Category Archives: Marketing & Advertising

Marketing and advertising news and tactics that caught my eye.

Footage of real “Men in Black”?

Posted on May 7, 2012 | Comments Off on Footage of real “Men in Black”?

Conspiracy theorists are buzzing about this video, where a guy describes the weird encounter his colleagues had with two “men in black” who were asking strange questions about him. He even got some footage of them from the hotel’s security camera. Apparently these two absolutely identical men, in identical black suits, came into the hotel where he works and started asking everybody questions about him. Then, with no explanation, they simply left. Even if this is totally made up and/or viral marketing for the new Men in Black flick (or the new Observers-centric Fringe), it makes for a great story! (via)

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Paralympics Poster

Posted on May 7, 2012 | 1 comment

The Canadian Paralympics Committee created a really great poster. Click here to view full-size image.

Paralympics Poster
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Roller Kingdom TV commercial

Posted on April 25, 2012 | Comments Off on Roller Kingdom TV commercial

God I love low-budget TV ads. This is the official commercial for the Roller Kingdom skating rink in Reno, NV. It’s so bad, it’s good.

Starring Roller Kingdom Owner and Employees: Brad (Owner/Kidnapper), George (Skate Instructor/Gang Leader), and Julio (DJ/Drug Dealer).

The casting pretty much sums it up.

Related:
Terrible ads from a auto dealer in FL
Advertising can be full of inappropriate double entendre

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“Minnesota nice” defined

Posted on April 20, 2012 | 1 comment

A Dairy Queen in MN teaches us what people mean when they say “Minnesota Nice.” Oh, fer Pete’s sake…
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An ordinary man with a legendary name

Posted on April 17, 2012 | Comments Off on An ordinary man with a legendary name

A great new commercial for ESPN depicts the torment of ordinary man with a legendary name.

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Push to add drama

Posted on April 11, 2012 | 3 comments

TNT takes street marketing to a whole new level of cool to promote it’s programming in Belgium. To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium they placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text “Push to add drama” invited people to use the button. And then people waited to see what would happen…


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Don Draper’s apartment

Posted on April 10, 2012 | Comments Off on Don Draper’s apartment

Pictures of Don Draper’s new apartment from the TV show Mad Men. The Story Behind Don Draper’s New Digs.





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Related:
Don Draper on the topic of cigarettes
Mad Birds

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Art and literature students

Posted on April 6, 2012 | Comments Off on Art and literature students

Art and literature students

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Album art so bad you can’t turn away – Part 1

Posted on April 4, 2012 | 2 comments

Album art so bad you can't turn away
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Remember OK Soda?

Posted on March 29, 2012 | Comments Off on Remember OK Soda?

From the FW: Back in 1993, Coke attempted to connect with the disaffected members of Generation X through a soda that was just as snarky and “over it” as they were. With a trendy can designed by graphic novelists Charles Burns and Daniel Clowes, a pithy catchphrase (“Things Are Going to Be OK”) and a vaguely citrus-y taste, OK Soda was unleashed on a few markets around the country. The soda even came with a “manifesto,” with phrases like “What’s the point of OK? Well, what’s the point of anything?” printed on the can. Unsurprisingly, a soda featuring sad-looking Gen X-ers staring you down while you guzzle failed to connect with the public. Coke discontinued the beverage, but it has achieved something of a cult following on the Web.

I always thought it tasted like mop water. Not that I know what mop water tastes like. Shut up.

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