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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 https://adverganza.blogspot.com/2008_11_16_archive.html 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