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The story of a bear and a hare–Creativity helps John Lewis?

John Lewis recently released its Disney-inspired Christmas ad. At the very beginning, the ad tells audiences “there once was an animal who had never seen Christmas”. The animal is a bear that always sleeps over the winter. His friend, a … Continue reading

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India’s Tanishq Ad: A Rare Jewel

Sometimes advertising seems pointless, doesn’t it? There are plenty of mediocre, unmemorable advertisements out there (‘non-sticky’, if you will).  There are some advertisements that arguably do more harm than good. But then sometimes, there are advertisements that break through the … Continue reading

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Arcade Fire: Yet another casualty of faulty guerrilla marketing

Ah, the elusive success of the guerrilla marketing campaign… That tricky little green fairy chased by nouveau-marketing firms and cutting edge ad agencies. As Jay Conrad Levison, coiner of the actual phrase defines it, the art of “achieving conventional goals, … Continue reading

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Pardon me, do you remember Grey Poupon?

When the curtain opened on the 85th Academy Awards, I had already begun drafting a blog post about a new marketing initiative by the Girl Scouts of USA, who this season introduced a “nutritional” cookie featuring NutriFusion vitamin spread. I … Continue reading

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The State of Print (As of this week, anyway)

When I was offered a position to head up the marketing efforts for 8 newspapers and their digital counterparts in West Texas and throughout New Mexico, I almost brushed it aside like a piece of lint you might find in … Continue reading

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Magazine covers turned into Windows 8 start screens!

If you have been watching any form of media in the U.S. lately, you would have most likely seen an ad displaying the Windows 8 live tile start screens. Whether it is a Surface tablet ad (which we watched in … Continue reading

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Mad Men, A Fictional Show and A Real Advertising Battlefield

Although Jon Hamm was still wearing his signature smile, I was upset sitting in front of TV when I saw Mad Men went home empty-handed on 2012 Emmy Awards ceremony last Sunday night. The critically acclaimed show caused a stir … Continue reading

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Kiip on Winning!

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Tablets Take a Shopping Trip

As I discussed in my last article on the blog, Making Marketing Mobile, companies have to ensure that their integrated marketing plans include concentration on the digital space.  More specifically, this focus will need to be targeted to mobile device … Continue reading

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Click, Click…Done!

Online grocery shopping is the way of the world these days. The ability to shop online has become more than a convenience, but a necessity for me. Who has time to go grocery shopping anymore, anyway? I am an avid … Continue reading

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