Advertising Is Good For You

Thumbs don't kill people

Thumbs & Ammo is the blog that believes, "Real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude."

The blog uses Photoshop to turn guns into thumbs up. Often with hysterical results.

 

What's in the cupboard: illustrations by Anna Rodighiero

Anna Rodighiero is an illustrator from Italy and her blog Packaging Addicted features a collection of her charming illustrations of everyday foods. Here are a few samples of her work.

Click here to see a can of Spam immotalized by artist Joel Penkman.

Hey, My Mom Used to Make That!

I’ve started a new blog called, Hey, My Mom Used to Make That!

It’s dedicated to Madison Avenue’s contribution to the dinner table. That is, ads that feature recipes.

Many of the recipes have stood the test of time. Others may not appeal to today’s tastes and concerns about fat grams and carbs. And some of the recipes are for foods so awful even Fido would rather bury than eat them.

You’re cordially invited to drop by anytime.

Click here to visit, Hey, My Mom Used to Make That!

Best blog tag line on the Internet

From Tremendous News:

I'll miss YesButNoButYes

Scaramouch, in his last post on YesButNoButYes, shares many bits of wisdom worth reading. Here's just one:

People are deeply schizophrenic about "NSFW" content. Several advertising networks refused to let us carry ads unless we deleted a list of stories they sent us. That list matched with our most trafficked stories of all time EXACTLY. So ultimately the very thing these networks were trying to disassociate their advertisers with was the same thing the customers for those advertisers wanted the most."

I have a good friend who says "eck-least" instead of "at least"

She doesn't read my blog.

Let this be a lesson.

This true story was inspired by this tweet.

If you love flowers or simply enjoy looking at beautiful things, visit the blog of the new White House florist

 

Laura Dowling is the new White House florist. Her designs are breathtaking. Treat yourself and take a couple of minutes to look through Laura Dowling's blog. 

This week's most fascinating Tweet comes from porn star Jenna James

Source: smaknews

Things marketing people love

It's my new favorite blog.

Things Marketing People Love.

It's a riff on Stuff White People Like.

My favorite Thing Marketing People Love -- because I personally LOATHE it -- Data Visualization:

Blog designs to admire and inspire

Smashing Magazine has posted 50 Great Blog Designs. Here are some of my favorites from the collection.

None of the blogs with reverse type made my list. Reading type against a black background makes my eyes bleed.

This collection is the advertising equivalent of a severed head floating in a jar

I've just discovered a new blog: Your Logo Makes Me Barf.

It looks as though the blog has only been around for about a month. But it already includes an impressive collection of vomitous logos. Like these:

You want to look away. But you can't.

What kind of mind creates logos like these?

I know I'll be going back to see Your Logo Makes Me Barf again and again.

My other blog is making me famous

Marty Weil at ephemera was kind enough to interview me for his blog. CLICK HERE to read the interview.

If you haven't yet discovered ephemera, go take a look. It's full of wonderful images of vintage ephemera (not all of them advertising, which should make my nemesis K very happy). Marty also includes the back stories to all his images so his blog is not only entertaining but a legitimate chronicle of history.

My other blog is called Found in Mom's Basement and devoted to vintage advertising.

 

Today's Best Blog Post is also Today's Worst

Jalopnik has a post titled Ten Cars You Can Live In After Your Home Is Repossessed.