Advertising Is Good For You

Celebrity Saturday: Kim Kardashian for Midori

Go to Midori's Facebook page and you'll get the chance to download videos and photos of Kim Kardashian as well as Midori recipes — but only if you LIKE it.

Click here to see the Kardashian family's most recent Christmas card.

Celebrity Saturday: Cee Lo Green for Meow Mix cat food

Cee Lo Green got his cat Purrfect from an animal shelter. Now he's teaming up with Meow Mix cat food to raise money for pet shelters.

He's created a remix of Meow Mix's famous "meow, meow, meow" jingle.

Click here to listen to Cee Lo Green's remix of the Meow Mix jingle. For every download, the cat food brand will donate brand will donate a pound of Meow Mix to the Los Angeles branch of Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS).

Click here to watch the original Meow Mix jingle being sung by a cat.

Via AdFreak

Absolut-ly weird

Here's a weird video from Absolut vodka. The soundtrack is from Swedish House Mafia.

The link below will take you to youtube where you will first see a cool 30-second commercial that was made from the 3 1/2-minute video.

Personally, I think the video could use some editing to tell the story faster. But it's still fun to watch.

Click here to see the weird Absolut spot and video.

Perfect little mobile pop-up ad

When the user enlarges the type on his/her smartphone, an ad for an optician pops up.

So simple. So perfect.

Click here to see the pop-up ad in action.

Mccann Digital (Erickson) israel
VP Creative: Nir refuah
Creative Director: Ami Alush
Copywriter: Elav Horwitz, Daniel Barak
Art Director: Nir Hersztadt

I've never seen someone actually using a QR code, have you?

Advertisers love slapping QR codes on ads. Trouble is, few people are using them.

Too many QR codes simply bring the user to the advertiser's website. Big whoop.

The disappointing rewards for scanning QR codes have trained many consumers to ignore them.

Successful QR codes lead users to special offers, custom landing pages and other meaningful content that the user doesn't already have easy access to.

I have no doubt QR codes will someday be more popular. But only when more advertisers realize that simply offering a QR code is not the same as actually putting it to work.

Click here for an example of a QR code that takes users to content that's definitely hard to find elsewhere.

Image Pictures of People Scanning QR-codes

Animated GIFs from Burberry

Burberry has created animated GIFs of its newest fashions. The hope is that Burberry fans will share the GIFs via Twitter and Tumblr.

Great idea.

Click here to see a menswear campaign from Dolce & Gabbana.

Via Design Taxi

NPR's 404 error screen is a nice surprise

NPR's 404 error screen — the one that says "Page Not Found" — includes links to NPR stories about "lost people, places and things that still haven't turned up."

Click here to see more clever 404 error screens.

Best digital ad for Valentine's Day

Props to my friend Pegeen Ryan for finding this digital ad.

Send your sweetheart a free Walking Dead zombie ecard

Yes, you get TWO Zombie Monday posts today.

The Walking Dead has partnered with SomeEcards so you could send the love of your life a zombie-inspired Valentine ecard. The service is free and you get four Valentines from which to choose.

Click here to choose and send a free Walking Dead zombie Valentine.

Does a suggestive vegetable make you want to buy something? Me, neither.

Came across this online ad today:

Sorry, CVS. I just want to be friends.

The drug store I use sent me an email with the subject line:

Paula, learn more about CVS/pharmacy!

CVS, you're going to have to try harder if you want me to care about you.

Kaboom!

Love this site from Old Spice.

Every time you click the button, something explodes.

Click here to start blowing things up.

Zombie Monday: zombie tools

Don't let the zombie apocalypse catch you off-guard. Buy your walking dead head-severing weapons now at Zombie Tools.

This model, called The Hellion, is just $279.95; a small price to pay for survival:

Or, for just $18.95, you could try to scare the zombies with a tough-talking T-shirt:

Click here to see what zombies are doing to our economy.