Ice to Eskimos: Nike plans to make life fun

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...

The BEST advertising idea....EVER!

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...

Christmas Traditions: Saks Fifth Avenue Amazes

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...

(Hearting) Boobs & H8ing Balls: Katherine Heigl gets nasty

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...

L’Oreal Man: House a sexy beast

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...

Occupy Advertising

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...

Kenneth Cole on Idiots

Kenneth Cole doesn’t just want to sell you stuff. He would like to change the world too. This isn’t news exactly. It’s been somewhat of a sales/publicity mantra of his for years. Recently though, he explained...

Looney for Soccer

To me, soccer has always been a tough sport to grasp. The foot-to-ball thing was fine but it was the surrounding atmosphere that never clicked. Match times that go over, odd penalties, strange antics and those...

UK Internet advertising overtakes TV advertising

UK's advertisers would rather spend their cash on online advertising than any other medium. A report compiled by the Internet Advertising Bureau and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, says internet advertising jumped by 14%...

Freedom gets smoked: Tobacco labels and what they really mean

Well that oughta do it. At long last those idiot smokers will finally get the message and drop their filthy habits once and for all. Why, you may ask, will they finally comply with sanity and stop lighting up?...

Warm Cinnamon: George Clooney gets married for a bank

“Okay, if everyone could pay attention to the monitor over here we’ll present the firm’s all-new promotional campaign for this coming year. The first piece is... “Hold on Fjelstad, let me just stop you...

Rebel Without A Clue: Harley Davidson frees all from "cages"

Bikers are rebels, right? At least they’re supposed to be. The “rebel biker as bad-ass” meme pretty much locked itself in when Brando first snapped on a leather jacket back in The Wild Ones. And from there...