Dyson's got a limited-edition Breast Cancer Research Foundation pink vacuum cleaner (though we know it's not just any vacuum cleaner) available in limited quantities exclusively at Target. And they've enlisted the bloggers at 5 Minutes for Mom to help them spread the word. And [...] 
I attended the day-long BarCamp Nashville event over the weekend. The speakers and events were sort of half tech marketing and half tech…well, tech. Naturally, I paid closest attention to the sessions that discussed social media, new marketing, and search marketing. I learned some new things [...] 
Slate has a slideshow essay entitled "The Strange History of Racist Spokescharacters," apparently inspired by Uncle Ben's recent promotion to CEO. The slideshow essay could also easily be called "A Timeline of Acceptable Minorities to Lampoon in Advertising."
Yesterday morning, I was watching CBS Sunday Morning as I do every Sunday morning when an ad came on that made me do that cartoonish shaking-of-the-head double take (I swear I didn't overindulge in St. Patrick's Day festivities the night before, though). It was for [...] 
Adfreak give a shout-out today to Mark Goodfellow of It's All Good Auto Sales. Though I'm not sure that the author of the post truly appreciates the value of these ads. Nor does he understand the wonderful legacy of local commercials that have glided through the airwaves [...] 
I had a feeling that when Lisa Marie sold off the rights to Elvis's name and image that there would be some fairly objectionable products on the horizon. For many years, Elvis Presley Enterprises protected the Elvis brand with [...] 
Marketing for Christmas starts earlier each year as businesses compete for your holi-dollars. I'm fairly indifferent and even quite impervious since I don't have children and I only have a small handful of people to buy for (and, thankfully, work from home, far away from office-Christmas madness).
Did anyone else notice the homage that "My Name is Earl" paid to my beloved Big Lots! last night? Joy bought "a disappearing TV thing" from the Bargain Bag store and tried to return it when it wouldn't fit in the trailer. I recognized the bright orange with white [...]
