View Post Agencies | Digital | Social Media | What The?? Carrot Creative Makes Moving Dramatic with ‘Unpakt Network’ By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 19, 2013 - 10:56 AM This parody reality show trend is tiresome, especially because reality shows are already a parody of life. Earlier this month, PBS invented fake reality shows like “Knitting Wars” and advertised them coupled with their ...
View Post Ad Biz | Brands | Campaigns | People Jay-Z Announces New, Samsung-Sponsored Album via 3-Minute Spot By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 17, 2013 - 10:46 AM This three-minute Samsung spot played during halftime of the NBA Finals last night, and it ran before my YouTube videos this morning. It’s Jay-Z, playing with sweet beats, so of course I didn’t click “SKIP AD.” You better ...
View Post Ad Biz | Brands | People | Social Media Could the New Myspace Really Be Cool? We’re Almost Convinced By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 13, 2013 - 2:47 PM I’m sitting in Salt Lake City Airport, shocked at the number of people wearing flip flops, and I want nothing more than to be in Myspace’s fun room of young, beautiful artists grabbing at one another amidst fluorescent confett ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People Google Fiber’s Latest Spot Makes High-Speed Dreams Come True By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 13, 2013 - 9:36 AM Better than any of their campaigns with colored blocks and folky music, Venables Bell & Partner’s latest spot for Google Fiber exemplifies the coming-together of technology, passion, and creativity. Last summer, Google Fiber ...
Agencies | Brands | Digital | People Jerry O’Connell Encourages Everyday Playfulness for GoGo squeeZ By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 11, 2013 - 11:14 AM The website for GoGo squeeZ’s new campaign is all you need to see. Click on Jerry O’Connell’s spot, and your heart will sink as you notice the video runs for nearly five minutes. No one has five minutes to watch Jerry and hi ...
View Post Brands | What The?? ‘Beard-Selling’ Creative Jumps on Google Glass Gag Bandwagon By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 10, 2013 - 11:19 AM The best part of the following video occurs in the first few seconds, when a woman’s jaw drops as she’s told she can buy Google Glass for 40 times the price of her Slurpie ($40.00). It’s the opportunity of a lifetime, for a ...
View Post Agencies Campbell Ewald Wants Your Help Naming Baby Falcon By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 7, 2013 - 12:10 PM Either Detroit’s Campbell Ewald office doesn’t have enough to do, or they’ve really become besotted by the baby Peregrine falcon on their roof. Probably a bit of both. Several years ago, a C-E employee built a nesting box on ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns UNCF, Y&R Go Beyond Donations, Asking for ‘Investment in the Future’ By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 6, 2013 - 11:30 AM Since 1944, the United Negro College Fund has operated under the banner “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste.” Today, they’re updating to the too-long slogan “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste But a Wonderful Thing to In ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Samsung Galaxy S4: Great for Confused, Tired Young Dads By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 5, 2013 - 11:16 AM Sure, 72andSunny and Samsung have had some fun comparing the latter’s smartphones to Apple’s in recent years, but in the last several months, it seems like the brand’s finally getting over their complex and showcasin ...
View Post Ad Biz | Brands This Father’s Day, Oscar Mayer Suggests You ‘Say It With Bacon’ By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 4, 2013 - 3:27 PM This Father’s Day, Oscar Mayer has decided that bacon is to men as diamonds are to women. Thus, they have wrapped bacon like Tiffany’s bracelets and created a campaign parodying sappy jewelry commercials. A woman presents her ...