The 2009 Armenia Chronicles: 8/6/08, written 3 weeks ago, So, it's been a while since I've written my last 2009 Armenia Chronicle. A lot of time has past since the last entry, but not too much has changed…yet. Our contractor arrived last week and began setting up for construction repairs on the tw...

Microsoft New Advertising: Subtle or just Bad, written 1 day ago, This week has seen the Vista ad with Jerry Sienfeld and Bill Gates hit the airwaves. There's been a bit of debate about how Microsoft got the confirmed Mac extremist Sienfeld to appear ($10 million probably helps) but AdViking thinks ...

The Art Of Public Speaking : The power of pause, written 3 days ago, I cannot overemphasize the importance of making pauses during your presentations.pauses are one of most important things that generate and produce power to your speechs.If you want to call attention to a particular thought,pause ju...

i met the walrus, written 23 hours ago, This is amazing."In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film ab...

Bolt Advergame, written 1 week ago, Puma Running Launches Some FunIn celebration of Jamaican Olympics champion Usain Bolt, Puma released this advergame which allows you to try and beat this athlete in race. Nicely designed with simple controls – this is a fantastic and fun experience for fans.(via...

Leveraging ad agency life.

Museum gets "Satisfaction" with Rolling Stones logo, written 3 days ago, In 1970, design student made design and music history by designing a logo for The Rolling Stones, for just $250. Today, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, purchased the original artwork for $92,500. The iconic ...

Tips and techniques about copywriting, persuasion, marketing and more.

Nike/Dick's Sporting Goods - Mannequin and McFadden, written 2 days ago, Nike recently teamed up with Dick's Sporting Goods for a series of commercials featuring various professional athletes. In the one shown above, Mannequin, we get to see Glenn Dorsey, defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs,...

On the Road to the Canadian Rockies ... Just like a John Wayne Movie., written 3 weeks ago, After the day in Glacier National Park and a night's rest in Waterton Lakes, Alberta, Canada, we set course for the next leg on our trip to the Canadian  Rockies. Along the way there, I saw a first -...

NeilPryde, written 4 days ago,

Tech Review On Obama's Social Media, written 2 days ago, MIT Technology Review's cover story explores Obama campaign's use of social media:  "The generational differences between the Obama and McCain campaigns may be best symbolized by the distinctly retro "Pork Invaders," a ...

Is Jerry Seinfeld the Sarah Palin of Microsoft?, written 4 hours ago, The new Microsoft brand campaign starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates debuted on US television over the weekend to largely negative responses. Thanks to the wonders of technology, you can view the ad on YouTube. I've worked on M...

5 Things Kontera's Top Earners Have In Common, written 4 days ago, Do gigantic spreadsheets of stats creep you out? They do me. Kontera analysts on the other hand, love them. Stats are useful for many reasons; my own favorite use is for the purpose of getting insightful information about Kontera par...

New Look at John Cow dot Com and the Reasons for It, written 1 day ago, If you are a regular visitor to the JohnCow homestead, you will have noticed that we have done a little rennovating around here and we are very happy with it so far. We still have a few minor things we want to do but for the mos...

Urban observations, technology fetishes, and media cultures with a marketing point-of-view.

The best slots for your product on 96.5 MHz, written 22 hours ago, Click Images To Enlarge Advertising Agency: WUNDERMAN, Dubai, UAE Creative Director/Copywriter/Art Director: Wunderman Creative Team Via [ mediaME ]

Run by Dave Knox, a brand manager at Procter & Gamble. It is a dialog on the changing landscape that marketers are faced with today. The focus is on new media including digital marketing, branded entertainment, and youth marketing.

Newspapers' Online Revenues Now Declining, written 2 days ago, In our last post, we talked about newspapers' decline. Today, the industry moved into ICU. Despite recent economic challenges, online ad revenues have remained fairly stable. According to TechCrunch, online ad revenues are now in the toi...

Nike Retro Windrunner Commercial Film new 2008, written 1 day ago, New Nike Retro Windrunner online viral film created by Jonas & Francois, El Nino Paris is one pretty cool commercial for Nike. Anytime there is a beat pounding drum beat I'm sucked in. It will be interesting to see how well t...