...the freedom to make ads like this... ...without fear of being rounded up by the government for horrendous, horrendous taste. (Thanks to The Consumerist) …
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...the freedom to make ads like this... ...without fear of being rounded up by the government for horrendous, horrendous taste. (Thanks to The Consumerist) …
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Over at The Huffington Post, Ashley Duque Kienze, a former bulimic, takes issue with the headline shown here: With the help of my family, my faith and my friends, I gave up the unhealthy behaviors of my eating disorder three years ago. Today, I write a blog about eating disorders and other issues related to women to help others through their struggle with societal images of beauty. I don't want other women or girls …
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Following the lead of Idaho and some other locales, there's now NE Creative, a blog about advertising in Nebraska. Don't make any, uh, corn-y heartland-insulting jokes here. 2 of our 4 AdPulpers, Mr. Shawn and Mr. David, are proud Cornhusker dudes. …
I can't recall ever seeing a book that specifically outlines the history of the advertising industry. But now we may have one: Ad Land: A Global History of Advertising by Mark Tungate. Mark Tungate is a British journalist based in Paris, and his book looks to be a great read. From the origins in the 19th century, through the rise of Madison Avenue, the Creative Revolution, Chicago packaged goods, consolidation, …
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I admit I enjoyed the 4A's Account Planning Conference. Of course, not being a planner and having never attended an advertising-type conference, I have no frame of reference. Plus I flew on a frequent flyer ticket and went to Monterey afterward on vacation, so perhaps I was in the right frame of mind. Piers Fawkes, however, wasn't so kind: ‘Scuse the French, but the whole show was effing appalling. How shall we …
There are only two types of Account Planners in America: Forty-something Brits and Twenty-something Americans. That's it. I'm not sure if that bodes well for the future of Account Planning, because those British accents can really give any presentation an aura of legitimacy. This whole conference is awash in...greenwashing. From carbon-neutral ad agency networks and Gore worshipping to a presentation by the Method …
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Today at the Account Planning Conference, Aki Spicer from the Fallon Planning Blog and Ed Cotton from Butler Shine & Stern's Influx Insights led an interesting discussion entitled "Blogging the Agency," encouraging Account Planners to start blogs, use the blogosphere to find unique voices and encourage clients to take advantage of blogs and social networks. But the most interesting thing I thought was meshly.com, a …
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Being a copywriter, albeit a strategically-aware one, I'm a bit of a fish out of water here at the 4A's Account Planning Conference. So I won't analyze everything I've heard today, but I do have a few random observations I'd like to make: If there's one theme I heard constantly today, it's that our industry, the media, and our world is in a permanent state of change now. Get used to it. Apple and Starbucks are …
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