by Tim Windsor on November 5, 2008
Do you miss the Camel Cigarettes advertising card just below the anchor’s head on the evening news? How about long-form testimonial ads for hair tonic in your newspaper? Mitch Miller-style singalong jingles on the radio?
No? Then don’t wring your hands too much over the latest report from Borrell Associates (previewed by Terry Heaton, and available [...]
by Tim Windsor on October 8, 2008
I displayed the little totem pictured to the left in my office for the past 7-8 years as a constant reminder to myself and anyone who came to visit of how things aren’t always what they seem. Flush times could simply be masking bad ideas and stupid money. Tough times can present opportunities to think [...]
by Tim Windsor on October 2, 2008
Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but I saw this on nbc.com:
…and I can’t help thinking that the ad on the right – made up to look like a news update, right down to the “updated 8 min. ago,” is horribly wrong. Is NBC so hard up for money that it’ll allow its site to carry deceptive [...]
