by Bruce Turkel | Oct 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
Here’s one ad from the campaign by THE REPUBLIK, Durham, for the Fayetteville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. AdRants says: “The text describes the two occasions where Fayetteville failed to bring a warm welcome to America’s major men of war....
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
VIA The Boston GlobeKraft Group investing $10m in a Net start-up, Matchmine Firm aims to track users’ tastes, help ads be more on target By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff | September 21, 2007 NEEDHAM – The Kraft Group, best known for its investments in...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
VIA Lost Weekend The travel industry is fond of its buzz phrases, such as ‘Venice of the North or South, East and West to denote anywhere from Birmingham, England, to Wroclaw, Poland, or ‘adventure travel’, to describe everything from a one-man, one-armed expedition...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
From Bob Wright: David Nixon, founder of DNP Studios, was in Alabama recently directing a video to help raise $20 million for a church. The church has one member who is 107 years old. This member recently bought a new car. That’s cool enough but the beauty is …...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 21, 2007 | Branding, Marketing & Advertising
From the New York Times: FOR generations, advertising interrupted the entertainment that Americans wanted to read, hear or watch. Now, in a turnabout, advertising is increasingly being presented as entertainment — and surprisingly, the idea of all ads, all the time,...