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Crazy from the heat

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Sports Events Without Beer? No Way!

Beer has long been associated to be the first drink that spectators would ask from people and from all indications, it is hard to imagine a sporting event such as the Daytona 500 or even Major League Baseball without them. The advertising and promotions that they get from it is certainly something...

Smart Car Marketing

Locally, I see a ton of personal vehicles used for the purpose of advertising. And trust me, companies will pay because your car will reach exposure beyond possible outlets a local company may be able to go. Unfortunately, since I was driving myself, I didn’t get a picture of the exact car that I...

Former Ad Guy Saves World with Karaoke

Almost. Patrick Kirk (PK) Gillock is not the seventh son of the seventh son of the seventh son of the seventh son of the fabled art director who first put a client’s logo in the lower right-hand corner of the spread (only to be told by the client to move it back to the center of the page and make...

How Search Works With Social Media

There is no doubt that online marketing and content are heavily influenced by social media. When you create content specifically for the purpose of popularity on social sites, well, the results can boost your traffic enormously! Here are some tips for popular Social Media tools, that if properly...

Traditional Online Press Room or Social Media Newsroom?

Traditional press kits are quickly becoming a thing of the past, especially since most journalists now prefer the least amount of tangible press kits. Journalists now would prefer to bookmark a company’s website page for reference as oppose to collecting and archiving tons of press kits. For this...

Realism in video game world

From time to time Hollywood puts out video games based on movies. They range from Shrek, to GoldenEye to every comic book imaginable. Then, in the past decade or so, primetime television shows (not including cartoons or game shows) decided, “Hey we can do that too!” with the release of brand...

Advertisement: What Is in the message?

Crossposted via Blogger Over the years, I seen too many glossy to over-hyped to over the top advertising. Now, we see advertising that people would talk about over freedom of speech? Or contents or morals that people do not like about a company. How do we view each of these messages may be different...

In-store Advertising

Seen in the Safeway at Victoria Harbour. How long before the aisles are full of these things?

Initial Experience of Widget's Profit Model

Internet - New Media - 2008/05/04 Keywords / Tags / Labels: Yahoo!, portal, operator, advertising, blog, MSN, Google, advertisement, Initial Experience of Widget's Profit Model Each time the Widget site receives a "delivery call", it is expected to generate revenue. [+]A new term: Widget Widget is...

Ice Cream Tycoon: Build a tasty ice cream empire!

Ice Cream Tycoon (13 MB download) Own and operate your own ice cream business and become the hottest mogul in ice cream! Choose which tasty flavors to sell and which neighborhoods to sell in. Make good business decisions based on varying factors such as weather, bandits and advertising. Earn money...

planet green's new ads

An entertaining TV ad for Ed Begley Jr.'s new green-devoted television channel. Oh, prison ads. Click here to watch!

Excerpt Taken From: "SEO coming out of the shadows"

SEO is leaving its roots behind. It’s not an “in-the-know,” esoteric discipline. Fewer and fewer people are wrinkling their foreheads and saying “What?” when it’s mentioned. It’s now front-of-mind and on the tip of the tongue for a much larger group of business and marketing...

Excerpt Taken From: "Inspiration Session No.3 - Zeitgeist, The Movie - A documentary into truth."

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace” - Sir Chimhoy Ghose. Every now and then a friend of mine from the other side of the world sends me a link of an item that moved him or her, that link sparked something with in them and they choose to take the time...

Excerpt Taken From: "Advertising Pie Wedge"

In my continuing evolution as a Graphic Designer, I’m discovering the many diverse angles and possibilities in the field of Marketing and Advertising. There is a major misconception in what Marketing and Advertising is–many (including myself at one point) think that Marketing and Advertising are...

Excerpt Taken From: "The Key to Public Relations:Communication"

Now I am about to present an idea that in order to comprehend will require a large degree of understanding and an open mind: proper communication skills can lead a public relations specialist to many successful encounters with the public, and with an employer. Communication. What a novel idea! In a...

Excerpt Taken From: "Targeted Advertising Courtesy of Japanese Technology"

The best way to hit your target audience is to know what they want to see. At least this is what this new technological billboard from Japan aims to accomplish for people who will be checking out their new way of showing billboard ads. Imagine a 50 inch plasma TV that will.............................

Excerpt Taken From: "Creating a hoax is bad viral advertising."

Recently, the marketing geniuses over at Cardo Systems admitted to fabricating the videos on YouTube that showed people from around the world popping popcorn by surrounding the kernels with their cell phones. These videos were some of the most popular around the Internet and spawned a whole series...