04 2008 February
Notes From the Twitterbowl: The Top 3 Strategic Super Bowl Ads
Last night during the big game, I joined a large group of marketing and social media types to share some live thoughts about the Super...
Read Now28 2008 January
Ironweed Films and The Secret of Repackaging That Works
Would you join a book of the month club? How about taking the packaged tour to see the sights at a new travel destination instead...
Read Now09 2007 October
The Gun Is In The Wrong Hand
When you watch a film, do you notice which hand the character on screen is holding the gun in? And if you do, would you...
Read Now25 2007 September
Influential Marketing Blog Featured in Wall Street Journal
Many of you may have already caught this yesterday, but this blog was cited in the Recommended Reading section of the Wall Street Journal yesterday...
Read Now15 2007 August
Branding the Subcontinent: India's Inspiring 60th Anniversary Celebration
Today is India’s 60th Anniversary of Independence and there is lots of discussion on Indian blogs about the significance of this day and what it...
Read Now09 2007 July
The Complete Gallery Of Simpsons Movie Marketing
In what may go down in history as one of the biggest integrated movie marketing efforts in the history of Hollywood, the pre-promotion for the...
Read Now07 2007 July
Live Earth Includes DC, Thanks To The Native Americans
Today might be the largest simultaneous social marketing event ever staged – as Live Earth concerts light up stadium stages on 7.5 stages on 7...
Read Now27 2007 June
Hellmann's Takes Search For "Real Food" Into Blogosphere
Today the Wall Street Journal published a piece about our upcoming branded entertainment campaign that we are officially launching tomorrow for Hellmann’s in partnership with...
Read Now14 2007 June
Shell Has Eureka Moment, But Sends Wrong Message
Good advertising is based on insights … a singular idea or truth that gets to the heart of a product or brand. The trouble with...
Read Now18 2007 April
The Indian Film Festival, Permanence and the Internet
Last night I had the chance to attend the opening of the Indian Film Festival here in LA, which opened with a film called Provoked...
Read Now02 2007 March
Our (Packed) Event Calendar for March and April
It’s a sunny day in DC, the office is hot as spring seems headed toward us here on the east coast. And as everyone knows,...
Read Now21 2007 February
Jaman and The New Global Niche
Ethnicity has always been an appealing niche for foreign language newspapers and magazines to local cable television programs. Restaurants, churches and temples are all centers...
Read Now19 2007 February
Blockbuster Poaches Netflix Customers with "President's Day Pardon"
Netflix has always focused on innovation with everything from their award winning user interface to the longstanding Netflix Prize. Aside from technical innovation, they have...
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