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The Young Influentials Adweek picks 20 under 40 who are wicked smart and rebooting your world

In the domains of media, marketing and technology, to be merely young and successful isn’t so remarkable. But to be influential—seriously influential—is something else altogether: to imagine the truly new…

March 19 2012

Perspective: From Brick to Slick Cellphones have changed a lot in 20 years, but the tactic used to sell them? That's still vintage 1988

Though Apple and the late Steve Jobs have been praised (with justification) for improving, streamlining, face-lifting and otherwise revolutionizing the cellphone, it’s only fair to note the one thing Jobs…

February 16 2012

Tic Tac to Erect Interactive Billboard in Times Square Augmented reality app will put consumers in a Times Square ad

Tic Tac will unveil a nearly 300-foot billboard in Times Square starting Monday (Feb. 14) that, when consumers scan it using thieir cell phone cameras and a dedicated mobile app,…

February 10 2012

Perspective: College Daze When it comes to selling parents on saving for college, there's just one thing you need to do: Freak them out

According to government statistics, the cost of housing, clothing and feeding one child until the age of 18 is just shy of $227,000—not including higher education. And that cost, as…

February 09 2012

Which Mags Were Biggest Users of QR Codes in 2011? Usage spiked as advertisers drove activity

Mobile action codes are getting harder to miss in magazines. That trend is documented by Nellymoser, a mobile marketing firm that supports brands and publishers’ QR campaigns. The firm has…

January 26 2012

Perspective: Stick It to Me Six decades ago, vaccines were considered a miracle. Today, they still are—but that hasn't made them any easier to advertise

If you settled down at the kitchen table with the Saturday Evening Post in 1947, there’s a good chance the ad at right would have sent chills down your spine.…

January 26 2012

Zenith Turns to Nitti to Remake Media Buying Charged with knocking down more media silos

After kicking down the walls between its magazine and digital divisions a year ago in an effort to respond to consumers’ rapidly shifting media habits, Zenith Media is now doing…

November 15 2011

Missile Marketing: A Collection of Cold War Rocket Ads Flying death machines were all the rage

U.S. military rockets aren't really the kind of thing you'd expect to be sold through advertising. (I mean, don't they really only have one buyer?) So it's worth taking a…

November 02 2011

'Spore' creatures would like to have a word

As aspirational messages go, it's hard to beat the headline, "Tail today. Feet tomorrow." That's one of the snappy lines from the poster campaign for Spore, the new videogame in…

September 05 2008

Classic stars come out to play in Emmy ads

WongDoody has created the ad campaign for the 60th annual Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 21 on ABC. The tagline, "Where TV comes together," is unfortunate, but less so than the…

August 29 2008

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