Agencies Good News for Once… By SpyWriter on Aug. 18, 2008 - 12:08 AM As Matt pointed out last we, we here at AgencySpy do heart good news. So here is some good news for Crispin Porter + Bogusky. We got an email about their new win a little over a week ago: “Crispin-Porter + Bogusky has been h ...
Campaigns Go Meat! I seriously don’t say that enough… By SpyWriter on Aug. 18, 2008 - 12:05 AM I’m so tickled by the Hillshire Farm “Go Meat” campaign. I just saw the new one with the police officers, but it’s not as clever as this one. This campaign has gotten Hillshire Farms a ton of recognition. T ...
Agencies Small Shop In California Crumbling? By SpyWriter on Aug. 18, 2008 - 12:00 AM We got an email from a tipster that had quite a doozy about a small shop in LA. Seems that small shop, Omelet, is having some trouble holding onto clients and as a result is letting employees go as well. As per the email: “L ...
Agencies Offensive or Effective? By SpyWriter on Aug. 15, 2008 - 7:45 AM I saw this commercial for Himani Fast Relief done by Ambience Publicis on Creativity Online. I think it’s clever, but I’m not sure it’s not offensive. And was the goat really necessary?
Agencies “Hello George” By SpyWriter on Aug. 14, 2008 - 4:47 PM I was directed to Kanye West’s Blog (don’t ask), where I saw that he’d posted the new Toyota Prius commercial, “Hello George”. It’s really good. Toyota’s agency is BBDO. This is some of th ...
Agencies Ogilvy, What’s Up? By SpyWriter on Aug. 14, 2008 - 4:06 PM We got an email about a series of, quiet layoffs at Ogilvy: “Ongoing layoffs at Ogilvy. It seems that a quiet layoff been happening where numbers of people are being laid off weekly. I know a couple personally. too much to b ...
Brands Rumor Has It By SpyWriter on Aug. 14, 2008 - 3:52 PM We got a tip that Bacardi is doing a “reconsolidation” of their agencies. But the tipster didn’t have any info on whether or not they are looking for new partners. I’m trying to get more information from Ba ...
Agencies Where Are They Now? By SpyWriter on Aug. 14, 2008 - 3:32 PM A while back there was talk about Fallon scooping up interactive talent. One person rumored to be on their list was Adam Kmiec. Well, one AS reader has pointed out that he has not rejoined Fallon, but had some insight into what is ...
Brands Speedo Is A Big Winner at the 2008 Olympics, Nike Not So Much By SpyWriter on Aug. 14, 2008 - 3:07 PM I talked about Nike’s selfless decision to allow its sponsored swimmers to wear Speedo’s new technology swim suits. That decision has translated to huge business for Speedo. US Olympic swimmers have used these suits to ...
What The?? Ice Cream to Catch a Predator By SpyWriter on Aug. 12, 2008 - 11:33 AM Some advertising hoaxes are funny, some are just disturbing. The above pic is a fake Breyer’s ad that was making the rounds a couple of years ago. I recently got a few email forwards about it, so it must be making the rounds ...