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Archive for the ‘Advertising’ Category

Blank is like Blank

Fill in the blank has never really been that fun for me until I stumbled on “Blank is like Blank” a blog by copywriter Justin Feinstein. [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, August 1st, 2008

Categories: Advertising, Fun | No Comments »

Charlie’s 15 minutes of Flame

We just sent our summer newsletter and all the prime cuts are going fast. Hopefully you have a copy of the newsletter in your inbox but if you don [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Categories: Advertising, IBC | No Comments »

Creative Juicing

  So, just how do you get a really great creative idea for that next DM piece? Juice it. But is it organic? (via Liquid Treat)

Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 6th, 2008

Categories: Advertising, Design, Fun | No Comments »

Land of the Free

Rachael Ray has in recent months been the face of Dunkin Doughnuts promoting the brand in different campaigns. Recently one of her online ads came un [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, May 30th, 2008

Categories: Advertising, Pop Culture | No Comments »

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How much wiggle room you got?

A bunch of funny commercials for a car dealership that may, unfortunately ring a little too true for anyone who’s been car shopping anytime ove [...]

Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Categories: Advertising | 1 Comment »

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HEMA: a retailer who isn’t overly serious

It is so seldom I see a corporate or retailer website that makes me laugh anymore. Everyone seems to take themselves so seriously these days. Not HEM [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Categories: Advertising, Fun, Interactive, Marketing, Websites | No Comments »

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Do the Test

This ad isn’t something that hasn’t been done before, but is quite effective nonetheless. As design professionals, you’d think we&# [...]

Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 14th, 2008

Categories: Advertising | No Comments »

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Code Branding

I’ve blogged about Code commenting before. I like it. It makes me smile. Sometimes people leave jokes, or witty comments their code which bring [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Categories: Advertising, Interactive, Technology | No Comments »

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Faceblocking

Much has been made of Facebook Privacy lately. Basically Facebook owns has access to all your personal information and rights to use, sell or otherwi [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Categories: Advertising, Fun, Learning, Websites | No Comments »

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Terrific Viral Campaign for Breaking Bad

My friend Colin sent me a link to this website with a post title “Mark Busse is a slacker”. My first thought was, “Busted — someo [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Categories: Advertising, Fun, Interactive, Marketing, Websites | 2 Comments »

Coquitlam Kwik-E-Mart

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Unless you’ve been living in a cave or without your daily internets (heaven forbid!), you probably already know about the 7-11 stores across the [...]

Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Categories: Advertising, Film, Marketing, Vancouver | No Comments »

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Marketing vs Branding Joke

An oldie but a goodie we used to tell potential clients about the difference between marketing, PR, advertising, and branding. The only thing I might [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Categories: Advertising, Branding, Fun, Marketing | No Comments »

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The Best Place for Dead Animals

Check out this amazing video showing how even experienced advertising creatives can be manipulated using subliminal cues.

Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, June 11th, 2007

Categories: Advertising, Marketing | No Comments »

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Lost in…France

Recently while in France I did a double take when I saw an ad for Nespresso featuring George Clooney. Stars selling their image (souls) out for big b [...]

Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Categories: Advertising, Film, Travel | No Comments »

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Oops

When designing for print, being millitant about typos and other errors is critical, but then in the heat of the usual panic to get things delivered o [...]

Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Categories: Advertising, Design, Marketing | No Comments »