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“Is it just me?” redux: Olympic special
Here are our lovely Olympic mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville, adorning an Olympic poster. Wenlock, on the left, is the mascot for the Olympic Games. Mandeville, on the right, is the mascot for the...
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Ad agency laughs at people on benefits
I have nothing against Iris, the ad agency that invented 2012 Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville. I even know some great people working there. But I just can’t justify what I saw on Campaign...
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Things that should be banned from ads: the definitive list
Sourced from my brain and twitter. Join in with #shouldbebannedfromads People doing accents that aren’t their own Opera singers Dumping out the contents of a bag into the bin to represent having a big...
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Fixing straplines: Nescafé Dolce Gusto
We copywriters go to such lengths to perfect the straplines we write that we can’t help mentally tweaking the ones we see in our daily lives. I’m terribly guilty of this, often standing on a tube...
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Ad agency Ralph lets you assassinate Facebook friends with small breasts
This week in jaw-dropping, how-the-hell-did-this-get-made campaigns is Ralph’s very short-lived Facebook one for Square Enix’s Hitman game. It allowed you to put a “hit” out on your Facebook friends...
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How TV companies can save rape victims from their memories
Until recently, TV advertising has been a broad-stroke, minimally-targeted medium. But while it hasn’t attained the personalisation of internet advertising (yet), PVRs and streaming make it a lot...
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The Tweenchronic kids’ music video is anything but innocent
I can’t believe this is real. Jesus christ. This is a music video by “Tweenchronic”, a pair of young girls being managed by the same guy who produced Rebecca Black’s ultra-viral hit “Friday”. With that...
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This has to stop. Now.
PLEASE. If you have more, link them in the comments. My brain was probably going to explode anyway.
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Why Valentine’s Day is not “marketing bullshit”
This time of year, a lot of grumpy gits come out of the woodwork to complain about the international love holiday. “It’s a Hallmark holiday”, they grumble. “Have you seen the prices?”, they moan. “Why...
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How to make Fathers’ Day disappear
Every year, I start writing this post, get upset and abandon it. But since speaking to a fellow member of the Dead Dads Club who was having the same problem, I think it’s time I finished it. Fathers’...
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I’m not slacking, I’m…
On Twitter because… I’m asking my followers for advice about something related to work (‘What’s the best social media monitoring platform?’, ‘My boss sent me a Mac font, how do I make it work on PC?’...
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Worst Photoshop job of all time goes to Roberto Cavalli
For Beyoncé’s legs in this picture, posted to their Facebook page: Some people are arguing that it’s a ‘fashion sketch’ and therefore fine, but it’s not actually a sketch, is it? That’s a photo. A...
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Potluck: a worse social network idea than Google+?
The creators of Branch have launched a new social network called Potluck. Depressingly, they call it “The best house party you’ve ever been to… on the internet”. I really hope that’s not true. From...
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Self-promotion on 9/11 is worse than ever
How many times do brands have to backpedal and apologise before things like this stop happening? How many times do we have to say “don’t slap your brand all over tragedies”? How many times do we have...
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What the hell, Twitter? Why the block changes need to be reversed, now
Update: in one of the quickest backtracks ever, Twitter has reversed the changes (see their blog post here). We won! #RestoreTheBlock The rest of the post will remain below as a record of what...
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Why Facebook’s ‘Trending’ section is like that one really annoying friend
“So I saw Titanic at the weekend” “Oh yeah? Is it good? I’m going tomorrow” “Yeah, it’s not bad, I mean I knew Jack was going to die from the start, obviously…” “FLARGH why would you tell me that?!”...
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Honda shows Hyundai how it’s done
Most people who read this blog, follow me on Twitter or know me in real life remember the time I had a somewhat high-profile disagreement with Hyundai. BBC World News For those who didn’t see it,...
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This has to stop. Now.
PLEASE. If you have more, link them in the comments. My brain was probably going to explode anyway.
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