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A Day in the Life: An Effective Advertisement Part 2

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An Effective Advertisement – A day in the life of a radio spot: I run this week, ready all you out there in listening land? Pandora is evil, listen to me! Here goes… Everyone in your cars on your way to work, stop worrying about your big meeting and listen up, I have something to [...]

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Monday Kickstart: Sweat the Small Stuff

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Rory Sutherland is back on a TED stage again and has some interesting challenges to all of us businesspeople with a limit to our budgets… Apply It… Like the Virgin Air salt and pepper shaker example, in what small way can you make a customer experience with your company unexpectedly delightful and memorable? In what [...]

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A Day in the Life: Effective Advertising Part 1

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Effective Advertising – A day in the life of a newspaper ad: Ow! Be gentle, willya?! I hate that morning toss to the porch. Why can’t they set me down politely for once? And of course it’s raining and I’m going to suffocate in this bag. Oh sure. If you’re gonna stuff me in this [...]

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Monday Kickstart: Ads Worth Spreading

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This week’s kickstart is a compilation of the winners of TEDs second annual Ads Worth Spreading contest. Check them out here, then think through the following questions. Apply It… What about each one of these ads makes them “worth spreading?” What tactics have been used in each ad? (for example, humor) How can you adapt [...]

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50 Offline Places to Advertise

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Since I’m focusing on offline advertising this month, I thought it might be interesting to see just how many advertising options I could find for you from the common everyday variety to the more unusual. Here’s a list… On giveaways…promotional products (I had to list that first…) Television Newspaper Radio Yellow Pages Magazines (national, local [...]

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Monday Kickstart: Life Lessons from an Ad Man

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Rory Sutherland has a lot of experience in the corporate advertising world. He poses some interesting questions in this TED talk and makes you laugh while he’s doing it.     Apply It: “actually … once you reach a basic level of wealth in society, most problems are actually problems of perception.”  In thinking through [...]

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Monday Kickstart: The Elephant in the Corner

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Catherine Mohr gives us a rundown of what it meant for them to build their green home in Silicon Valley. The message is interesting and might not be exactly what you would expect. If you’re making a commitment to any change in lifestyle after the Earth Day celebrations over the weekend, this is definitely worth [...]

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New & Noteworthy: Jute Tote Bags

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Jute is a great material…if you need to wrap cotton bales. It’s definitely not thought of as high fashion. I’m not sure high fashion is really the right term, but jute tote bags have certainly stepped into the world of good looks. Let your inner granola show without embarrassment with any of a number of [...]

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