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That AT&T Video Of A High School Football Player Doing A Flip Over An...
AT&T is currently airing a great commercial featuring what appears to be amateur video of a high school football player dodging a tackle by performing a head-over-heels flip, before landing on his...
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Facebook's New Ad Exchange Has 'Quadrupled' The Market; Performs 'Better Than...
It's been hard to gauge how big Facebook's new real-time bidding platform for advertisers, Facebook Exchange, has become since it was launched in June, but global sales chief Carolyn Everson let slip...
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This Red-Headed Actress Is The New Face Of L'Oreal [THE BRIEF]
JulianneMoore, who for years acted as a spokesmodel for Revlon, is the new face of L'Oreal. The 51-year-old actress will be pitching a new product called Cellular Renaissance. Jennifer Lopez and...
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Here Are The Sealed Court Papers On 'Invalid Clicks' Facebook Doesn't Want...
Up to 20 percent of Facebook’s pay-per-click advertising revenue could be affected by a pending ruling from a California federal appeals court on whether a group of Facebook’s advertisers were charged...
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Celebrities Aren't The Only Brand Pitchers Who Need VIP Treatment These Days
All you have to do is turn on your television, go online or open a magazine and it’s clear that brands pay big money for celebrity endorsements to influence consumer behavior.But the world is changing,...
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Here's The Optimal Length For A Tweet If You Want That Tweet To Be Retweeted
It's not obvious that the length of a tweet on Twitter might affect the number of people who engage with it. After all, tweets are all roughly the same length: Fewer than 140 characters.But advertisers...
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Weather.com Got A 7,000% Ad Boost During Hurricane Sandy
As Hurricane Sandy raged on, both worried East Coasters and advertisers flocked to weather sites.With a literal 1000 percent spike in traffic during the storm, Weather.com definitively dominated the...
View ArticleWill Ferrell Says He'll Eat Human Toenails If You Vote ... For Obama
If we take Will Ferrell's advertising history as his word, the comedian loves himself some Old Milwaukee Beer— and some Obama.In a YouTube video that looks like an outtake from "Anchorman II"—...
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Facebook's Latest Awkward Ad Says 'Cakes Are Like Facebook'
When Facebook released its first-ever ad campaign, declaring "Chairs are like Facebook," the spot was met with a resounding: "You've got to be kidding me."Three awkward iterations of the ad later, it's...
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Big Brands Are Pouring Money Into Their Own Custom News Sites
On top of their multi-million dollar advertising budgets, huge companies are now diving into an arena previously dominated by traditional media. They're producing videos, releasing interviews with top...
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Obama Spent More On Online Ads Than It Cost To Build The Lincoln Memorial
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney haven't just maintained an online presence via carefully crafted Tumblrs, Facebook pages, and Twitter accounts — they've heavily populated the sidebars of your...
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The 15 Iconic Images Of Kate Moss That Define Her Career
Kate Moss is just 38 years old, but her career already spans four calendar decades. That's impressive in a business where models face involuntary retirement in their early 20s.Skip straight to the...
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McCann CEO Nick Brien Has A $4.2 Million Golden Parachute If He Leaves (IPG)
Interpublic Group is finally considering whether McCann CEO Nick Brien should lose his job after just two years, according to the Wall Street Journal. McCann -- and particularly its flagship New York...
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Rumors Are Flying That McCann's Nick Brien Is On The Way Out [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, ad execs. Here's what you need to know today:According to the Wall Street Journal, InterpublicGroup is considering replacing Nick Brien, the chief executive of McCann Worldgroup. Brien...
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This Woman's $1-Per-Minute Cuddling Side Job Is Now A Full-Fledged Business
This July, we profiled New York grad student Jackie Samuel's (unique) side business, which she started to help pay the bills.Samuel, 29, advertises $1 a minute for cuddling sessions from her Penfield,...
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Look How Much Progress AOL Has Made In Its Bid To Quietly Destroy TV (AOL)
Over a year ago, AOL executive Ned Brody told a group of investors that he intended to steal about $50 billion in ad revenue from the TV and magazine businesses.Not literally, of course, but by...
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American Apparel CEO Blames Sales Collapse On Hurricane Sandy Canceling...
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney is blaming a sudden reduction in sales growth on Hurricane Sandy — which he says closed 25 of his stores — and the widespread cancellation of Halloween in the Northeast...
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9 Ridiculous Hurricane Sandy-Inspired Craigslist Ads
Craigslist is notorious for its strange, and often, inappropriate user-generated ads. Hurricane Sandy provided no exception.In addition to listings for found pets and ads offering free construction...
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Facebook Screwed Over My Hard-Built Brand When It Revamped The News Feed
This post originally appeared at Simply Zesty.I wrote about the changes that Facebook has been making to brand pages a couple of weeks ago and how it’s really starting to screw over brands by making...
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'Pumpkin-Headed Turkey Claus' Is The Most Ludicrous Holiday Character Ever
Meet Pumpkin-Headed Turkey Claus, the disturbing new holiday hero that perfectly sums up advertisers' propensity to deck the halls before people have picked out their Halloween costumes.According to...
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