Microsoft Steals A Line From An iPhone Commercial In Its New Ad Bashing...
Microsoft released a new ad for the Nokia Lumia 1020 that continues with its favorite advertising strategy: Bashing iPhone and Samsung fanboys."The Recital" is a sequel to "The Wedding," a funny spot...
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This Is What The Massive Growth Of Mobile Media Consumption Means For The...
Mobile-centric social networks, mobile video companies, and location based services are well positioned to see the biggest benefits from the massive shift in consumer media consumption and usage...
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Actor In Samsung Promo Explains On Reddit Why It Was So Bad
When it comes to Samsung's ads and promotional material, the creative is either really good or really bad.A Redditor recently posted a Samsung promo video for the 840 EVO solid-state hard drive...
View ArticleRed Bull Finally Figured Out Instagram Video With This Daredevil's...
The social media powerhouse behind Red Bull's marketing finally broke through with an Instagram video yesterday with this adrenaline-pumping clip from Russian daredevil Valery Rosoz's 23,688-foot...
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Adidas' Unusual Approach To Designing Products
TEN years ago sportswear-makers were cramming ever more features and futuristic designs into their products. They were convinced that the consumer bought, say, training shoes based on their technical...
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Fox Already Sold 85% Of Its Super Bowl Ads
The NFL season hasn't even started yet, but Fox Sports has already sold 85% of its Super Bowl ad slots, according to Bruce Horovitz at USA Today.Horovitz reports that Fox Sports expects that figure to...
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Gap Jeans Are Actually Cool For The First Time In Years
Gap jeans are actually cool again. Gap Inc. announced second-quarter profits were up a staggering 25% yesterday, driven by an increase in sales at its namesake brand, up a 6% from a year earlier.Gap...
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Kia Made Its Dancing Hamsters Lose Weight And Get Hipster Haircuts
Kia is bringing back its famous dancing hamsters for an ad that will premiere during the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday.But they're getting a new look. Kia and ad agency David & Goliath have the...
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The Truth About Marissa Mayer: An Unauthorized Biography
On the morning of Thursday, July 12, 2012, Yahoo’s interim CEO, Ross Levinsohn, still believed he was going to be named permanent CEO of the company.He had just one meeting to go.That meeting was a...
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Lexus Joins In On Ben Affleck Batman Bashing On Twitter
Ever since word spread that Warner Brothers had picked Ben Affleck to star in the new "Batman" movie, the Twitterverse has exploded with various opinions of people (and things) that would be a...
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Corporate Executives Think These Are The 10 Best Brands In America
A report released Tuesday by brand consulting firm CoreBrand found that soft drink stalwarts Coca-Cola and Pepsi are America's most respected brands among a group of 10,000 vice-president level...
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You're Building WHAT? Shocking Your Way To Startup Success
Lulu, Rap Genius, and Bang With Friends are shocking, controversial -- and their founders are all speaking at Business Insider's Startup Conference in October.Together the three companies have raised...
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Here's How Jaguar Made An Awesome Ad For Its Powerful New Sedan
You may have seen Jaguar's new ad for its powerful XFR-S Sedan.It revolves around a simple concept: The 550-horsepower (!) XFR-S skids and slides, drawing the Jaguar logo with its tread marks.It's hard...
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There's A Major Shift From TV To Digital Video Ad Spending
Bad news for the TV industry.After polling 5,000 advertising executives attending the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Digital Content NewFronts, the IAB found that 75% of U.S. senior executives plan...
View ArticleBefore 'Breaking Bad' Bryan Cranston Was In A Lot Of Awesome Commercials
A few weeks ago, we brought you some old awesome commercials featuring "Breaking Bad" actor Aaron Paul.While stumbling upon old Juicy Fruit and Corn Pops commercials, we came across an old Carnation...
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Tumblr Gave Twitter A Run For Its Money Engaging With VMA Watchers [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Data firm Union Metrics says that Tumblrheld its own against Twitter during Sunday night’s Video Music Awards. The firm said that nearly as many...
View ArticleMercedes 'Not Amused' With Spec Ad Showing A C-Class Running Over Young Adolf...
Mercedes is "not amused" with an "inappropriate" viral student spec ad that shows a C-Class stalking a young Hitler through the streets of Austria before running the boy over.The copy reads “detects...
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This Is The Amazon Ad That Scared The Crap Out Of Apple's Top Executives...
On November 22, 2010, at 7:55 PM, Apple's Senior Vice President of marketing, Phil Schiller, blasted an email to top Apple executives. He had just seen an ad from Amazon, and he was not happy.He...
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What It Looked Like When 22,000 Outdoor Ads Were Replaced With Beautiful...
Last week, 22,000 outdoor advertisements on billboards, bus shelters, and metro stations were replaced with reproductions of popular artworks in the UK.The project, Art Everywhere, was created by...
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GM Is Buying Super Bowl Ads Again, After Calling It An Unjustifiable Expense...
After snubbing Super Bowl ads as an unjustifiable expense in 2013, GM will be shelling out millions to appear in the commercial breaks of 2014's big game."We understand the reach the Super Bowl...
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