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CAMPAIGN FRIDAY: Global Zero Wants The World To Stand Together To Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
- June 14, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- brands
- celebrities
- innovators
- disruptors
- marketing
- advertising
Today, there are 17,000 nuclear weapons on Earth. The organization Global Zero supports a step-by-step plan to eliminate all nuclear weapons by 2030. So does President Obama. So they use his ...
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George Carlin - advertising and bull shi*t
- May 31, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- brands
- celebrities
- humor
- innovators
- marketing
- disruptors
- advertising
The legendary comedian George Carlin was nothing if not unfiltered. Carlin was noted for his black humor and for discussing taboo topics. He’s perhaps best known for "Seven Dirty Words" routine ...
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The Coca-Cola Sharing Can
- May 29, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- brands
- advertising
- innovators
- disruptors
- marketing
A new Coke can concept from the minds of the cola company’s ad agencies Ogilvy & Mather Singapore and Ogilvy & Mather France is really quite brilliant. Marketed as a great way to ...
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ADVERTISING PORN: The World’s Most Notorious Dictators Give Free Press The Finger.
- May 26, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- advertising
The organization Reporters Without Borders commissioned an advertising campaign to remind people of how freedom of information is an essential for everyone to be able to exercise their role as a citizen ...
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CAMPAIGN FRIDAY: Dove Men+Care Scrum Cam
- May 17, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- advertising
- fashion
- men
Perhaps the most masculine ad for men's grooming products we've seen in a while. Dove Men+Care brings a rugby players' perspective and suggests that they could help soothe even ...
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Coca Cola Secretly Sells Tightly Capped Bottles in China
- May 16, 2013
- By Guest Author
- advertising
- marketing
We’ve all had days when tightly capped bottles of Coca-Cola have worn our poor wrists down, and we typically need a stronger gender to open these bottles for us (males…duh ...
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Man Manual by Dove Men+Care
- May 15, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- advertising
- fashion
- men
Dove has created skin care instructions for the modern man. In a well-produced animation video, we learn that man is 1). Water proof, 2). Shock proof and 3). Our skin needs to ...
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Diet Coke Designs a "Slender Vender"
- May 06, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- brands
- advertising
- innovators
- disruptors
- marketing
Sometimes products can serve as marketing. Take Diet Coke and its’ new sleek aluminum bottle. It inspired Ogilvy Paris to create the following video concept. We think it is quite brilliant.
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Bank of America Portraits: If you haven't anything nice to say…
- May 06, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- advertising
- hirings and firings
Bank of America was one of the financial institutions classified as “Too Big to Fail” and given federal bailouts to keep it afloat. The company is one of a handful of organizations ...
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CAMPAIGN FRIDAY: Philips Norelco lets you say "I'd Beach Me." and "I'd Date Me."
- May 03, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- sex sells
- advertising
- fashion
- men
Men's grooming is becoming more and more of "a thing" on the marketing landscape. In the latest campaign from Philips Norelco, they do a great job at demonstrating the affect of ...
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