February 28th, 2008
We were ecstatic for our friends at Mirror Show Management (MSM) when they collected the Rochester Business Journal Best of the Web Award for the Business Services category. Truth be told, we actually helped them build their site so we couldn’t help but do a little fist pumping at the awards ceremony this past Tuesday. [...]
Posted by Kevin Flynn in Ad business, Brand Strategy, Business, Clients, Creative, Marketing, Sites We Like, Success | 1 Comment »
February 28th, 2008
According to a study by Men’s Health, Rochester ranks as one of the least caffeinated cities in the United States, coming in 97th, just in front of Buffalo, Lincoln, N.E., and Detroit. The most caffeinated? Yonkers, N.Y., followed by Anaheim and San Francisco. Rochester is also about ten positions behind Fargo, N.D., twenty positions behind [...]
Posted by Scott Wolf in Rants and Raves, Uncategorized | No Comments »
February 27th, 2008
The recent flap over Lipitor spokesman Dr. Robert Jarvik’s performance in Pfizer’s direct-to-consumer ad campaign has the industry buzzing. After sending the non-practicing doctor on talk shows to defend himself made the controversy worse, the drug behemoth yanked the campaign from the airwaves. That pesky New York Times, which insists on digging up embarrassing facts [...]
Posted by Ray Martino in Ad business, Advertising, Health Care Marketing, TV | No Comments »
February 20th, 2008
It’s been a while since the last list of things we’ve come across while crawling through the web’s many tubes. Interactive Ikea CommercialIkea lets you change angles on a series of slow-motion videos of what they refer to as "The Complete Bedroom." As the clip plays, you’re also shown pricing for several items in the [...]
Posted by Scott Wolf in Blogging, Flash, Leftovers, Sites We Like, Trend Spotting, Video | 1 Comment »
February 18th, 2008
Waiting for all of your favorite network TV shows to start back up? Do you ever ask yourself—why am I waiting for something that will be just as unsatisfying and unrealistic as it was five months ago? If you’re looking for the good stuff, turn to HBO on Sunday nights at nine o’clock. The Wire, [...]
Posted by Kellie Fronk in Rants and Raves, TV | 1 Comment »