Focus This, Kemosabe

Focus This, Kemosabe

The next time someone suggests you focus group test the creative, show them this. This was the opening to the 2007 Hatch Show, as produced by Arnold Worldwide. Found at American Copywriter who found it at Ernie Schenck’s blog.Later, Fox
Focus This, Kemosabe

Verizon Goes Back to the Well and Drowns

Sigh. I really, really dug the original “BFF Jill” spot that Verizon Wireless ran to promote their unlimited text messaging plans. It was simple, smart, illustrated the problem in a culturally relevant and humorous way and, let’s be honest, was a...
Focus This, Kemosabe

Martin Makes Amends

I can forgive any Wal-Mart-based travesties The Martin Agency may commit as they have produced my favorite campaign of the summer. The “Loren Wallace” (or Warren Wallace for those, like me, who don’t quite hear the name correctly) campaign for NASCAR...