I was an actor once. Not famous (obviously) or even that particularly good but I was indeed a bona fide, union card-carrying actor. In fact, you may remember me from such stellar films as Inferno der Flammen, a...
Do you know Ashley Madison? How about Noel Biderman? Not ringing any bells? Okay, I’ll give you a hint: they’re kind of the same person. You see Noel Biderman is the dude that went and founded a website to help...
TextAdStore.com is undergoing a corporate restructing process. As a result, TextAdStore.com is moving out of the SEO business and into other activities for not-for-profit organization. TextAdStore.com is not selling for millions of dollars. It's relatively low...
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I just signed myself up for a subscription to Vanity Fair magazine. Well, um, I only just got my first issue of Vanity Fair. I actually signed up for the subscription during what feels like the Bush administration...
Correlation between product characteristics, ad media, and audience response I read an article about top brands advertising and response from Facebook. Top brands are pulling a 1% look from the Facebook...
The Washington Post said it is downsizing some more, laying off 200 people from the newsroom. The paper loses money and the owners make money from Kaplan Testing division instead. Why bother with a newspaper when...
Flower-Bombing: A McDonald's Billboard Made from Poppies Designer Sean Click came up with a novel way to advertise: plant flowers in the shape of the company's logo. His example: a McDonald's ad made from California...
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Ice to Eskimos. Way back when, that was the saying. If you were so good at sales that you could sell anything, you were said to be able to sell “ice to Eskimos.” Now, before I go any further, I do have to...
I’ve got the best advertising idea ever. Really – I do. But before I get to it I have to explain where it came from first. You see, it all started with Facebook. Now, as we are routinely told, Facebook almost...
There is a valid fear amongst folks that many of our familiar holiday traditions are disappearing. Often, in our misguided clamor to avoid conflict or protect feelings we turn to political correctness and commence...
A ways back, a sort of controversy erupted over a fairly well-known breast cancer awareness campaign. Apparently, at more than a few schools throughout North America, boys had taken to wearing the colorful “I...
My poster design for a car insurance comparison website in Singapore.Copyright: Schahryar Fekri - www.schahryar.comSource: http://www.comparexpress.com/promo
Abercrombie & Fitch Ad in Orchard road Singapore. This Ad has been banned because the "model is lowering his jeans too much". Abercrombie & Fitch coming to Singapore this Christmas ...
The other day I was looking in the mirror when I noticed that I had bags under my eyes. Not huge suckers mind you, but there was certainly something there. Now I only noticed this because moments earlier I had...
By its very nature, the so-called “Occupy” movement (gathering? protest? sleep-over?) should be anti-advertising. I say this mainly because advertising is the preferred tool of the hated, demonically...