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Topic: Martin Agency

Martin Agency Staffer Gets Marriage Proposal via Banner Ads Lovely, but did she click on them?

If you're a nerdy advertising person, there are loads of romantic ways to ask your girlfriend to marry you. You can send her an infographic. You can crowdsource the proposal…

May 11 2012

Geico Beats Rival Insurance Companies in a Taste Test Take a sip and see

Geico follows the trend of real brands spoofing familiar ad styles in this series of auto-insurance "taste tests" via The Martin Agency. Consumers sip from cups of Geico (yum!) and…

March 26 2012

Buy Geico Insurance, Don't Get Eaten by Rescue Panther New ads show less dangerous ways to save

These three new Geico ads from The Martin Agency are cute, but all of them have their glaring logical flaws. The couple who save money by getting the rescue panther…

February 07 2012

Maxwell the Pig Makes Grand, Squealing Return for Geico Adrenaline junkie hawks mobile app

Yeah, you're all sad this morning because Target left Wieden + Kennedy. But you know, nothing lifts your spirits quite like a pig screaming down a zip line. Yes, Maxwell…

January 09 2012

Ad of the Day: Walmart A cat yodels 'Jingle Bells' in the holiday season's wackiest spot yet

Animals are forced to do lots of humiliating things in the name of holiday cheer. In particular, advertisers like to make them sing "Jingle Bells." Earlier this week, we saw…

December 09 2011

Walmart's Gift to You This Holiday: An Obnoxious Talking Fruitcake Go ahead, give him to someone else

It's hard for me to not roll my eyes when a big corporation tries to create a meme. This time it's Walmart, which has introduced an obnoxious talking fruitcake, the…

December 02 2011

Mentos Erases Negative Tweets With Facebook App But it isn't exactly a 'positive' experience

Mentos has partnered with The Martin Agency to create a Negative Tweet Eliminator app for Facebook. It isn't a bad idea, though it's executed in a way that ranges from…

November 01 2011

Ad of the Day: Geico The Martin Agency builds a little world around three rowing guinea pigs

Geico is the master of the mini-campaign. The insurance company still leans fairly heavily on the gecko and the cavemen, but sprinkles in loads of other ad characters and setups…

October 03 2011

Do Not Hand Your Children Off to Robots, New Geico Ad Warns

Geico is back with a few new spots, taking a break from the "hypothetical questions" shtick in favor of strange money-saving situations. King among the new ads is "Robot Daycare,"…

August 03 2011

Children (and Husbands) Still Going Rogue in Walmart's Latest Ads

Having cute kids can be a real pain in the ass. Like when your daughter hilariously glues your brand-new smartphone to the wall of her dollhouse, so her Barbie can…

June 21 2011

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