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the one where I talk about kotex

When most brands try to integrate their social media and traditional marketing, it’s … awkward. Here’s a current commercial for a brand and a product I am biologically unable to connect to: You know what helps says the hipster female

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monday morning quarterbacks

We’re in the 24-hour period when everyone in America is an ad critic, but it’s not as great this year. As I tweeted during the “big game”: One of the few times in recent years that the #SuperBowl game was

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why this year’s super bowl will stink for advertising lovers

First, a statistical tweet from the Managing Editor of Advertising Age, Ken Wheaton… Of the 30 or so non-movie brands advertising in Super Bowl, so far 13 have released the spots before the game. adage.com/superbowl — Ken Wheaton (@kenwheaton) January

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why even buy Super Bowl airtime for ads?

None of my Ferris Bueller theories panned out. Jalopnik discovered the Bueller ad was for Honda. Honda released the extended cut of their Super Bowl the ‘big’ game™ ad. It’s chock full of Ferris Bueller references (over two dozen, they

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Bueller? … Bueller?

Well. It’s starting to seem like every ad in the 2012 Super Bowl the ‘big’ game™ will involve revisiting old movies. While I’ve said Volkswagen’s ‘The Bark Side” may have some troubles, this one I’m intrigued by… While it does

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