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The Wonderful World of Lilly Pulitzer

“It all started 50ish years ago with a simple shift dress in Palm Beach, Florida” (Herald Online, 2013). Well, not quite… It actually started 80ish years ago when Lillian McKim was born in Farmington, Connecticut. And what a beginning it … Continue reading

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What do companies do when consumers are #notbuyingit?

It’s all about leveraging the power of consumer engagement, right? From the opening pages of Brand Media Strategy to the Effie Award-winning Old Spice campaign to our evaluations of the integration of respective brands, 541 has focused significantly on engaging … Continue reading

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The Masters of Communications Program at the Annenberg School for Journalism and Communications at the University of Southern California focuses on teaching its students how organizations and people communicate. Language is the basis of communications and language is consistently evolving. … Continue reading

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Salad Dressing Just Got Steamy

Salad dressing just got steamy, sexy and sensual. Last week, Kraft introduced their new “Let’s Get Zesty” ad campaign for it’s Italian dressing. It features a hot guy cooking over an outdoor grill and it’s full of sexual innuendos, take … Continue reading

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And here’s the pitch!

There I was, sitting in the barber’s chair getting a haircut the other day, when I overheard a couple of guys raving about some of the new commercials that are running promoting the start of baseball season, especially those highlighting … Continue reading

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What! Spying on my friends just got easier?!

Hi, my name is Melinda and I am addicted to Facebook. Source :www.addiction-treatment.com I really am. I check my newsfeed as soon as I wake up, when I get to work, countless times during the day and sometimes if I … Continue reading

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Ideas That Stick – Beyonce & Pepsi

On April 3rd, Beyonce posted a cryptic announcement on her YouTube page stating she would be making an important announcement on April 4th, 2013, at 9:13 A.M., with the hashtag “beyherenow.”  Little was known about what she would be announcing, … Continue reading

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Now I Want Pringles

Branded entertainment. Situational advertising. Product placement. – They are integrated marketing attempts to embed advertising within content.  Just over a decade ago the media was reporting on its rise and unlimited options (“The times they are a-changin’,” 2004), and now … Continue reading

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Design for Sustainable Change

Anne Chick’s book, Design for Sustainable Change (2011) claims that design can help solve societal problems. She discusses how design thinking is evolving and being applied to a much wider spectrum of social and environmental issues. Therefore, design can be … Continue reading

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For consumer brands, April Fool’s Day ain’t no joke.

Each year on April 1, I log into my social media accounts and gaze suspiciously at the updates that appear before me; today was no different. I logged in expecting to see one friend’s yearly “I have two extra tickets to (Detroit … Continue reading

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