by Jason Fox | Jul 1, 2008 | Advertising |
I should’ve been an account exec. Or a media buyer. Or an account planner. I’ve never known anyone of these persuasions who has remained unemployed for very long. Even if they weren’t very good. It’s true. The good ones (and I will readily...
by Jason Fox | Jun 24, 2008 | Advertising |
This is one of those things that goes without saying, yet bears repeating. Often. Daily even. Sometimes ad nauseam in a three-minute span during a meeting with fill-in-the-blank:Never show anything you don’t want to see produced.I don’t know why agencies...
by Jason Fox | Jun 18, 2008 | Advertising |
From the Dusseldorf, Germany, office of BBDO comes this campaign for Braun nose hair trimmers.
by Jason Fox | May 27, 2008 | Advertising |
I rarely, as in once a year, read Bob Garfield’s column in AdAge. I avoid it for a couple of reasons. First, I find that – like the billions of you out there that refuse to read The AdHole – reading other folks’ thoughts on advertising gets a bit tiresome....
by Jason Fox | Apr 24, 2008 | Advertising |
You just can’t keep a good jingle down. This fairly recent spot for Band-Aid® flexible bandages takes the venerable “I am stuck on Band-Aid” song and, well, doesn’t really twist it much at all. Nope. They just took the song, changed the end...
by Jason Fox | Apr 16, 2008 | Advertising |
Will someone close to the Hanes marketing department or their ad agency please tell them to stop making spots like these? Seriously. The products have merit (those wedgie-free panties really work, by gum), but the spots do their best to drive me into the arms of Fruit...
