Kenneth Cole Twitter Account Makes Cringeworthy 'Boots On The Ground' Tweet...
Popular shoe designer Kenneth Cole has waded into controversy on Twitter with a tweet that appears to be using the possibility of U.S. military intervention in Syria to sell shoes:The tweet appeared on...
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleHere's Why Privacy Groups Want The FTC To Block Facebook's New Rules
Six consumer privacy groups sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday urging the FTC not to allow Facebook to implement the privacy disclosure changes it proposed in response to its...
View ArticleFacebook Wants Creative Control Over Its Upcoming Autoplay Video Ads — And...
Facebook wants creative control over the first set of autoplay video ads that will run in your news feed, according to Ad Age. That has some clients balking.It's hard enough to get clients to approve...
View ArticleFacebook Still Isn't Ready To Launch Its Video Ad Product [THE BRIEF]
Good morning!. Here's what you need to know today:Facebook is once again pushing back the launch of its video ad product due to user experience concerns, Ad Age reports. The social network had secured...
View ArticleRuby Tuesday Gets Dirty With 'Fun Between The Buns' Campaign
Ruby Tuesday's latest ad campaign is drawing attention to the "hot, buttery" buns used in a new line of pretzel cheeseburgers by encouraging customers to have #FunBetweenTheBuns.The casual dining...
View ArticleThe 50 Best Brands To Follow On Twitter
Nearly every major brand is on Twitter.With thousands of major brands on the social network, it can be difficult to drown out the noise and figure out who to follow. We chose some of the best brands to...
View ArticleYou're Not Going To Want To Miss Elon Musk At IGNITION
Is a 42-year-old serial entrepreneur already the greatest tech god since Steve Jobs? Or maybe ever? Thousands of Quora up-voters think so. And we won’t disagree.Extreme entrepreneurialism is what the...
View ArticleLAST CHANCE: Tell Us Who Are The Most Powerful Women In Mobile Advertising
Today is the deadline for nominations in our annual ranking of the most powerful women in mobile advertising. We recently ranked the most powerful executives in mobile advertising, and the list turns...
View ArticleHere's How Vogue Is Doing Against Its Rivals In The Fight For Fashion Ads
Though the nation's news magazines have been plagued by a steady decline in advertising sales in recent years, new data from marketing analysis firm MediaRadar suggests that women's fashion magazines...
View Article23 Ridiculously Unfortunate Ad Placements
No matter how well-intentioned an ad is, its message can be totally foiled based on its placement. We've already shown you the worst online ad placements ever— which includes ads for the "Dead Like Me"...
View ArticleTexas Sign Company Makes Awful Decal Depicting Woman Tied Up In The Back Of A...
Here's some viral advertising gone wrong.An ad company in Waco, Texas that makes decals for trucks thought it would be a good move to make one that depicts a woman tied up in the back of a pickup...
View ArticleDunkin' Donuts Made A TV Commercial Out Of One Vine [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Dunkin' Donuts will debut the first TV ad made entirely from a Vine during tonight's Monday Night Football broadcast. Adweek reports, "The...
View ArticleEmily White Has The Large Task Of Turning A Zero-Revenue Business For...
If Instagram had a Chief Operating Officer, it'd be Emily White. White, 35, worked for Facebook and joined Instagram in April, nearly one year after the ~ $1 billion acquisition. She is Instagram's...
View ArticleApple Is Nearly Doubling Its Design Team To Make Better Ads
Apple will nearly double the size of its in-house marketing design team, according to a report from Ann-Christine Diaz at Ad Age.The company is adding between 200 and 300 new creatives to a team...
View ArticleMcDonald's Is Testing A Family-Sized Value Meal
McDonald's is testing a family-sized meal package. The Blitz Box contains two Quarter Pounders with cheese, two medium french fries, and 20 Chicken McNuggets, reports Burger Business. The meal, which...
View ArticleThere's A Breaking Bad Meth Lab Toy Set And LEGO Wants Nothing To Do With It
LEGO does not want to be associated with a lookalike brick toy set that recreates a meth lab from AMC's hit drama "Breaking Bad."Citizen Brick already sold out of the $250 Superlab Playset— complete...
View ArticleAn Indy Filmmaker Created This Awesome Ad To Convince Young People To Buy A...
Skateboards, American flags, and American flag bikinis aren't standard in Mercedes-Benz commercials, but they're all over a new ad from filmmaker Casey Neistat.Then again, the CLA-Class isn't a...
View ArticleThis Ad Campaign Convinced 100,000 People To Stop Smoking Forever
The federal government is calling its first national tobacco education ad campaign a rousing success.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today that its three-month "Tips From Former...
View ArticleMotorola's New Ads Say Your Smartphone Is Lazy
One day before Apple's highly anticipated September product announcement, Motorola rolled out a new series of television commercials for the Moto X.The three spots, which are currently on YouTube and...
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