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'MAD MEN' vs. REALITY: Compare Don Draper's Ads With Those That Actually Ran...
One of the most exciting things about "Mad Men" is seeing the creative process Don Draper and his team go through to come up with the ad campaigns that determine the very fate of Sterling Cooper &...
View Article5 Tricks Advertisers Use To Make You Buy Their Products
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Advertisers are always trying new tricks to get people's attention in print and on...
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This Amazing Video Destroys Those Awful, Patronizing Dove Ads
Dove claims its Real Beauty ad campaign empowers women to feel better about their bodies, but the viral videos presume the average woman spends virtually every waking hour worrying men don't think...
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Tumblr Says It Has More TV Talk Than Twitter [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:A new study commissioned by Tumblr and run by analytics company Pulsar finds that there is a higher volume of television conversation on Tumblr...
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The NYPD Promoted Itself On Twitter, And Twitter Filled Up With These Images...
The New York Police Department sought to generate some goodwill on Twitter yesterday by inviting users to tweet their photos with New York City police members alongside the hashtag #myNYPD.Do you have...
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A New Anti-Bullying Ad Doesn't Actually Encourage People To Stop Bullying
VH1 has made a new anti-bullying PSA that doesn't discourage people from bullying so much as it tries to convince victims that being bullied isn't so bad.In a funny, short music video by the ad agency...
View ArticleWeChat Attacks Mark Zuckerberg By Name In New Ad
China-based messaging app WeChat is going on the offensive against Facebook.In an ad posted to YouTube earlier this month, WeChat depicts a psychotherapist talking to a man who is clearly meant to be...
View ArticleSamsung's Global Ad Account Is Up For Grabs [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Samsungis putting its global advertising and media accounts up for review, Campaign reports. The global ad account is split between Cheil, CHI...
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These People Didn't Recognize Their Own Family Members When They Saw Them On...
Six New Yorkers were brought in by a non-profit to answer questions about the importance of family.Naturally, they gushed about their loved ones, telling stories about dressing up in funny costumes...
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Here's How Businesses Can Turn Pinterest Into An Incredibly Powerful Tool
What should I be doing with Pinterest?We hear this question a lot on the Buffer blog. We've been fortunate to find some neat ways to improve social media marketing on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and...
View ArticleA Finnish Coffee Company Built A Mug That Displays A Different Photo Every...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:The Finnish coffee company Paulig and the ad agency TBWA/Helsinki teamed up to build a sweet new mug with a display screen that shows a...
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Want To Be The Next Don Draper? Here's How To Quit Your Job For A Career In...
The hard-playing, swashbuckling work life seen Sunday nights on "Mad Men" is one that's easy for people with less glamorous desk jobs to be envious of, and indeed, aspire to.While the three-martini...
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Nike Releases 4-Minute-Long World Cup Commercial With Neymar, Ronaldo, And...
Nike has released a new World Cup commercial called, "Winner stays."It features nearly every recognizable Nike-sponsored player in the world: Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, David Luiz, Wayne Rooney, Zlatan...
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How Much Of Google's Ad Budget Is Spent On Digital?
Of the many companies trying to convince marketing executives to spend their money on the internet instead of on television, none is more invested than Google.The company currently controls a whopping...
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Social Media Ad Budgets Are Rapidly Shifting To Native, In-Stream Advertising
Depending on who you talk to, native advertising has many definitions. In the context of social media, we define native advertising as: Ads that are seamlessly integrated into a user's feed and are...
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Condé Nast Says It's 'Reviewing' Its Relationship With RadiumOne After...
Ad-tech company RadiumOne is already beginning to feel the effects of news that its CEO and co-founder, Gurbaksh “G” Chahal, pleaded guilty to misdemeanors for domestic violence and battery earlier...
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RANKED: The Hottest Pre-IPO Adtech Startups Of 2014
Last year, we began ranking pre-IPO adtech companies by size and importance. Since then, the adtech IPO market has just gotten hotter.Rubicon Project filed for an IPO, and its stock popped nicely on...
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Burger King Is Bringing Back The Subservient Chicken [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Burger Kingis bringing back its famous Subservient Chicken on the 10th anniversary of the campaign to plug the new Chicken Big King. BK took out...
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NBC Exec Blasts Twitter's Effect On Ratings: 'The Emperor Wears No Clothes'
One of the big pitches Twitter has been making to TV networks is that its users' penchant for tweeting about their favorite shows while they watch them actually convinces other people on Twitter to...
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GOSSIP: Here's The Totally Ridiculous Reason Facebook Wants To Charge $2.5...
I had lunch in San Francisco with a source close to Facebook today, and we got chatting about who really advertises on the social network.A huge aspect of Facebook's business revolves around small- and...
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