Archive for December, 2007

Freakin’ Huge Idea

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

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Since 2003 Burger King has been fighting its way back from the dead with a consistent flow of marketing ideas. The Whopper Freakout is the latest. Rather than tell us how great the Whopper is, the King’s ad agency (CP+B) pulled the burger off a store’s menu and let the hidden cameras show the rest. The resulting footage has fed a television advertising campaign and viral video that attracts audiences rather than repelling them.

Cozy on up to the Youtube

Monday, December 17th, 2007

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As an advertiser, it’s vitally important to place new technologies into a proper context; keeping a connection with the things people valued in the past.

Marshall Mcluhan said, “We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.”

It’s That Time of Year Again

Friday, December 7th, 2007

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What can you say? It’s a cultural phenomenon.