NoDoz pills sure have enough pep to jump out of the bottle and run away. Developed by Saatchi and Saatchi New york, this advertisement is cute. Click the picture for a larger image.

In nowheresland, King Kong Day will be celebrated on December 13th. I discovered this unique advertisement while surfing online from a German website so that is my only guess where King Kong day will occur. Then again, the ad is in english.

Think Outside The Box was the advertising campaign slogan for the english version of the Belgium elections which were held on October 6th. These ads cry to the Flemish government not to elect white middle aged men. Perhaps they’re looking for aÂ� blind as a bat-manÂ� instead? (via)

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I am a huge fan of the Truth Campaign for Tobacco and Lung Cancer awareness. In this singing cowboy commercial, a singing cowboy rides through the streets of New York’s Times Square on a horse and sits next to a camp fire just like the Marlboro man. He then starts singing with a tracheotomy voicebox “you don’t always die from tobacco, sometimes then just cut a hole in your neck. you don’t always die from tobacco, sometimes they just cut out your tounge.” Powerful is all I can say. Watch the stunned onlookers.

The ONE.org television spot is asking millions of American voters to help fight the global epidemic of AIDS and poverty around the world. The public service announcement brings together stars such as Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Don Cheadle, New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady, singer songwriter Toby Keith, Alfre Woodard, journalist Nick Clooney, faith leaders Pastor Rick Warren and Bishop Charles E. Blake, Democratic and Republican Strategists Mike McCurry and Jack Oliver and Shayne Moore, a stay-at-home Mom and ONE supporter from Wheaton, Illinois.

Here you’ll finf a collection of three behind the scenes videos from the One Vote Campaign videos including; Matt Doman and Charles E. Blake, George Clooney, Nick Clooney, Alfe Woodard and Toby Keith, and interviews with Don Cheadle, Pastor Rick Warren, Jack Oliver, Mike McCurry, and Tom Brady.

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New York officials will be monitoring the number of minorities working for New York advertising agencies over the next three years. Under the threat and pressure from equal rights advocates and the pressure of city officials, many of New York’s top ad agencies have agreed to recruit more minorities. Primarily, they agencies will be hiring more African Americans.

This is a big deal as advertising agencies have signed a written agreement with the Human Rights Commission to reflect the diversity of the New York population in the top ad agencies. Data shows that in 2005 virtually no upper management were non-white and only 3 percent of staffers were African American. Some big agencies like WPP Group’s Ogilvy & Mather, Publicis Groupe SA’s Saatchi & Saatchi and several others will devote themself to finding and hiring more minority staff members.

ReZoom gave 70 year old Gary Player an artifical lens called the ReZoom for his left eye so he could perform better at the Master’s Golf Tournament back in April. The 70 year old Player was so impressed with his improved vision that he had the surgery done on his other eye. Player is now a paid spokesman at the center of a consumer marketing campaign that lens maker Advanced Medical Optics Inc. has created ReZoom. The ad campaign will feature television, radio, and print ads which eye surgeons can pay to run locally. Already over 1,000 doctors have signed up.

The need for marketing is huge as the patients 65 and older who desire the surgery are required to pay $3,400 to $5,000 for the surgery with no medical coverage. The campaign began Monday and is running in six geodemographic markets. Print ads will be appearing in senior magazines and local newspapers. I believe the most effective way to market ReZoom will involve targeting seniors which the lasix eye surgery incorrectly did when they started out.

Tom Davenport, professor at Boston’s Babson College, is a global authority on marketing analytics. His article “Competing on Analytics” was published to critical acclaim in the Harvard Business Review and will be followed by a book early next year.

While researching his book, Davenport profiled over 25 trailblazing organizations that compete on the basis of their analytic prowess. Beyond broad strategies, he specifically detailed the winning tactics and painful mistakes made along the way by these analytical leaders.

You’ll not want to miss this opportunity to hear firsthand about Davenport’s ground-breaking research and its lessons for you and your organization. Move faster, accomplish more, and avoid mistakes by learning from the best! Visit and register online.

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Free Keyword Research Tools

Niche Bot Classic
Market Leap Keyword Verification
SEMOZ Keyword Difficulty Check
Keyword Prominence and Density Check
Abakus Top Word

Free Keyword Suggestion Tools

Good Keywords
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Miva Generator Box

The Democratic National Committee might have unleashed their best (worst) ad spot before Election Day. TheÂ� Bush Administration and Republicans in Congress have attempted to change their tune on their failed “Stay the Course” strategy. Although I’m not a Democrat, the ad and the tagline were effective and after the Mark Foley scandal everyone needs to get their poltical agendas in order while choosing sides.

This Gears of Wars commercialÂ� presents aÂ� beautiful blend of computer animation, gaming, and music are presented with a refreshing marketing sway towards a design style I’ve always loved in movies. Hardcore and pumping action kept me on the seat for this one. The song in the video was done by Gary Jules. Although there is alot of good to the ad, I feel they would’ve done a better job if they did a less ‘moody’ intro and shown less sad destruction.

It is rumored that Best Buy employees will be unable to purchase the new video game console, Playstation 3 when it hits U.S. shores this winter time. If I was working at Best Buy with the availablity and employee price cut, I would try to steal as many as I could, quit, and sell them on eBay around Christmas time for $1,000 a pop.

“Not even if we stand outside in line overnight like everyone else. I’m heading up employee training for the new consoles at our store, the memo we received stated that employee purchases ’should not be allowed.’ According to another store manager, ‘Employees are completely locked out of buying a console.’ Unfortunately, we only get this news after the EB preorders.

Apparentlly, this decision came about so that ‘more consoles would be available to our customers.’ No word, as of yet, as to how long the lockout is supposed to last.Needless to say, many of us are pissed. But not nearly as many as there will be. The memo came to certain members of management, so I don’t think most employees know about the rules just yet. I’ll be the first to say that Best Buy is usually nothing short of great to it’s employees, it is by far the best company I’ve ever worked for, but they really dropped the ball on this one from an employee standpoint.”

A new report from the October Journal of Consumer Research found that when subjects were shown a made-up movie title —“Daredevil 2” or “Daredevil: Taking It to the Streets” — and asked to read a plot summary. Those who saw the second title spent more time reading the summary, remembered more, and rated the hypothetical movie more highly.

In a nutshell, Hollywood branding for sequels should stick to numbers and not cute one liners describing the sequel.

The guy who created this new Nintendo Wii Commercial used only paper and pen to develop the ad spot which took over 80 hours to make. It was part of a contest to win a Nintendo Wii video game console prior to national release date.

Internet mobile content provider go2 (the yellow pages for your mobile phone)� has introduced a new mobile web application that targets golf lovers. The web application will search for content from Golf Digest Magazine and information about local golf courses and weather conditions. The site will be accessible through all mobile devices and will be primarily sponsored by Acura. Acura will be using the sponsorship opportunity by placing advertisements and links to more information on the all new 2007 Acura MDX. (via)