This ad was placed in the New York Times this week by Consumer Reports, and while I don't dispute the truth of the message, I have always used gift cards I've been given for Christmas.
With glee, I might add.
I'm just sayin'.
November 14, 2007
Please don't cross me off your list!
This ad was placed in the New York Times this week by Consumer Reports, and while I don't dispute the truth of the message, I have always used gift cards I've been given for Christmas.
With glee, I might add.
I'm just sayin'.
November 4, 2007
The greatest thing since... sliced bread?
Seth Godin asks, what did people say before sliced bread was invented? Watch his video on the subject, recorded at the last TED conference. It will make you a better person.
November 2, 2007
Will CP+B open a Toronto branch?
Canadian company MDC Partners, an "agency network" (that's code for conglomerate), now owns 77% of Miami-based Crispin Porter + Bogusky.
For those of you who might have been living in an advertising cave for the last few years, CP+B is the agency that won, in 2003, the Grand Prix in four — count 'em, four — categories. That's right, all in the same year.
This commercial won the Grand Prix for Film that year, and remains in the Top Ten Greatest Ads ever:
For those of you who might have been living in an advertising cave for the last few years, CP+B is the agency that won, in 2003, the Grand Prix in four — count 'em, four — categories. That's right, all in the same year.
This commercial won the Grand Prix for Film that year, and remains in the Top Ten Greatest Ads ever:
November 1, 2007
A Few Good Creative Men
To really get the humor in these videos, you need to work in the advertising business. For those of you aspiring to, watch and learn something about how creatives feel about management, and vice versa.
First, Jack Nicholson as the overworked, misunderstood, and unappreciated creative:
Next, a terrifying suggestion: What if your copywriter taught the other people in your agency how to write? Click here to watch this shocking and tragic video.
Then, see if you can guess, by watching this video, what common complaints from clients drive creatives insane.
Finally, the classic most of you are probably not familiar with, Truth in Advertising.
This short film, which depicts what the world of advertising might be like if everyone said what they really meant, was originally produced in 2000 by Avion Films of Toronto, to be shown to a group of industry insiders at an awards banquet. It immediately became insanely popular, even outside the industry, and was widely circulated online. It's probably because it's been around so long that it's impossible to find a good quality reproduction. Here it is on YouTube, where it looks like crap but sounds okay. It's more important to listen to what they're saying than to see them clearly, anyway:
First, Jack Nicholson as the overworked, misunderstood, and unappreciated creative:
Next, a terrifying suggestion: What if your copywriter taught the other people in your agency how to write? Click here to watch this shocking and tragic video.Then, see if you can guess, by watching this video, what common complaints from clients drive creatives insane.
Finally, the classic most of you are probably not familiar with, Truth in Advertising.
This short film, which depicts what the world of advertising might be like if everyone said what they really meant, was originally produced in 2000 by Avion Films of Toronto, to be shown to a group of industry insiders at an awards banquet. It immediately became insanely popular, even outside the industry, and was widely circulated online. It's probably because it's been around so long that it's impossible to find a good quality reproduction. Here it is on YouTube, where it looks like crap but sounds okay. It's more important to listen to what they're saying than to see them clearly, anyway:
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