Posts tagged advertising

“Are you man enough to fill it?”

“Are you man enough to fill it?”


“The ‘Do Anything’ jump suit of SuperSuedePlus™ fits like a glove… tough looking, but soft as a kitten.”

“The ‘Do Anything’ jump suit of SuperSuedePlus™ fits like a glove… tough looking, but soft as a kitten.”


Adverts from Playboy, 1962 

Charles Dickens’ birthday marks first Google Doodle as promotional vehicle

Charles Dickens’ birthday marks first Google Doodle as promotional vehicle


There’s no denying that Pinterest is fun, looks great, and a lot of people love playing with it. That is also true of kittens but no one’s rushing to include them in their 2012 marketing plans.


The Top 20 Most Expensive Keywords in Google AdWords 

I spy a turtleneck (via CollaboBoardBeautyYeah!)

I spy a turtleneck (via CollaboBoardBeautyYeah!)


(via elleluna)

(via elleluna)


In the midst of this frenzy for innovation, we may be ignoring a simple psychological reality: While most people claim to love creativity, in reality many fear it and react negatively to those who think outside the box.


The exhortation to think outside the box has become ubiquitous in business. So much so that it has become the new box inside of which everyone thinks.


Dorsey touches on something here that’s complex but profound: how do you engineer a system that, while not literally random, produces the feeling of serenidipitous discovery, meaning emerging from what seems like meaninglessness?


Vogue is a prime example of the power of advertising: if, as an advertiser, you know how to give people something they want, then you don’t need to rely on second-best stratagems like adjacency. And no one ever clicked on an ad in Vogue.


It’s a known fact in advertising circles that only idiots click on ads — and yet advertisers still think that click-through rates mean something, and that a higher click-through rate means a better ad.



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