GM Says America Needs A Comeback?
Hearken back to the days of yore, when America was Built Ford Tough and Chevy had launched what was the start of An American Revolution, became The Heartbeat of America, and grew strong, Like a Rock. At the same time, Buick offered consumers Th...
