I Saw Andy Richter Working for a Pest Control Company by Dave Dabbah of DriveThirst

You know the economy has slowed when you see Andy Richter working for a pest control company.
I should say I was on a long run the other day and towards the end of the run I came across a house which was undergoing a standard pest control review. The Andy in question was using a [...]

BIG BRANDS LiKE AT&T Can Have Fun Too

Big Brands Can Have Fun Too – by Dave Dabbah of www.drivethirst.com
 
One of my favorite things about marketers and ad execs today is the recognition that Humor works in advertising and marketing programs. 
 
A few year’s back I ran a black sheep campaign which promoted an email marketing brand.   Using a Black Sheep campaign [...]

AD Review: Don’t be a Duel Bag, stay out of the Dog House. J.C. Penny’s does a brilliant job with their www.bewareofthedoghouse.com

Before we dive into the review of the dog house lets get the credits out of the way. To start I’d like to give credit to team over at Saatchi & Saatchi and the execs and Penny’s for rolling this commercial out. The commercial was actually directed by the Emmy award winning Bryan Buckley.  If [...]

How Are Cabbage Kids and MY HDTV Similar?

 
Well it finally happened, my HDTV decided it wanted to relive the 1950’s and now has one of the finest black and white pictures ever.  Actually I should say it had one of the finest Black and White pictures until the following happened:
 

I read how easy it is to replace a color wheel “on [...]

Will Michael Jordan roll out a new line of shoes called Grounded?

 
Well some of the biggest news of the week actually came from the Wall Street Journal and it had nothing to do with business.  We’ve been told that years ago Michael Jordan lost in a 1 on 1 basketball game to a mutual fund exec. 
 
Actually, I’ve heard several of these rumors over the years. Well [...]

The New B2B – Bribe 2 Blog

A few day’s ago I came across a blog which Bribes you to Blog. Now this is a legit software company which has decided that every 5 blog posts = a free t-shirt.  
  
I’m wondering if we have entered into a new era in blogging or is this just a blip on the radar. I can tell you in [...]

The Drive Thru Marketer Says – Let’ Talk Raw Politics – Obama v McCain

                                
So I was sitting in a Carls JR drive-thru the other day. They changed the menu on me and I actually had a hard time finding the classic, “Western Bacon Cheeseburger Combo Meal.”  I found this be rather ironic as I was listening to John McCain rant about Joe The Plumber.  What was this all about, why had Sam, [...]