A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

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Entries Tagged as 'Advertising'

And you think U.S election signs get out of control

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

A woman rides past hundreds of campaign posters near Kuala Lumpur, ahead of general elections in Malaysia next month.
From BBC >>

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Tags: Advertising · In the News · Photography

Commerical break

June 28th, 2007 · No Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNxgxF-7SfA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Npt4z_qdY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvR8Rrf6T-o


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Tags: Advertising · That was Fun · Video

WVU ad

May 29th, 2007 · No Comments

I find this ad strangely appealing…

Is it the colors? The nice logo on key? The blue keyboard? Hmm….

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Tags: Advertising · Artwork · Design · Internet

AT&T to Cingular and back again

January 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Killing Cingular Softly: In Defense Of AT&T
Marketers can be a sentimental bunch. ….How else to explain the marketing community’s continuing defense of Cingular Wireless?
Hmm, let’s see. Something called brand experience.
This is a case, however, where emotion is coloring the facts…
Yes, yes it is. Emotion is coloring the response. That’s what a brand experience is [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Customer Service · Design · Marketing and Branding · Rants

Ironic/broken ad

January 1st, 2007 · No Comments

No, don’t hide, run straight into it with another credit card!
LOL
Found this ad while checking Yahoo! email. It’s for a Mastercard from Orchard Bank.

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Tags: Advertising · Design · That was Fun