Advertising Is Good For You

Jobless copywriter's business card

Especially love that he promises to think rather than just write. 

Via The Ranking

This is sarcasm

Poster by Graham Smith.

The text below the headline reads:

This poster uses sarcasm as the basis for communication.

Sarcasm is the highest form of wit. Therefore the deisnger of the poster is a highly intelligent and creative individual.

Educational poster designed by Graham Smith — imjustcreative.com.

Concrete business cards

French agency Murmure has created concrete business cards for its employees.

To keep the business cards from crumbling, they come with their own little black case.

Great idea if you're Mr. Slate.

Click here to see see a few business cards that make more sense.

Via Gizmodo

Lousy ass ad for The Pitch

The Pitch is the AMC reality show where two ad agencies compete by creating ad campaigns. The first two episodes were surprisingly realistic.

This is the ad AMC created to promote the show.I think it's crap.

The guys who seem like a**holes? They probably are.

If you want a peek into the world of advertising, watch The Pitch on AMC.

Texas mom advertises her desperate desire to see her daughter made prom queen

According to Jezebel, Brandy Day's mom so wants to see her little princess become prom queen that she paid for newspaper ads, flyers, an outdoor display sign at a local taco shop and this billboard:

There's even a silhouetted image on the billboard that looks like one of those truck mudflap babes.

If my mother had done this to me when I was a teenager, I would have been so emotionally scarred I'd be roasting squirrel under a bridge right now instead of writing a blog post.

Hope Brandy's mom has money left over for the anti-bullying campaign her daughter is going to need.

Lewis Black does voiceover duty for the ADC call for entries (NSFW)

 DDB created this hysterical digital call for entries for the annual Art Directors Club Awards. Comedian Lewis Black is the voiceover.

Click here to watch the ADC call for entries. Audio is not safe for work.

The world's first catvertising agency

Here's a wonderful spoof. John St., a Toronto ad agency, introduces its 'reincarnation' as the world's first catvertising agency.

Click here to see the viral for the world's first catvertising agency.

Then click here to see a previous spoof video from John St. called, "Pink Ponies: A Case Study."

Connover Tuttle Pace celebrates the Hatch Awards

Last night, Boston's advertising community held its annual awards show, where winners took home coveted Hatch Bowls (basically silver-plated Revere bowls).

In honor of the Hatch Show, Boston ad agency Conover Tuttle Pace created this hysterical spoof spot for the Tote-a-Bowl.

Click here to enjoy Connover Tuttle Pace's spoof spot.

An ad agency plans a children's birthday party

Toronto agency John St. created this hysterical video.

Click here to watch 'Pink Ponies: A Case Study.'

UPDATE: The video is back up on YouTube.

 

In praise of freelance creatives

My holiday postcard from 1996. Illustration by my husband, Gary John Reynolds.

Click image to enlarge.

It's that time of year again -- time to create the agency holiday card

See how it's done.

Click here to watch A Charlie Brown Ad Agency.

One ad agency's unique website

Love this website for UK Advertising agency Sell! Sell! It's one scrolling, all-type screen that demonstrates why a small agency may have the edge over the behemoths.