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Beyond Madison Avenue


Guinness does it again…

Or, I’d imagine, AMV BBDO does it again. I’m always impressed by their ability to make a Guinness ad that I actually enjoy watching.  This is what a commercial should be folks:...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: state of the industry, guinness, amv bbdo, beyond madison avenue
AOL Acquires Quigo

In a continued battle for post-56k modem relevancy, AOL has reportedly purchased online advertising company Quigo for $350 million. Quigo, which has steadily grown in the past two years, will be...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: random stuff, state of the industry, events, advertisers, web advertising
Party like Grandpa?

 So, I’m flipping through the channels the other night and stop on CBS to check out this year’s Survivor. What I didn’t expect to see was this PSA regarding AIDS in retirement...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: ads we don't like, random stuff, state of the industry, survivor, psa
What Your Ad Dollar Gets in NYC, Vid-Style

A well-done short vid that surveys prices of ad space in NYC.  The prices actually seem on the low side…Technorati Tags: Beyond Madison Avenue, ad prices in NYC, media buys, 5min Life...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: state of the industry, beyond madison avenue, ad prices in nyc, media buys, 5min life videopedia
Frothy, dark mystery.

New Guinness campaign.  Shrouded in mystery.  Not even sure what it is one can win.  Or why one should put the effort into figuring out the "mystery."  But it involves...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: ads we like, state of the industry, viral video
UConnect Threatens to Derail Facebook

Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave, or you don’t follow Social Networking as religiously as I do, you’ve heard about the lawsuit UConnect filed against Facebook in 2004 claiming copyright...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: user generated content, marketing, random stuff, state of the industry
Does Good Advertising Make Up for a Bad Reputation?

I’ve never worked in a call center. I’ve never dealt directly with complaints for any company I have ever worked for nor have I been responsible for trying to rectify a complaint on behalf of my...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: ads we like, marketing, random stuff, state of the industry, design
Onslaught, meet backlash…

Christine over at PSFK points out this fantastic mish-mash backlash to Dove’s newest masterpiece, Onslaught.  Filmmaker Rye Clifton has created a piece called A Message from...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: user generated content, viral video
iWant.

I guess it’s just human nature to want more right? In what has become an endlessly consumption-driven world, do we never find something that accomplishes what we want it to? Can we never simply...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: state of the industry, beyond madison avenue, core77, apple
Apple posts finished iPod Touch commercial

We reported on Friday that Apple would be running a broadcast ready version of a student-made commercial for the iPod Touch. Apparently they’ve been working quickly because it’s already...

Started in Beyond Madison Avenue • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: user generated content, beyond madison avenue, apple, ipod touch, nick haley