https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-true-schwarzenegger-appears-at.html
Adverganza: It's true. Schwarzenegger appears at Advertising Week
The first highlight of the Ad Club of New York's lunch honoring Bobby Shriver for his (Product) RED work was that brother -in-law Arnold Sch...
trueschwarzeneggerappearsadvertisingweek
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/10/jarvis-revistis-dell-likes-what-he-sees.html
Adverganza: Jarvis revistis Dell, likes what he sees
Finally getting around to posting about Jeff Jarvis' new opinion that Dell Hell has turned to Dell Swell. As you might recall, Jarvis wen...
jarvisdelllikessees
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/07/fox-wants-baseball-fans-to-get-into-act.html
Adverganza: Fox wants fans to get into the Act-ober
Weird that I'm actually sitting around watching the MLB All-Star Game, a waste of primetime if ever there was one. But it helped me stumbl...
to getthe actfoxwantsfans
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/08/does-ten-gary-cohens-equal-lee-mazzilli.html
Adverganza: Does ten Gary Cohens equal a Lee Mazzilli?
Why is it that every baseball game has to come with a promotional giveaway, even when the giveaway sucks? I pose this question after attendi...
tengaryequallee
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/06/who-knew-tv-networks-can-defy-gravity.html
Adverganza: Who knew TV networks can defy gravity?
We should all be taken aback by the following headline at adage.com : "Networks Ask for Steep Increases to Make Up for Ratings Decline." Goo...
who knewtv networksdefygravity
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/05/coke-zero-ad-features-speaking-with.html
Adverganza: Coke Zero ad features speaking with tongues
Found the Coke Zero spot above on YouTube in Chinese, Spanish and Italian--it stars an eyeball and two tongues fighting over whether the ton...
coke zeroadfeaturesspeakingtongues
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008_05_25_archive.html
Adverganza: 2008-05-25
Everything you wanted to know about advertising and too much more
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/07/yahoo-ad-sales-defections-continue.html
Adverganza: Yahoo ad sales defections continue
The defection of members of the Yahoo advertising group took a double-dip today: both Jerry Shereshewsky, who had perhaps the world's oddest...
ad salesyahoocontinue
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/01/dentsu-vs-biegel-to-go-forward.html
Adverganza: Biegel vs. Dentsu to go forward
Looks like the judge in the Steve Biegel vs. Dentsu suit today denied Dentsu's attempt to dismiss the case. If this sounds like something y...
to govsdentsuforward
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/11/radiohead-downloaders-good-content-not.html
Adverganza: Radiohead downloaders: good content not worth the price
So, comScore tracked downloads of Radioheads's pay-what-you-want album, In Rainbows , and it seems that most people don't even think a Radi...
good contentradioheaddownloadersworthprice
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/01/only-godaddy-super-bowl-post-ill-do.html
Adverganza: The only GoDaddy Super Bowl post I'll do
I'm just going to get GoDaddy over with right now. There's a Super Bowl teaser featuring some WWE chick above. And a buncha other stuff, som...
the onlysuper bowlgodaddypost
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008_05_04_archive.html
Adverganza: 2008-05-04
Everything you wanted to know about advertising and too much more
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/05/social-media-insider-ponders-plaxo.html
Adverganza: Social Media Insider ponders the Plaxo-Comcast deal
In case you missed it, Plaxo agreed to be acquired by Comcast yesterday. Before you keep scratching your head, go read my Social Media Insid...
social mediainsiderplaxocomcastdeal
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/07/take-trip-with-wieden-tokyo.html
Adverganza: Take a trip with Wieden Tokyo
The post below reminded me to check in on whatever it is that Wieden + Kennedy is posting on YouTube these days , since they have a habit ...
take a tripwiedentokyo
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/01/heres-are-full-details-about-new-adweek.html
Adverganza: Here's are full details about the new 'Adweek'
Hi folks, a little busy today working on a deadline but, because of my continuing interest in the future of Adweek, I present below the ent...
full detailsabout thenewadweek
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2009/10/publicis-to-stop-creating-print-ads.html
Adverganza: Publicis to stop creating print ads
At least that's my takeaway from Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy 's statement during the third-quarter earnings call that the agency hold...
publicisstopcreatingprintads
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/07/things-i-learned-while-on-vacation.html
Adverganza: Things I learned while on vacation
Hi all. For better or worse, I'm back from a 2000-mile road trip that took the family from Ithaca to Niagara Falls to Toronto to Glens Falls...
things i learnedvacation
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Adverganza: 2008-11-16
Everything you wanted to know about advertising and too much more
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/09/did-amtrak-steal-mtas-tag-line.html
Adverganza: Did Amtrak steal the MTA's tag line?
So, as stated earlier , I was in DC yesterday on business. (I needed a nice, long, uninterrupted block of prep time so decided to take the A...
the mtaamtrakstealtagline
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/10/need-personality-test-to-buy-printer.html
Adverganza: Need a personality test to buy a printer?
Kinda weird to see this " Epsonality " campaign launching two days after I finally went and bought a new printer. (I got an H-P.) Its goal i...
personality testto buyneedprinter
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2009/10/american-express-learns-its-not-good-to.html?showComment=1256160140852
Adverganza: American Express learns it's not good to get Joseph Jaffe mad
Those of us in the marketing business already knew that it's not a good idea to make Joseph Jaffe mad. He's one of those people who has al...
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-sudden-cheetos-uproar.html?showComment=1212163860000
Adverganza: Why the sudden Cheetos uproar?
So, I'm amazed at what appears to be a sudden uproar concerning the Cheetos campaign. (If that sentence isn't proof enough that I have no li...
suddencheetosuproar
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/02/david-beckham-signs-on-with-sharpie.html
Adverganza: David Beckham signs on with Sharpie
Frustrated that I can't find this spot for Sharpie today that stars David Beckham--or his hands anyway. Long story. But I think that since t...
david beckhamsignssharpie
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/08/heres-hillary-clintons-first-tv-spot.html
Adverganza: Here's Hillary Clinton's first TV spot
So, looks like Hillary Clinton's first TV commercial is now airing in Iowa, and on the home page of her Web site. For The New York Times ' ...
hillary clintonfirsttvspot
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/07/mediapost-has-complete-coverage-of.html
Adverganza: Mediapost has complete coverage of BK/Simpsons
I was going to write up a post about Crispin's Burger King work for The Simpsons Movie, but since Mediapost has already done it in its "Ou...
mediapostcompletecoveragebksimpsons
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/11/marks-and-spencer-brings-out-some-stars.html
Adverganza: Marks and Spencer brings out some stars
So, Marks and Spencer is airing this somewhat star-studded (is that an oxymoron?) ad to usher in the Christmas season in the U.K. Of course,...
marks and spencerbringsstars
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/08/dude-this-crispin-wikipedia-entry-is.html
Adverganza: Dude, this Crispin Wikipedia entry is lame!
OK, I'm taking back my earlier assertion that the reason so many boring Midwestern agencies have such boring Wikipedia entries is because th...
wikipedia entrydudecrispinlame
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/02/super-bowl-advertisers-buy-search.html
Adverganza: Super Bowl advertisers buy search
I always expect to be unimpressed by major advertisers and their interest in search. Or lack thereof. So, I was surprised to find this list ...
super bowladvertisersbuysearch
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/09/not-only-eco-friendly-its-politically.html
Adverganza: Not only eco-friendly, it's politically correct
This is either a great marketing idea or too politically-correct by half, but did you know Lexus has an entire Hybrid Living initiative whi...
not onlyeco friendlypoliticallycorrect
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/08/dont-forget-phil-rizzuto-for-money.html
Adverganza: Never forget Phil Rizzuto for The Money Store
I'm a Mets fan, but what the hell, thought I'd post a Phil Rizzuto commercial for The Money Store, in light of his passing. I now realize th...
for the moneynever forgetphil rizzutostore
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/06/directors-cut-of-nikes-take-it-to-next.html
Adverganza: Director's cut of Nike's "Take it to the NEXT LEVEL"
Nike Football has made the wise decision to post a 3-minute director's cut (the director being Guy Ritchie) of the "Take It to the Next Leve...
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/11/adverganzas-monday-morning-picks-111008.html
Adverganza: Adverganza's Monday morning picks, 11.10.08
Wherein I scan the Monday morning headlines so you don't have to. From Advertising Age : -- Worldwide CD Bob Isherwood leaves Saatchi . -- L...
monday morningpicks
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/05/ditech-discovers-intelligent-life-on.html
Adverganza: Ditech discovers intelligent life on earth
I'm so glad that Ditech guy is out of a job. In a complete departure from its old advertising, the company, unbelievably a unit of General ...
intelligent lifeditechdiscoversearth
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/01/tribal-ddb-global-agency-of-year.html
Adverganza: Tribal DDB: global agency of the year. Discuss.
Maybe, unlike me, you're not someone who knows that it's kind of different for one of the ad trades to name a digital shop its Global Agency...
agency of the yeartribalddbglobaldiscuss
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/12/rothenberg-says-cmon-everybody-lets.html
Adverganza: Rothenberg says, "c'mon everybody let's simplify"
While I could have been at the Interactive Advertising Bureau audience measurement conference , or at the UBS Global Media Conference watc...
rothenbergsayscmoneverybody
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-if-synchronized-divers-blogged.html
Adverganza: What if synchronized divers blogged?
So, David Churbuck of Lenovo pointed o ut on Twitter this morning that the company is hosting blogs from 100 Olympic athletes . I did the...
what ifsynchronizeddiversblogged
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/05/lets-all-cheer-for-john-hodgman.html
Adverganza: Let's all cheer for John Hodgman
all cheerletjohnhodgman
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/05/honda-asimo-creeps-me-out.html
Adverganza: Honda ASIMO creeps me out
I've always found Honda's ASIMO robot to be exceedingly creepy. I think we're supposed to think he's cute. Here he is conducting the Detroi...
hondaasimocreeps
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/01/even-i-love-macbook-air.html
Adverganza: Even I love the MacBook Air
I'm not part of the Mac cult, but the MacBook Air. Cool. The commercial above, like the early demo ads for the iPhone, doesn't have to do m...
i loveevenmacbookair
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/06/sobe-life-water-makes-your-nipples.html
Adverganza: Sobe Life Water makes your nipples silky
I haven't made it a secret that I'm not a big fan of the Sobe Life Water campaign that manages to rips off not just one part of pop culture...
life watersobemakesnipplessilky
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/05/doves-retouched-fat-bottomed-girls.html
Adverganza: Dove's retouched, fat-bottomed girls
So retoucher quoted in The New Yorker says that those real women in the Dove ads were retouched. I guess I'm lukewarm on how big this cont...
doveretouchedfatbottomedgirls
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/
Adverganza: 2007
Everything you wanted to know about advertising and too much more
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/11/cnn-wants-you-on-its-live-page.html
Adverganza: CNN wants you on its live page
Found this ad linking to CNN's live stream of election coverage at The New York Post's site, of all places. Now, that's bi-partisan.
its livecnnwants
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/04/alter-egos-are-hot-and-at-got-some.html
Adverganza: Alter egos are hot and AT&T's got some
alter egoshot
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/01/tbwas-gerry-graf-to-saatchi-per-adweek.html
Adverganza: TBWA's Gerry Graf to Saatchi, per 'Adweek'
So, just got an email alert from Adweek that TBWA / Chiat /Day's Gerry Graf is going to Saatchi , presumably to replace Tony Granger who i...
tbwagerrygrafsaatchiper
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/05/tangerine-toad-revealed-doesnt-have.html
Adverganza: Tangerine Toad revealed, doesn't have orange skin
Some of us have been watching Tangerine Toad do a slow reveal over the last few months. First there was his picture on Twitter, which start...
tangerinetoadrevealedorangeskin
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2009/02/bbdos-eric-silver-going-to-ddb-is-only.html
Adverganza: BBDO's Eric Silver going to DDB is only part of the story
You may have seen the story at Adweek .com yesterday saying that BBDO executive cd Eric Silver had departed , supposedly heading to siste...
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/11/jerry-seinfeld-hand-signals-joys-of-h-p.html
Adverganza: Jerry Seinfeld hand-signals the joys of H-P
Above is the new Hewlett-Packard spot starring Jerry Seinfeld, the posting of which I'm timing perfectly to get in on the hype surrounding t...
jerry seinfeldhand signalsjoysp
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008_06_29_archive.html
Adverganza: 2008-06-29
Everything you wanted to know about advertising and too much more
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2009/10/marital-infidelity-now-appearing-on.html
Adverganza: Marital infidelity, now appearing on Sprint's Now Network
For reasons that escape me -- something to do with fatigue, I'm sure -- I ended up watching just a little "Desperate Housewives" last night...
now appearingmaritalinfidelitysprintnetwork
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/05/copyranter-tells-gawker-readers-about.html
Adverganza: Copyranter tells Gawker readers about the creative process
Click here if you want to see how Copyranter describes the creative process. It involves Snood, shooting pool and an art director who can "...
about thecopyrantertellsgawkerreaders
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/05/news-flash-people-like-online-recipes.html
Adverganza: News flash: people like online recipes
I really wouldn't want to be working at Time Inc. these days. Actually, having just run into someone who got laid off from there, leaving wi...
news flashlike onlinepeoplerecipes
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/09/this-just-in-from-azerbaijan-country.html
Adverganza: The Azerbaijanis are coming to Cannes
This just in from Azerbaijan: the country will be represented at next year's Cannes Advertising Festival, which "was opened in Azerbaijan af...
comingcannes
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/04/online-component-of-that-vw-campaign.html
Adverganza: The online component of that VW campaign
So, in case you missed it, VW is also running banners asking people to vote on what the people want as part of its new campaign. The current...
onlinecomponentvwcampaign
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/02/hyundai-super-bowl-spots-are-hyo-hyum.html
Adverganza: Hyundai Super Bowl spots are hyo-hyum
Find more videos like this on AdGabber Thought I'd take a look at the Hyundai Super Bowl spots, just because they're from Goodby, Silverste...
super bowlhyundaispotshyo
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/05/sears-spin-on-mothers-day.html
Adverganza: Sears' spin on Mother's Day
OK, here's the Mother's Day version of the new Sears campaign I posted about the other day . At least someone out there spent the time to pu...
spin onsearsmotherday
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/07/american-express-um-open-to-crispin.html
Adverganza: American Express, um, Open to Crispin
Quite intrigued to read that American Express has handed its Open account, targeted to small business, to Crispin , Porter + Bogusky , an a...
american expressopen toumcrispin
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/06/saatchi-doc-martens-scandal-kinda.html
Adverganza: Saatchi-Doc Martens scandal kinda obvious
OK. So far, I've refrained from saying something about the whole "Kurt Cobain and other dead rock stars wearing Doc Martens" fiasco , but I ...
doc martenssaatchiscandalkindaobvious
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/09/advertising-weeks-last-panel-hit-its.html
Adverganza: Advertising Week's last panel hit its target
I've had an obsession with Advertising Week attendance all last week and figured that maybe, as the last panel of the week, and, as one of i...
advertising weeklastpanelhittarget
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/06/whats-so-special-about-cadburys-gorilla.html
Adverganza: What's so special about Cadbury's "Gorilla"?
Most of you are probably over Cannes, and I am too, except that I never got to muse (I mean rant) about the perplexing choice of Cadbury's ...
so specialcadburygorilla
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/10/adverganzas-thursday-morning-picks_15.html
Adverganza: Adverganza's Thursday morning picks, 10.16.08
Wherein I scan the Thursday morning headlines so you don't have to: From Advertising Age : --Did you hear the stock market went down yester...
thursday morningpicks
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/04/doesnt-this-video-sell-all-wrong.html
Adverganza: Doesn't this video sell all the wrong products?
Still think this campaign does more to sell Glaceau VitaminWater , Geico car insurance and the Thriller rerelease than it does Sobe Lif...
this videosell allwrongproducts
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/07/links-to-seven-emmy-nominated.html
Adverganza: Sphere plus San Francisco equals Emmy nominee?
Shoot posted interviews this morning with the creatives on the seven commercials that have been nominated for Emmys this year, apparently ...
san franciscosphereplusequalsemmy
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2009/02/lee-garfinkelstrikes-back-defends.html
Adverganza: Lee Garfinkel strikes back, defends mustache
Woke up this morning thinking I should post some more thoughts in the Lee Garfinkel -gets-canned-for-Eric-Silver saga , because what struck ...
leestrikesbackdefendsmustache
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008_02_17_archive.html
Adverganza: 2008-02-17
Everything you wanted to know about advertising and too much more
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/08/rob-walker-doesnt-acknowledge-tribal.html
Adverganza: Rob Walker doesn't acknowledge Tribal DDB
One of the best ways to figure out where ad agencies rank in the grand scheme of things is to see if they are credited for work that is talk...
rob walkeracknowledgetribalddb
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/10/unilever-cant-have-its-vixen-and-decry.html
Adverganza: Unilever can't have its vixen and decry it too
OK, this was bound to happen. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has gotten on Unilever's case about the current campaign for Axe...
unilever
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/08/free-credit-report-home-page-same-as-it.html
Adverganza: Free Credit Report home page same as it ever was
Been curious ever since the kerfuffle broke out on Monday about the non-free- ness of freecreditreport .com about whether there would be an...
free credit reporthome page
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/10/great-freecreditreportcom-cgm-contest.html?showComment=1224244920000
Adverganza: Great ... a freecreditreport.com CGM contest
So, if you're hard up, you can enter freecreditreport.com's submit your own video contest and win $15,000. But you'd have to be really hard ...
greatcgmcontest
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/09/business-20-dies-we-get-on-with-our.html
Adverganza: 'Business 2.0' dies; we get on with our lives
Well, social networking ain't everything. Or at least it wasn't enough to save Business 2.0, which received its death notice last night and ...
get onbusinessdies
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/10/intel-outside-of-tv-box.html
Adverganza: Intel, outside of the (TV) box
We all are accustomed to hearing that clients are shifting money to online, but what separated Stuart Elliott's ad column today in The New Y...
of theinteloutsidetvbox
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-this-lost-weekend-or-clueless.html
Adverganza: Is this "Lost Weekend" or "Clueless Weekend"?
Thank Tim Nudd over at AdFreak for noticing the unfortunate connection between this Hennessy ad touting a 90-second online film called "Th...
lost weekendclueless
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/07/energizer-ad-reminds-me-of-cliff.html
Adverganza: Energizer ad reminds me of Cliff Freeman
I've no idea how old/new this commercial is, but more than a little reminiscent of an old campaign that Cliff Freeman did for Philips light ...
energizeradremindsclifffreeman
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/07/axe-spot-is-misogynist-masterpiece.html
Adverganza: Axe spot is misogynist masterpiece
I know you couldn't objectify women to a greater extent than is found in this spot for Axe Detailer, some newfangled thing that gets the dir...
axespotmisogynistmasterpiece
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008/05/good-god-not-agency-30.html
Adverganza: Good God! Not Agency 3.0!
So, a couple of my friends on Twitter were going on this morning about an agency that plans to call itself Agency 3.0 and is underwritten b...
good godagency
https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2007/08/hellmans-in-search-of-real-traffic.html
Adverganza: Hellman's: In search of real traffic
For the first time last night saw the new TV campaign for Hellman's Mayonnaise, which positions the Best Foods brand as real food under the ...
in search ofhellmanrealtraffic