Category Archives: Marketing & Advertising

Marketing and advertising news and tactics that caught my eye.

1985 McDonald’s McDLT Commercial with Jason Alexander

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New Geico Ads Are “Unskippable”

After sitting through the first few agonizing seconds of a YouTube preroll ad, most people don’t bother watching the rest. Geico is changing all that with two totally awesome new preroll commercials that promise to be “unskippable.”

Both Geico ads were created by The Martin Agency.

Vince Vaughn and Co-stars of ‘Unfinished Business’ Pose for Idiotic Stock Photos

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via KTAR News – To promote their new movie “Unfinished Business,” Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco and Tom Wilkinson took the opportunity to insert themselves into some stock photos.

Twentieth Century Fox paired up with iStock by Getty Images to create an entirely new set of awkward stock photos, Adweek reported.

The twelve stock photos are available for free download — for editorial use only — here.

 

What a well-dressed beer drinker is wearing these days

Throw back Grain Belt Premium ad from 1975.

Beer Drinker Grain Belt

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Free Air Pressure Checks

Goodyear sign offering free tire-pressure checks for Patriots fans. Genius.

Free Tire Checks

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The Doritos ad Doritos doesn’t want you to see

F*** it! I am NOT gonna stop eating Doritos. Start planting more palm trees!

Samsung has a new camera that will change the way you take selfies

Samsung’s excellent new ad campaign imagines famous self-portrait paintings as selfies. It’s all to promote its new 3-inch NX mini cameras with flip-up display and interchangeable wide-aperture lens.

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Too hot for the hot tub!

I hate it when this happens.

Too hot for the hot tub

 

Meat without feet

Business peaks during Lent.

Meat without feet

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Get Advanced Screening Tickets for Horrible Bosses 2

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See free movies like a boss!

I am working with Warner Brothers to offer fans of Duck Duck Gray Duck something pretty cool.

You are invited to attend an advance screening of Horrible Bosses 2 on Thursday, 11/20 at 7:30pm at Showplace ICON in St. Louis Park, MN.

Passes can be downloaded at the following link while supplies last: http://www.gofobo.com/index.php/main/movie_landing/BOSS4HB2

Note: Seats are not guaranteed as the theater is overbooked to ensure full capacity. Pass holders should arrive early to secure their seats.

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