At least it got some attention and discussion to the issue.

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Now, you can have a little sigh at the lovely sentiment in that story and if you hold on to that feeling you can look at this advert with the same starry eyes.

(The fact that no love can ever ever be bought with diamonds is by-the-by. I would have preferred it if he used his jars to make hugs and kisses, but I suppose they are not very profitable, heheh)

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Ambit is a solid company with a top notch management team.  Now available in 3 of 18 states currently deregulated, Ambit is poised to garner a substantial piece of the natural gas and electric market. 

Customers love Ambit Energy as it saves money on the electric and natural gas bills, as much as 20%.  Ambit also offers reward points which are redeemable for exciting vacation packages.  Points are accumulated based on monthly electric and/or natural gas usage.   There is NO LONG TERM CONTRACT.  For more information, dial 866-834-8707.

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Sarò anche fissato con gli spot di questi benedetti profumi, ma  che ci posso fare sono (quasi) tutti così intriganti…

Lei qui è proprio la numero uno, ma non solo qui!

A natale regalate profumi? io no! :) lo giuro!

nicolò

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You may visit my Company website www.eneuron.in www.eneuronsoft.com www.eneuronweb.com www.eneuronseo.com

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http://www.straightwheels.com/

Wheel Fix It is the name of the company and the owner is just about the nicest business man I’ve met in a long time. I may even run an ad for them on my site - just for fun. Hee hee… like that will do them any good…

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Artware Editions specializes in functional objects and furniture designed by artists. These objects can vary greatly in medium and function having in common two central themes: utility, and strong visual and conceptual connections to the artists’ larger bodies of work.

merry merry by Marilyn Minter (2007)
die-cut self-adhesive vinyl sticker
tree: 58 1/2 x 48 inches
star: 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
four separate ornaments: varying sizes
unlimited edition
$180

Nana by Lisa Yuskavage (2005)
polyester curtain with plastic shower curtain rings
67 x 75 inches
edition of 300
$1,500

beach/bath towel by Jeff Koons (2007)
100% cotton
60 x 70 inches
limited edition
$50 

Related MadSilence post: Making my list…checking it twice 

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As my friend and I left, the only question I had on my mind was, “why didn’t the studio do a tie-in with Hot Pockets?” Like… free tickets… or a special “Human” flavor. Yum.

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It’s an incredibly trite observation (triggered by an experience the other day), but we have similar trade offs in the world of P4P.

Last Friday I played poker so went with my poker face on.

Last week I was at the Edinburgh Leisure bash. I copied Pete’s “sticking beer caps on your head” trick.

But he’s much better at it.

And he’s even better at the Spock trick…

Tuesday was the SEX Party (Self Employed Xmas). We got the papparazi along.

Last night was 60 Watt’s do.

I work with these people!

But I was still thinking Hard.

Is it any wonder I’m cream crackered?

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Ok, maybe it’s irony.

Maybe, schmaybe.

I think not…

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But the landing page for the Miramax ads brings you to a page that displays the other award-winning movies that are potential Oscar candidates, including “No Country for Old Men.” The message on this page isn’t so much as to see the movie, but to be convinced that these movies should win awards. Clearly, Miramax is looking to spread some PR about how their line-up of movies should get Oscar nods this year by displaying pay-per-click ads.

Who said that corporate America wasn’t looking at pay-per-click ads as a way of spreading their brand messaging?

Here is what the landing page looks like when you click on the PPC campaign.

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Country Crock

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Location Description: >Bathroom Back Wall Under Mirror Above Sink

Price Per Week: >$2.50 per Week

Slot Description: >1 Slot Under Mirror Above Sink

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Gatorade gives audience an early look at Super Bowl ads - USATODAY.com
Pre-game advertising in the NFL’s Super Bowl used to mean buying a cheaper ad slot in the hours leading up to the game. This year it means promoting the pricey ads in the months leading up to the Feb. 3 ad fest on Fox.

Starting Thursday, Gatorade gives a sneak peek at their Super Bowl ads featuring sports stars Derek Jeter and Dwayne Wade.

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I’ve noticed two executions today that sparked my interest, some very strange looking Audi TT posters on “I Believe in Advertising“. Here’s just one of the two ads coming from Italy (DDB), image from the blog linked earlier:

Audi TT - Welcome on board.

The graphics might make your head feel like a frisbee and at most you can relate them to those things made by the kind of people that feature in CR with their board designs, album art and so on. The whole thing about snowboarding is having a board that looks cool when you ride it, when you’re stationary and when you’re taking a picture with it. I never went skiing in my life so I wouldn’t know but the ultimate goal of a snowboard is to make its owner proud, most designs being easily recognised by those passionate about this kind of thing. You can picture two blokes in a film saying ‘Did you see Ellie? She got herself a Salomon‘ - ‘Yeah mate, I’ve noticed, shame really, she was so hot‘. Yeah, like that! Your board just becomes more important than you when your name isn’t famous.

I had to mention all this about snowboarding and boards and whatnot because the Audi TT Quattro is “known to be the one preferred by snowboarders. These two ads were planned only for snowboarding magazines. “

Excuse me? Really? I’m a bit in doubt about a few things here:

1. Yes, we know snowboarding is an expensive sport if you’re not privileged enough to have been born in France, Austria, northern Italy and the Alps, anywhere in Norway or near a decent slope, meaning about 85% of Europe that was unfortunate so targetting these ads towards boarders makes some sense. All these exotic locations are expensive for those that don’t live in any of the countries mentioned, chances are even if your country has a few locations, they are either rubbish or will damage your board. Or it just so happens that there’s no snow one given year and you’re screwed.
2. Since I’ve been snowboarding I haven’t noticed anyone with an Audi carrying their snowboarding equipment because Audi is a posh car, snowboarding is a rough sport. It’s not all glamorous neon pink suits and goggles shining in pictures. People reading snowboarding magazines know that. “Elbows are red, ankles are blue, three hours of make-up will probably do” (source) - it’s like that, you see. You can afford to buy an Audi but dragging it up all the way to the slope will make you feel bad about torturing it and you’ll have to stuff your things in the car sa it’s not that big on the inside.
3. No, I haven’t been going to cheap ass resorts just for the record.
4. People who can afford a board with graphics like those in the ad (about £500 for your boots, board and bindings) and holidays can probably afford an Audi (About £33,000) but as I said earlier, Italy seems to have an interesting take on advertising and consumer insights. Very much like France I’d say. Given we’re only talking about snowboarding magazines in Italy it seems odd. I know they’re into expensive cars and luxury is by far more important in Italy than it is in the UK but this is taking it a bit too far. It doesn’t make sense, why make an ad only for Italy then? Audi isn’t for sale only in Italy.
   
5. The moment you buy an Audi and take it to the slope you’re no longer a snowboarder, you’re a poser. It’s just a tag that you’ll never get rid of, unless everyone else in the parking lot owns an Audi, a Porsche, a Volvo XC90 and so on. Then I’ll take my words back!

It just feels as if they’re saying “Look, we made this Audi just for you, because you’re a snowboarder. We even made you ads to go with it. Will you please like it, please?“

Is Italy that different from the rest of the world?

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New Audi TT. Attractive power.Advertising Agency: DDb Milan, Italy

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ABC Family is really good. Great programming and it probably owns 75% of my viewing time, at least the time I am not watching movies. So being such an avid watcher I have noticed a disturbing trend over the last months. They have begun to run ad units within the show taking up a solid 1/3 of the viewing space! These ads, much like those Google announced for their YouTube model are extremely distracting.

Now I’ll admit I have a Media Center with dual tuners. I time shift almost everything I watch and skip commercials - I am part of the problem, but let’s be clear. They did not reduce the volume of ads running in the time slot. In fact a full 20 minutes, minimum, run every hour. That is 1 minute for every 2 minutes of viewing! Can you imagine if they broke it up in that way?!

I am a marketer by profession. I love this stuff. I love commercials that are compelling, entertaining and educational, but the problem is that most aren’t. They lack value to the consumer. Moreover they are not a performance based ad unit. They are very passive and the metrics of measurement are skewed every which way. The problem is the advertising revenue model is broken and who is left holding the bag? The consumer.

This rant is a cry out for help. If you have the resources and want to create a great new business then please dot com Web 2.0 company, please redefine the business of advertising to be one that does not continue to inch more and more into our shows. I don’t mind product placement, but make it contextually relevant. Make it so I am engaged as a consumer.

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Missouri Press is hosting a reception at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City on Wednesday, February 20 for political candidates to meet with Missouri newspaper publishers, editors and advertising managers. If you would like to attend please RSVP to Kristie Williams or call 573-449-4167.

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So, those of you who have this habit, try to quit it.

Beach:

Love:

Football:

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Notícias generalistas são um commodity. Bom para o artigo do Contraponto que eu dizia que era uma cagada o Correio da Paraíba fechar o conteúdo.

Propaganda via wap, no celular, vai rodar dinheiro no ano que vem. Estamos esperando.

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But I would like to post a link to post a video of one of my all-time favorite commercials. It’s simple, the copy is brilliant, and it gets right to the core of the product:

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It’s kind of a crappy snippet but it’s the best I could find.

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MediaPost Publications - Baskin-Robbins Modernizes Web Site For Today’s Moms - 12/21/2007
BASKIN-ROBBINS HAS GIVEN ITS WEB site a fresh, up-to-date revamp, creating an immersive and interactive online experience for its target audience–Moms ages 25 to 54 with children ages 2 to 14. PR will support the site’s relaunch as well as an e-mail to the more than one million Baskin-Robbins Birthday Club members in 2008.

BaskinRobbins.com has been restructured to be more user-friendly and to coincide with the brand’s evolving and modernized look. The site was created by Baskin-Robbins interactive agency of record, Studiocom.

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La Vie En Rose is a full-color bimonthly magazine devoted entirely to Lolita fashion. If you don’t know what Lolita fashion is, a quick summary of it would be “a Japanese street fashion becoming popular around the world that involves wearing modest, high-quality clothing with roots in Japanese street fashion and the Victorian, Edwardian and Baroque ages.”

This magazine is the only english printed magazine aimed towards western lolita’s which is produced outside of Japan. This is the type of market that my magazine is aiming towards, and this shows that there actually would be a market for it in the first place. They break even on every magazine they produce, but sadly, the magazine is having to stop printing, due to finacial difficulties.

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He runs Federated Media, which is the advertising agency to many of the world’s top bloggers. He runs the Web 2.0 summit. He wrote a famous book about Google. He started the Industry Standard. And has done a few other things. Blogs here.

I visited earlier this week and met him for a fun conversation. Topic? His annual predictions for the tech industry which are pretty darn accurate.

We also talk about Federated Media and advertising trends for blogs.

Great conversation, if you’re a blogger who fancies making money with your blogging (or other media, for that matter) you’ll want to listen to this one.

Regarding the cell phone comment, I’ve been playing with putting my interviews live via my cell phone on Qik, but here it didn’t work very well because the cell phone service sucks where Federated Media’s offices are.

Federated Media does the advertising for Boing Boing, TechCrunch, Dooce, and many other popular bloggers and media developers.

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A summary of the good, the bad and the whatever:

My client needed a great shot to submit for a housing design competition and show. Only problem was, the house wasn’t ready due to the cold weather and various construction delays. It was also a muddy worksite in December in Portland, and as you know, not the nicest weather. Yet the deadline loomed. Shot the grass at the park next to my daughter’s school and the bushes came f