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I just found a picture of the married couple I talked about in my last post. Holy fucking shit... Now you know why Second Life was created! Enough said!!! ...

Second Life douchenozzles still at it!

About a year ago, I wrote about some of the weirdos who spend more time than is healthy, pretending to look like George Clooney while cruising Second Life on the look out for Angelina ...

Adopted teens want their laundry just right

This Ad Council spot by Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, promoting adoption, does well to avoid the kind of too-cute-for-words approach (adorable kids with perfect teeth) or gut-wrenching guilt trips (adorable kids with perfect teeth ...

Amber Naslund: We Need To Talk: 6 Keys to Bringing Up Social Media

You understand that getting involved in social media is something you need to do. As a marketing or communications professional, you already understand the inherent value in giving your customers a clearer voice and ...

Lewis Green: Marketing Is a Lot Like White Socks

White socks are great. They go with everything, wear forever, and are excellent value for the price. And for those who love this argument, you can't measure ROI.On the downside, white socks are vanilla ...

Paul Chaney: The Social Media Spokesperson

This is a sequel to my most recent post dealing with company blogs. Today, I answer the question, "Should a company have one person as its "voice" in the market via various ...

What CP+B needs to know about Windows!

Maybe CP+B should watch this collegehumor.com video, "The Matrix runs on Windows." Funny as shit. Lower Depths in particular will get a kick out of it. Recommended viewing for a dismal fucking ...

Hungry

I had lunch (a big lunch) with a college student last week. An hour later, she got up and announced she was going to get a snack. Apparently, she was hungry. By any traditional definition ...

4 Ways Social Media Could Save The Arts

Last week I had the fortune to be part of an event that we should all care about. It was a meeting of the National Arts Marketing ...

Trendspot: A Potential Influx of Expats

Regardless of how you feel about the way that the US presidential election turned out, there is one fact that seems fairly indisputable ... the world outside of America overwhelmingly supported Obama over McCain. ...

Moms Give Motrin A Headache

I am literally in the middle of watching what Charline Li and Josh Bernoff call a "Groundswell".  As far as I can tell, Motrin posted an ad on their Website (see above) ...

What A Backache

There are times when a brand misses its cue. Sometimes it's worse than that. Sometimes the brand offends. That's what happened when Motrin (whose site is down at this time) ran an ad that ...

Twitter Ignites Motrin Mania

This is one of those thing's that causes one to scream, "Oh for fuck's sake!" Or better yet, "Jesus, fucking Christ!"

Motrin Mania Ignited on Twitter, Mad Moms Mobilize

This is one of those thing's that causes one to scream, "Oh for fuck's sake!" Or better yet, "Jesus, fucking Christ!"

Something For The Next President To Chew On

I like dogs. I like ads that are topical. And I like Barack Obama. I guess that's why I like this ad. TBWA/Chiat/Day is the agency responsible. They've done a ...

It’s Hard To Skip Through A Field of Daisies, While Wearing Exxon’s Oil-Soaked Boots

Renewable fuels, like solar, wind and biofuels, will grow at a brisk pace but they will account for just 2 percent of the world’s energy supplies by 2030, according to Exxon. The front page of ...