Tag Archives: ad design

creepy fancy feast

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Chris Houchens

The first time I saw this my immediate thought was that it was some sort of joke. But the punchline never came. It’s real. Obviously, I’m not in the target demo of “cat lady wanting love”, but I’m dumbfounded (and … Continue reading →

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so bad it’s good

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Chris Houchens

On the local level, small businesses develop their print/broadcast creative for ad campaigns in 1 of 4 ways: Some entrepreneurs are either creative or stole somebody else’s good idea. (the best ideas are always stolen ideas) These people either have … Continue reading →

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may i have your attention

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Chris Houchens

I had a conversation today where one of the participants said that most people consider advertising annoying. I responded that people don’t think advertising is annoying. They think irrelevant advertising is annoying. But these days it’s hard to separate the … Continue reading →

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illinois furniture store ad

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Chris Houchens

Pass it on…

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the most annoying banner ad of all time

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Chris Houchens

Here’s one of my online marketing rules. Audio that auto-plays on a website is bad. The main reason is simple. Studies show that the majority of web browsing is done at the workplace. Auto-play audio alerts fellow cube dwellers or … Continue reading →

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