Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2009 by Drew Hubbard
It has been about 3 weeks since Oprah and Kentucky “Grilled” Chicken joined up for a marketing FAIL that is right up there with New Coke and Hoover’s “tickets-for-vacuums” fiasco. In fact, Advertising Age put together a nice marketing disasters hall of fame if you are interested in reading up on some of the worst [...] [...more]
Posted on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 by Ted Ives
About a year ago, there was a great posting somewhere about how the SEO industry often resembles a Post-WWII “cargo cult”. These were cults set up by Pacific Islanders that missed all the equipment and food the U.S. Military used to bring in, who mistakenly thought it was some divine intervention that required rituals they [...] [...more]
Posted on Sunday, May 24th, 2009 by Grant Simmons
A couple of years and a few lifetimes ago I built a campaign for the City of West Hollywood to highlight the non stop night life and daytime attractions. The campaign was called “24 hrs isn’t enough.” With workforce reductions, smaller budgets and increasing pressure to enhance profitability, many clients are faced with exactly that conundrum; more [...] [...more]
