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Ad of the Day: iRobot
Remember the Roomba? The iRobot-made mini-hovercraft-slash-vacuum, which has somehow already been in existence for a decade, is back with a vengeance thanks to a $10 million ad campaign across print,...
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Is Dissolvable Packaging the Next Big Thing in Food Marketing?
I'm a busy guy. Always in a rush. On the move. Places to be. Stuff to do. Got no time. Not for commas. Or complete sentences. Enter MonoSol, a company that makes water-soluble packaging for instant...
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Publicis Posts 13% Hike in Q1 Revenue
Publicis Groupe reported a 13 percent increase in first-quarter revenue, to $1.90 billion, thanks to strength in its digital activities and emerging markets. However, the Paris-based holding company...
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Hot Fireman Shows the Ladies How to Make a Sauza Margarita
Super-manly spokesmen have been proliferating ever since the Old Spice guy first started yammering in his bath towel. The genre is getting pretty thin, but Sauza tequila comes up with a new recipe for...
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Smart Car Is So Responsive, You Can Play Pong With It
Here's a brilliant little outdoor stunt by BBDO Germany for Smart Car. To emphasize that the vehicle is both responsive and fun—the latter not being a quality that's really associated with the...
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Trailer Mash 04-20-12
Are you female and between the age of 55 and 70? Do you like dogs? Do you wonder why they don't make films like The Big Chill anymore? Do you think dogs don't get enough love? Do you think that...
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Blue Diamond Growers Taps Creative Shop
The San Francisco office of Young & Rubicam has added some nuts to its account roster. Blue Diamond Growers, the Sacramento, Calif.-based cooperative behind Blue Diamond Almonds, Nut Thins...
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Ad in Target Circular Either Photoshopped or Features an Alien
Photoshop fails can range from annoying to awesome. Here's one for the latter pile—a Target circular with a dad who appears to have one too many appendages. The best part is the wife's face—it's like...
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Is There More to This 'Avengers' Teaser Than Meets the Eye?
When is a fun little teaser something more? When it's Robert Downey Jr. and Nathan Fillion cross-promoting the upcoming Marvel superhero flick The Avengers and ABC's cop drama Castle. Why are these...
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Ad of the Day: Doritos
Is there any other product as invested in its own awesomeness as Doritos? I sure hope not, because that would probably result in some kind of world war. The brand's latest spot (from Goodby,...
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Burt's Bees Gets Nature to Sing in Earth Day Ad
That coconut has a great beat, and I can really dance to it. And those almonds are in a groove. Is that dubstep? For several years, Burt's Bees has used Earth Day—which is this Sunday—as a way to tout...
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VeryFunnyAds.com: Renault Dacia Knows the Cycle of Life
VeryFunnyAds.com has posted a load of new ads recently, including one particularly fun commercial—Publicis Conseil's 2009 "Circle" spot for Renault Dacia. Shot and narrated in a humorous monotone,...
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Ad of the Day: Old Spice
Tis the season for a little unexpected star power in commercials. Apple provided it last week by putting Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson in its latest iPhone spots. Now, Old Spice features a...
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PETA Ads With 'Hot' Women Could Run on Baltimore Fire Trucks
For those of you who don't follow Baltimore city politics (I live here, so I'm going to share my pain with you), city councilman William "Pete" Welch, best known around town for living off his...
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34 Apple Commercials Starring Celebrities
In our review of Apple's new iPhone spots with Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson, we said the company doesn't often use celebrities. Technically, that's true—the vast majority of its ads are...
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Ikea Now Building Home-Theater Systems Right Into Its Furniture
Ikea is on a roll. On the heels of its groovy banner ad, which fit 2,800 clickable products into a 300-by-250-pixel box, the Swedish furniture retailer is now set to revolutionize the home-theater...
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Moat Raises $12 Million To Beef Up Online Ad Analytics
If you were wondering just how important online advertising analytics will be as digital media continues to evolve, look no further than Moat’s $12 million Series B funding round announced this...
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iVillage Gamifies Publishing with iVillage Rewards
From check-in apps to social TV campaigns, companies and brands love handing out badges as a back-pat for user engagement. But do users even care for a digital version of the gold stars they’d earn in...
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