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50 Lessons I've Learned as an Entrepreneur
Editor's note: Appsolute Genius founder and CEO Brian Cauble recently began posting a daily list on Facebook of five lessons he's learned since launching his Alabama-based mobile-app development studio...
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Low Self-Esteem Is Not a Problem in Dove's Real Beauty Sketches … for Men
Ogilvy Brazil's "Real Beauty Sketches" campaign for Dove took the Internet by storm this week with its clever use of a forensics artist to show women that they're really more beautiful than they...
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Iggy Pop Worried About His Integrity (or Is He?) in Fun Ad for His New Album
It's nice to see Iggy Pop taking a break from lending his music to cruise lines and starring in car-insurance ads to promote something a bit more relevant: his upcoming album, Ready to Die. In the...
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Yet Another Car Ad Depicts Failed Suicide to Promote Clean Emissions
A disproportionate number of car ads—usually unapproved, never officially released, sometimes ultimately revealed as hoaxes—have focused on suicide. Inhaling car-exhaust fumes has been the most...
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Creepy Progressive Ad Shows Human Beings Compulsively Sucking on a Windshield
Progressive takes a swipe at "rate suckers" in this odd spot depicting bad drivers who cause price increases for everyone else as zombies who leap onto your car and suck on its surfaces with their...
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5 Reasons Why Some Critics Are Hating on Dove's Real Beauty Sketches Video
Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" quickly became a viral phenomenon. But as it blazed past 1 million views on YouTube, the video has racked up its fair share of critics, too. The Ogilvy-produced clip,...
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U.K. Journalist Sues His Gym Over 'Sexist' Female-Only Hours
A British copywriter and journalist says he’s suing his local gym for “women-only hours,” intended to help women feel more comfortable while exercising. In a 1,300-word column published in the Daily...
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One Small Schtup for Man, One Giant Leap for Axe's Astronaut Campaign
Dude's got the right stuff! Talk about a payload specialist! No "Houston, we've got a problem" for this rocket jockey! Etc.! BBH London and Blink director Tom Tagholm score with its latest,...
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Durex's Fundawear Lets You Reach Out and Touch Someone, Over the Internet
Durex Australia and agency Havas Worldwide in Sydney have invented Fundawear—underwear that's fun to wear because it allows your partner to remotely operate sensors and "touch" you over the Internet....
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Anti-Anorexia Ads Imagine If Real Women Looked Like Fashion Illustrations
In keeping with current trends, Brazilian modeling agency Star Models is using illustrations to address body image issues. But its effort is more grim and cautionary than Dove's hotly debatedReal...
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Jesus Was the 'Original Hipster,' Down to His Grubby Converse Sneakers, Say...
Every now and then, you get a provocative church ad, like Florida's "Come get hammered" billboard or pretty much anything New Zealand's St. Matthew-in-the-City puts out. Catholic ads are typically...
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Chicago Tribune Buys Pizza for Boston Globe After Last Week's Hell Week
The Chicago Tribune really, really loves Boston. Following the moral support it showed last week in the wake of the bombings at the marathon (via an impressive stunt on the front page of the sports...
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Nike Honors and Challenges Kobe Bryant in Inspirational New Ad
Nike placed this ad in Sunday's Los Angeles Times (and in social media), honoring Kobe Bryant following his season-ending injury. It's classic Nike—simple, rhythmic, inspirational. It's also sly. It...
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Old Spice Rolls Out World's First Scratch-and-Sniff Banner Ad
More goofiness from Old Spice and Wieden + Kennedy—a scratch-and-sniff banner ad, which of course they're calling the world's first. It's running over on The Onion's sports section. Clicking on it...
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Budweiser's New Bow-Tie Can Is Skinny in the Middle, Unlike Its Target Market
Budweiser is introducing a new type of can, which is strange, because most people felt the old cans were just fine and it was the beer that needed improvement. Kidding, of course—All Hail the King!...
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Illustrator Inserts Husband Into Opening Credits of Classic Shows in Adorably...
Manhattan-born illustrator/graphic artist Leigh Lahav spliced the opening credits of several famous TV shows—Mad Men, Arrested Development, Lost, etc.—together into a really neat video birthday card...
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Carmichael Lynch Finds Brilliant New Use for 100-Year-Old Water Tower on Its...
Minneapolis ad agency Carmichael Lynch turned the century-old water tower on the roof of its building into an art installation. Students from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design contributed...
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Sleep Inside a Giant Toy at Legoland California's New Hotel
Legoland California now has a special themed hotel to offer its guests. The 250-room hotel is a testament to all things Lego, with lots of Lego brick sculptures throughout (including a 400,000-brick...
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Beefy Burglar's Bungling Becomes a Viral TV Spot
Talk about beef jerky. The trend of using actual security-camera footage in ads continues, with Kent's Meats & Groceries in Redding, Calif., setting footage of a botched burglary to the theme from...
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How an Adman Conquered Reddit With the World's Weirdest Fliers
You may have seen one of Whit Hiler's fliers. Perhaps it invited you to a meet-up that promised a re-creation of scenes from The Human Centipede. ("Just for fun. Guys only.") Maybe it offered...
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