Branding

LEARN TO SPEAK SNACKLISH

April 10, 2009

There’s a fine line between smart and stupid and TBWA/Chiat/Day and Snickers have done a great job riding it with their Snacklish advertising campaign.

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BRAND’S NEW ROLE IN A YES WE CAN WORLD

March 17, 2009

If there is one obvious symbol of the redefinition of the consumer brand mindset, the successful election campaign of Barack Obama is it. Today’s brands can learn much from the campaign.

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HOW PROCTOR & GAMBLE DUPED SOCIAL MEDIA

March 12, 2009

Proctor & Gamble needs to go home and work like the everyone else at developing a social media profile and engaging in conversation. Do that and you’ll gain our trust. Don’t do this and you’ll just be using push tactics in a pull world. Good luck with that. There really are no shortcuts with social media.

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STICK TO YOUR STRENGTHS

March 6, 2009

Now that CNN has canceled DL Hughley’s cringe-inducing show, can the cable news networks finally stop trying to serve up the yucks?

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IN PRAISE OF COLLEGE HUMOR

March 5, 2009

College Humor has beaten all the other online original comedy video sites by fully engaging their audience with more than just short-form video snacks. Not too bad for three guys who started the site on a lark.

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